This 125- 130-page manual on Editing the Magazine is written by Susan Maycinik Nikaido, former senior editor, Discipleship Journal, and is published by Magazine Training International. The manual includes sample production and article planning charts, sample article assignment letters, and other forms which may be adapted for use. Several articles are also included in a wide-ranging appendix of resource materials and information.
Topics
The roles of the Christian editor 
What is the difference between the Christian editor and any other editor? Here is a discussion of the functions, responsibilities, and skills of the editor.
What is the difference between the Christian editor and any other editor? Here is a discussion of the functions, responsibilities, and skills of the editor.
Developing a magazine profile
How to identify your target audience and craft and use a mission statement and editorial plan.
How to identify your target audience and craft and use a mission statement and editorial plan.
Principles of editorial planning
Careful planning can make your magazine more successful. Learn how to lead planning meetings and teach your staff the rules of successful “brainstorming.” Where to find ideas and how to develop them.
Careful planning can make your magazine more successful. Learn how to lead planning meetings and teach your staff the rules of successful “brainstorming.” Where to find ideas and how to develop them.
Editing the manuscript
Explore the responsibility of the editor to the magazine and the author. Learn the four steps of editing and how a style sheet can bring consistency to your magazine.
Explore the responsibility of the editor to the magazine and the author. Learn the four steps of editing and how a style sheet can bring consistency to your magazine.
Scheduling and production
How to develop and use a production grid to ensure that the magazine is completed on time.
How to develop and use a production grid to ensure that the magazine is completed on time.
Working with writers
Here’s how to find, train, and keep writers. How to make an article assignment, write an effective assignment letter, and develop guidelines for writers for your magazine.
Here’s how to find, train, and keep writers. How to make an article assignment, write an effective assignment letter, and develop guidelines for writers for your magazine.
Selecting and shaping manuscripts
Principles to help you decide if an article is right for your magazine. How to develop a procedure for article selection and deal with articles that need to be rewritten. Tips for writing rejection letters.
Principles to help you decide if an article is right for your magazine. How to develop a procedure for article selection and deal with articles that need to be rewritten. Tips for writing rejection letters.
Presenting the material
How to present the material for maximum readership. Writing effective titles, using callouts and sidebars to draw the reader into the text. How to work with your designer to make the material attractive to readers.
How to present the material for maximum readership. Writing effective titles, using callouts and sidebars to draw the reader into the text. How to work with your designer to make the material attractive to readers.
Leads and conclusions
How to write leads that draw readers into the article and conclusions that leave an impression.
How to write leads that draw readers into the article and conclusions that leave an impression.
Manuscript solutions
Learn to identify some of the common problems encountered in manuscripts and discover how to solve them.
Learn to identify some of the common problems encountered in manuscripts and discover how to solve them.
Languages
The manual is available for sale in English, Bulgarian, Romanian, and Russian.
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Downloads
You may view or download a copy of the editing manual in the languages listed below. You have permission to print one copy for personal use. A $2.00 per copy fee is required if you would like to print additional copies for use in a seminar or for any other reason. Please contact MTI for payment information. Copies may not be sold for profit.
You must have Acrobat Reader to open these PDFs. Click the title below to view the manual:
Bulgarian Edition (without sidebar examples).
Romanian Edition (without sidebar examples)
Sidebar: The Way We're Wired/What Money Means
Sidebar: Finding More to Give
Sidebar: Pray in the Midst of Pain
Sidebar: Quest for the Artificial Heart
Sidebar: Love Stories
Sidebar: Symptoms of Financial Bondage
Sidebar: Cult Resources
Sidebar: Finding a Retreat Center
Sidebar: Books for Your Retreat
Sidebar: Partnership at Work/Power of Partnership
Downloads
You may view or download a copy of the editing manual in the languages listed below. You have permission to print one copy for personal use. A $2.00 per copy fee is required if you would like to print additional copies for use in a seminar or for any other reason. Please contact MTI for payment information. Copies may not be sold for profit.
You must have Acrobat Reader to open these PDFs. Click the title below to view the manual:
Bulgarian Edition (without sidebar examples).
Romanian Edition (without sidebar examples)
Sidebar: The Way We're Wired/What Money Means
Sidebar: Finding More to Give
Sidebar: Pray in the Midst of Pain
Sidebar: Quest for the Artificial Heart
Sidebar: Love Stories
Sidebar: Symptoms of Financial Bondage
Sidebar: Cult Resources
Sidebar: Finding a Retreat Center
Sidebar: Books for Your Retreat
Sidebar: Partnership at Work/Power of Partnership
Discount
A discount is available for staff members of Christian magazines in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and the Two-Thirds World. To inquire about the discount, click here to contact MTI.