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Legal Process Outsourcing industry is increasing tremendously and is contributing to the major chunk of outsourcing field. Besides this, it has provided jobs to a thousand of law graduates who might have struggled hard to earn their daily livings. Especially, those with a poor background and working women, who find it difficult to go into litigation field, have accepted this field happily. Further, this industry has not only offered an earning to a law graduate but has harnessed the inter-communication skills and has added to the knowledge of laws and procedures of foreign countries like the U
Dear Aspirant,
If the answer to the below questions comes as a STRONG YES, then you have the [right interest to be an Editor][1]:
1. Will you love reading, comprehending, noting?
2. Will you be able to love writing innumerable pages?
3. Will you try to [gain high command over languages][2]?
4. Will you be able to love spend late hours refining, restructuring content?
5. Will you love to travel for news and gain knowledge of diverse areas?
Aptitude to be an Editor depends on whether you can doa high end course in languages and communication skills.
Best wishes
[1]: /ask/t/how-do-i-iden
Hi There,
I have no idea about training, apart from the degree in Journalism, that one can opt for after 12th.
Apart from this, one needs knowledge regarding animations, excel, word and software needed to edit the article.
- A strong command over languages.
- Use of phrases and examples
- General Awareness
- Ability to express ones ideas
- Critical thinking
- Ready to work at irregular timings
- Patience and persistence
Wish you good luck.....
Dear Aspirant,
It is a truth that ultimately what matters is what and how you do in the interview.
However to qualify for interview, you need a ticket to enter the employer and therefore, a qualification is a must. Further shortlisting is definitely done on the basis of qualification and grades prima facie.
Therefore academic record including internships done, projects done are important.
Best wishes
Hi There,
I have no idea about training, apart from the degree in Journalism, that one can opt for after 12th.
Apart from this, one needs knowledge regarding animations, excel, word, coral draw, graphic designing and software needed to edit the article.
Also as an editor, one needs to develop the following:
- A strong command over languages.
- Use of phrases and examples
- General Awareness
- Ability to express ones ideas
- Critical thinking
- Ready to work at irregular timings
- Patience and persistence
Other than this, few personal traits one needs to develop to be successful as
Hi Sahil,
Let me first begin with a quote,
"The work of a good editor, like the work of a good teacher, does not reveal itself directly; it is reflected in the accomplishments of others.
(William Shawn, editor of The New Yorker from 1952 until 1987)
Remember this line all your life, it is the most important quality you need as an editor because you shoulder responsibility with the entire team
Though one learns while on work, and will continuously keep learning, this is the most important thing you need to keep in mind. You may be at the top level, but your openness to **Learning will be th
Hi Kaustubh,
I hope you know the role of an Editor.
As an editor, you would receive a draft of the article one wishes to print as news. But it may contain lots and lots of facts, or no facts at all, or the writeup is too long, examples there or are missing etc.
Also the written language sometimes may not fit the local language for a common man to understand. Sometimes some articles needs jargons to catch attention. Another important aspect is the headline, it has to be catchy and at the same time, not too long.
Thus for all this editing work, an editor though being a social person, needs h
Dear Aspirant,
Editor is a person and position which greatly demands mastery in general awareness and [mastery in few core subjects.][1]
An Editor is a person who [writes as a spokesperson][2] of a particular media and hence his / her views should be well informed, knowledgeable and unbiased. To have and develop views and opinions which are well informed, knowledgeable and unbiased, the primary requirement is to have excellent general awareness. Having general awareness is the [basic need of an Editor position.][3]
I myself have been writing for more than 13 years now and have been an ed
Hi There,
Interesting to know that you wish to be an editor and also supported by your potentials. A very rare combination.
As such to be an editor, one needs to have:
Good command over languages ( Basic Language knowledge is a must)
Good command over writing
Communicative & Expressive ( Verbally and in writing)
Analytic Ability ( Reasoning capacity)
Comprehending ability
Once the above mentioned capabilities are fulfilled, then one can take the support of their educational qualification.
An editor, mostly needs to be from the mass-media field.
Here you could opt for a BMM ( Bachelors in
Dear Aspirant,
Once you get educated academically in English or Mass Communication or Journalism, you can join a News Agency (either print or TV or online).
Job opportunities generally in News agencies come through paper advertisement and through job portals. Best way to find jobs in the editorial department are through contacts which you need to build while in the college and in internships.
Best wishes,
Dr. Anand Wadadekar