“Discuss and distinguish copy editing, rewriting, and proof reading in the news operation.”

The whole process under gone to produce news story to be read or listened or viewed by the audiences is news –operation. It is also called journalistic process. In the journalistic process the reporter, editors and other employees of a media house under go various processes: reporting, copy editing, design, and final editing.
In reporting the reporters gathers and writes the news. While gathering the news the reporter approaches the source make observation takes notes inquires verifies in formation investigates processes information and analyses and interpret the information. Then the reporter writes the news in proper format it suits. Then the news story goes to the desk where the copy editors make the corrections on the language, facts mentioned in the story the editing process also checks if the story intrudes existing laws. The editing process also incorporates the rewriting and ate proof reading process.
Copy editor checks the content as well as the form of the news presented by the reporter, he corrects if he traces out any faults found language. If there is some ambiguity in the content he can consult the references or even call the reporter for the accuracy. If any thing mistake is found in the content he is expected to make correction. Indeed the reporter does filters the news content whether the story fits the audience s or not/ if the story posses and negative effects or not? Editing is must. The reporter, having direct contact with the persons involved in the events or incidents is highly prone to prejudices. The happening might manipulate their mind to become bias by what they see and listen. So the copyeditors edits for the impartiality too. The editor also check s if the story encroaches the existing legal boundaries. The copy editors checks if the story is subjected to libel, if it is doi8ng any kind of contempt of court or if the news is revealing the secret security issue. If the story intrudes the prevalent laws then the story is remade by the copy editor. The copy editor also changes the forms to suit the new if the form provided by the reporter is awfully undeserving to the story.
The rewriting of the news may be done after the copy editing if there is adequate time then is is better to do the rewriting for the unnoticed faults can be traced out. But as journalism is literature in hurry to believe Andrew Marvell, it is rarely possible to do again and again. Actually the preson who writes the news on the basis of facts provided by the leg reporters used to be called the rewrite man. But in the present context the re write man remake the story that has to be re-formed.
Proof reading is done after the completion of copyediting. It is done to check whether the computer typed paper correspond the edited copy by the copy editor. He only edits the computer typed paper to make it correspond the edited copy by the copy editor.
Copy editor can change the form as well as the content of the news story but the proof reader cant change the form and content of the story. He is not expected to do that even he finds any mistakes then he first has to consult the copy editor and then only he can make changes in the mistakes traced out. The rewrite man rewrites the news after the completion of the copy editing or proof reading and also writes the news brought by the leg reporter.