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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Speak to communites joined by beliefs and interests - not geography.






2. Subordinating conjunctions






3. Where do commas and periods go in quotes?






4. Qualified privilege






5. Emphasize the latest angle and play down the exact time of the original event.






6. This may be appropriate to emphasize the details of the action rather than the one who is responsible.






7. Publisher/Manager

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8. Emerging style for journalism on local communities.






9. Indefinite pronouns






10. Visual interest - cosumerism - trends - community - inspiration - twists of fate - great writing.






11. Timeliness - Proximity - Prominence - Consequence - Rarity - Human Interest






12. What's the best defense against libel?






13. Loopwhole journalism






14. Actual malice

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15. 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






16. When are relative pronouns like who used?






17. Letters to/from editor - Letters from readers - Calendars - Q & A - Cartoons - quotes - Shopping guides






18. Provide a sizeable portion of a publication's revenue.






19. Teaser headlines to shock buyers - usually use numbers to suggest value






20. Web sites must be easy to...






21. What are the types of verbals?






22. Basic situations in Invasion of privacy






23. Sast electronic libraries that provide reliable info ro journalists through keyword searches.






24. Aristotle's 3 questions: What does it say? - How well does it say it? - Was it worth saying? [What does it say? Is there a clear focus? Is there a point?] - Theme?






25. Titles should promise...






26. Where should attribution go?






27. Someone says something unique (revolutionary; news worthy) - Someone says something uniquely (colorful language) - Someone important says something important






28. Style






29. Label - such as "contents" (Table is in design aspect only) - Logo - Slogan - Historical reference - Date of publication - Listing of editorial staff - Associate affiliations - Masthead (Post Office info - etc.)






30. 'Totally demolished' is an example of this. This diminishes the conciseness and clarity of writing.






31. Sidebar






32. 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.






33. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story






34. 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






35. 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






36. What's the exception to the order of attribution?






37. When is 'which' used?






38. What's an efficient approach to copy editing?






39. Has everything to do w/ branding a magazine - Sense of focus - readers - personality (MS)






40. Opening spread






41. Collective noun






42. More historical context and common ground for opposing views.






43. Single words or short phrases. Avoid these because whole sentences are more readable.






44. Lists (step-by-step; recipes are SJ) - Subheads - Blurbs - Sidebars and boxes - Charts and graphics






45. Editors must be able to idenify this in stories that can result in imnbalance or offensive langugage.






46. 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






47. What protects journalistics & how?






48. Why should you use quotes?






49. When are commas used?






50. Verb forms that behave like nouns - adjectives or adverbs.