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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. When should the time element appear?
Jargon
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Info boxes
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.

2. 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
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Creative Titles (magazines)
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Only one attribution and after the first sentence

3. Policy on accusers in sex crimes

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4. This may be appropriate to emphasize the details of the action rather than the one who is responsible.
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
How well does it say it?
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

5. Steps in the editing process
Pull
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
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

6. Design/layout editors
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
First degree words
Covers (magazines)
Jargon

7. Essential part of credibility - Has to do with someone (not the writer or reporting) re-reporting the factual info - Magazines have more extensive fact checking than newspapers (more time for turnaround) - Fact checkers also called research editors/e
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Fact checking
Verbals

8. Managing editor
Parrot
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
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

9. 'Totally demolished' is an example of this. This diminishes the conciseness and clarity of writing.
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Redundancy
Verbals
Less than half of the U.S. population

10. Opening spread
How well does it say it?
Feature well (magazines)
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
working from large blocks to smaller blocks

11. A personal story rather than general.
Push technology
Heart
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations

12. Used in broadcasting. it frames a story by telling viewers and listeners what to expect.
said
Heart
A benefit
Set up lead

13. Shouldn't be able to put a dollar bill on a page and not see some type of blurb
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Coverlines
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.

14. Whites will soon make up...
Less than half of the U.S. population
External blurbs (magazines)
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info

15. Teaser headlines to shock buyers - usually use numbers to suggest value
Pull
Attribution
Coverlines
Contemporary news value

16. Web sites need...
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Niche
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Distinct tone and identity

17. Emerging style for journalism on local communities.
Niche
Jargon
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Civic journalism

18. How broadcasters write stories. Leads are shorter in length and they are in the present tense.
A benefit
Explanatory approach
Conversation model
Only one attribution and after the first sentence

19. Indefinite pronouns
Passive voice
Anyone - either ususally singular
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Link unequal sentence elements

20. 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.
Principles of service journalism
Listservs
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info

21. What's an efficient approach to copy editing?
Jargon
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Heart

22. Label - such as "contents" (Table is in design aspect only) - Logo - Slogan - Historical reference - Date of publication - Listing of editorial staff - Associate affiliations - Masthead (Post Office info - etc.)
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Display copy (magazines)
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

23. When are commas used?
Ads
Civic journalism
Feature well (magazines)
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.

24. Qualified privilege
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Bias
Fairness - ethics - decency

25. Local sidebars that include details like phone numbers - addresses - etc.
First degree words
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Journalism roles
Info boxes

26. What's the best defense against libel?
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Fact checking
If they're relevant to the story
Truth.

27. 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
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Display copy (magazines)

28. Do not change anything inside quote marks (Exception: punctuation and spelling) - Never put quote marks around indirect quotes
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
General rules about direct quotes
Parrot
Navigate so users can find info

29. More historical context and common ground for opposing views.
Display copy (magazines)
When to use direct quotes
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Explanatory approach

30. Dash
Second day stories
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
4 elements of covers (magazines)

31. Someone says something unique (revolutionary; news worthy) - Someone says something uniquely (colorful language) - Someone important says something important
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
External blurbs (magazines)
When to use direct quotes
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.

32. Timeliness - Proximity - Prominence - Consequence - Rarity - Human Interest
Characteristics of news
said
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Link unequal sentence elements

33. Damages
Navigate so users can find info
Why quotes are important
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Passive voice

34. Aka refrigerator journalism - How-to; practical info - Advertisers love - Not a separate category of writing - just a different approach - Used in publishing houses like Meredith (grandfather of SJ) and Rodale
Service journalism
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
Parrot
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings

35. When is 'which' used?
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Journalism roles
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
Passive voice

36. Tape editors
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
grammar and style
Metaphor
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories

37. What word should be used in attribution?
Feature well (magazines)
General rules about direct quotes
Push technology
said

38. Appear outside body copy with the title - deck or subhead
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
External blurbs (magazines)
If they're relevant to the story
Contemporary news value

39. Titles should promise...
A benefit
To introduce clauses.
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Criteria to evaluate stories

40. When are relative pronouns like who used?
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
To introduce clauses.
Display copy (magazines)
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.

41. What's the order for attribution?
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said

42. Absolute privilege
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
First degree words
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)

43. Lists (step-by-step; recipes are SJ) - Subheads - Blurbs - Sidebars and boxes - Charts and graphics
Conversation model
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Commercial databases
Bias

44. Why are accuracy problems magnified at the local level?
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth

45. Audiences respond to these words because they convey a precise relationship to their concepts- words like office rather than facility.
Second day stories
Push technology
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.
First degree words

46. Web blog or Journal style
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
When to use direct quotes
Why quotes are important
Anyone - either ususally singular

47. When paraphrasing and quotes repeat each other - redundant.
Parrot
When to use direct quotes
Criteria to evaluate stories
Covers (magazines)

48. Where should attribution go?
Usenet
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.

49. Sidebar
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Slang
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
Parrot

50. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story
A benefit
What quotes add to a story
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Kinds of blurbs