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up to the ad crunch in print and digital” (Sweney, 2015), reminding everyone

in the industry how uncertain the future of newspapers is at the moment.

Publishers and news outlets have long been experimenting strategies to

survive the digital revolution. The ability to monetise news, that once were

under a certain monopoly, has become a source of incertitude and struggle.

The implications are in terms of jobs for journalists, audience for outlets or

even quality and ethics for journalism in general, could go far and wide within

the industry.
Taken from: https://medium.com/international-online-journalism/the-future-of-newspapers-in-the-digital-age-c7ac8a118312

Exercise 5 Editing your first draft and rewriting

Review your essay for language mistakes. Use the checklist below. Then
write a final draft.

Editor’s Checklist

Put a check (✔) as appropriate.

 1. Did you use restrictive relative clauses with who or that?

 2. Did you use restrictive relative clauses for things with that or which?

 3. Did you use non-restrictive relative clauses for people? If yes, did you add

commas?

 4. Did you use non-restrictive relative clauses with things? If yes, did you use

which?

In Part 5 you will …

 practice writing under a time limit

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