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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Teaser headlines to shock buyers - usually use numbers to suggest value
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Coverlines
Less than half of the U.S. population

2. Publisher/Manager

3. Actual malice

4. Visual interest - cosumerism - trends - community - inspiration - twists of fate - great writing.
1. Info must be false 2. person must be identified 3. info must be published 4. the person's reputation must be damaged 5. news organization must be at fault
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Contemporary news value

5. Fair comment and criticism
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
Feeds/wire
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.

6. Convergence of media
A benefit
Inverted pyramid
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable

7. Speak to communites joined by beliefs and interests - not geography.
Niche
1. use of material that discloses highly personal info about an individual or portarys that person in intimate terms when there is not legitimate public concern. 2. Depiction of someone in a false light. 3. Evidence that journalist has intruded someo
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest

8. Groups 'pull' you to the discussion at a shared site.
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
said
Pull

9. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story
Layering
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
Kinds of blurbs
Fact checking

10. A statement of purpose that identifies the specific editorial focus of the magazine - who the intended readers are and a definition of its personality
Truth.
Mission statement (magazines)
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
relative. The dead can't be libeled.

11. Has everything to do w/ branding a magazine - Sense of focus - readers - personality (MS)
Covers (magazines)
A benefit
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.

12. In essence - anything from the text but the story (Title - deck - head - subhead - pull quotes - bylines - blurbs - captions - etc.) - Used to draw readers into a story - Stats reinforce display copy and visuals
Anyone - either ususally singular
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
Layering
Display copy (magazines)

13. Cover = store front - TOC = menu - FOB = appetizer - Feature = entree - BOB = dessert
Journalism roles
Kinds of blurbs
Fact checking
Restaurant analogy (magazines)

14. What are the types of verbals?
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Info boxes

15. Stories - videos - audio - photos and grpahics provided by the times - ap - etch to subscriber newsrooms.
Principles of service journalism
Jargon
Feeds/wire
Active voice

16. What protects journalistics & how?
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Contemporary news value
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
4 elements of covers (magazines)

17. Write a caption for every photo (except studio shots) - Write sentences - Write in the present tense - active voice (on first sentence) - Place captions under the photos - Don't state the obvious - Write more than one line - Make the last line count
Jargon
Guidelines for photo captions
How to critique articles
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations

18. Execution (technique - creativity - etc.)
Links letters or words together
How well does it say it?
Pull
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings

19. Brings news to you
The highest exectives who shape the organization's long-term mission as well as overseeing advertising - production - personnel and financial matters. publisher- print - general manager- broadcast
Niche
Push technology
Pull

20. Executive producer
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
A benefit
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details

21. Coordinating conjunctions
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Link unequal sentence elements
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Partial or orphan quotes

22. May be colorful but may be understood by only certain demographic groups.
Repurposing
Parrot
Slang
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts

23. 'Totally demolished' is an example of this. This diminishes the conciseness and clarity of writing.
Redundancy
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
To introduce clauses.
Link equal elements but always come in pairs

24. Audiences respond to these words because they convey a precise relationship to their concepts- words like office rather than facility.
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Race
First degree words
1. use of material that discloses highly personal info about an individual or portarys that person in intimate terms when there is not legitimate public concern. 2. Depiction of someone in a false light. 3. Evidence that journalist has intruded someo

25. They are direct (chance for sources to connect w/ readers) - They are nuanced (spokesmen say things particularly)
Why quotes are important
Second day stories
Fact checking
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.

26. When is 'that' used?
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Metaphor
Contemporary news value
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said

27. Credibility by telling exactly what witnesses see - experts say - etc. - Enliven and dramatize - Reveal personality
Partial or orphan quotes
What quotes add to a story
Service journalism
working from large blocks to smaller blocks

28. Single words or short phrases. Avoid these because whole sentences are more readable.
Display copy (magazines)
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Partial or orphan quotes
relative. The dead can't be libeled.

29. Used in broadcasting. it frames a story by telling viewers and listeners what to expect.
Basic Journalistic Values
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
Set up lead
Inverted pyramid

30. Emphasize the latest angle and play down the exact time of the original event.
Redundancy
First degree words
A benefit
Second day stories

31. Provide a sizeable portion of a publication's revenue.
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
Ads
1. read for understanding 2. read for organization and focus 3. read for accuracy 4. read for grammar - spelling - punctuation and style 5. read for language and sentence structure 6. proofread
Contemporary news value

32. Emerging style for journalism on local communities.
Civic journalism
Commercial databases
Principles of service journalism
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)

33. When paraphrasing and quotes repeat each other - redundant.
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Parrot
Service journalism
Niche

34. Basic format (colors; yellow border on Nat Geo) - Logo and ancillary info (tagline [i.e. GQ Look smart - Live sharp] - price - vol # - issue date) - Illustration (in a generic sense - any kind of art or visual) - Cover lines ("sell lines -" "cover bl
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Journalism roles
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
4 elements of covers (magazines)

35. Web sites must be easy to...
Distinct tone and identity
Navigate so users can find info
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
First degree words

36. Sidebar
Set up lead
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
working from large blocks to smaller blocks

37. Libel
Race
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
What quotes add to a story

38. Never change anything in direct quotes from a printed source - Always attribute direct quotes from a printed source - Place [sic] immediately following an error from a printed source (Not style - purely factual errors; sic means thus - that's how you
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Quotes in print
When to use direct quotes

39. When are commas used?
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
To separate independent clauses and to separate the elements in a list or description. No comma is called before the conjunction in a simple series.
Mission statement (magazines)
How well does it say it?

40. Style
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
The highest exectives who shape the organization's long-term mission as well as overseeing advertising - production - personnel and financial matters. publisher- print - general manager- broadcast
Passive voice
Guidelines for photo captions

41. Editors must be able to idenify this in stories that can result in imnbalance or offensive langugage.
How well does it say it?
Repurposing
Bias
Navigate so users can find info

42. Figure of speech that places a word or prhase in a fresh context to clarify or make point in a creative way. Be on your guard in usage.
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
1. read for understanding 2. read for organization and focus 3. read for accuracy 4. read for grammar - spelling - punctuation and style 5. read for language and sentence structure 6. proofread
Metaphor
Devices and techniques for service journalism

43. Where should attribution go?
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
Conversation model
General rules about direct quotes

44. Opening spread
Push technology
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Set up lead
Feature well (magazines)

45. Reputation is...

46. What's the best defense against libel?
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
Covers (magazines)
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Truth.

47. Avoid using it unless it's relevant.
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Race
Less than half of the U.S. population
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth

48. Agenda Setting (sets the agenda) - Gatekeeping - Watchdog - Verification - Marketplace of Ideas - Mobilizers -Public journalism - Developmental journalism
Metaphor
Journalism roles
Usenet
Covers (magazines)

49. Form of communal email in which people interested in a common topic send messages to a specific online address and receive all other messages sent to that addresses.
Ads
Cliche
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Listservs

50. This may be appropriate to emphasize the details of the action rather than the one who is responsible.
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Distinct tone and identity
Passive voice