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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. 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.
Listservs
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
Service journalism
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank

2. Damages
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Heart
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts

3. Dash
said
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Internal blurbs (magazines)

4. Single words or short phrases. Avoid these because whole sentences are more readable.
Anyone - either ususally singular
Covers (magazines)
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Partial or orphan quotes

5. What are the types of verbals?
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Less than half of the U.S. population
Basic Journalistic Values
Commercial databases

6. When are commas used?
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
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
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
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.

7. When are relative pronouns like who used?
Bias
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
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
To introduce clauses.

8. Web sites need...
Distinct tone and identity
Civic journalism
Listservs
Conversation model

9. They are direct (chance for sources to connect w/ readers) - They are nuanced (spokesmen say things particularly)
Niche
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Why quotes are important
Mission statement (magazines)

10. More historical context and common ground for opposing views.
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Explanatory approach
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
4 elements of covers (magazines)

11. Fair comment and criticism
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Push technology
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.

12. What protects journalistics & how?
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Contemporary news value
Bias
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution

13. A statement of purpose that identifies the specific editorial focus of the magazine - who the intended readers are and a definition of its personality
Listservs
Mission statement (magazines)
General rules about direct quotes
Repurposing

14. What's the key to plural possessives?
Pluralize then make it possessive
Listservs
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
Front of book (FOB - magazines)

15. Shouldn't be able to put a dollar bill on a page and not see some type of blurb
When to use direct quotes
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.
Verbals
Dollar bill rule(magazines)

16. Sidebar
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
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
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites

17. Letters to/from editor - Letters from readers - Calendars - Q & A - Cartoons - quotes - Shopping guides
To introduce clauses.
What quotes add to a story
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Front of book (FOB - magazines)

18. What's the exception to the order of attribution?
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Slang
Truth.
Link unequal sentence elements

19. Coordinating conjunctions
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Journalism roles
grammar and style
Partial or orphan quotes

20. Steps in the editing process
Why quotes are important
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
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable

21. Tape editors
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Pull

22. Editors must be able to idenify this in stories that can result in imnbalance or offensive langugage.
Repurposing
Partial or orphan quotes
Link unequal sentence elements
Bias

23. Correlative conjunctions
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings

24. What word should be used 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
What quotes add to a story
said
Only one attribution and after the first sentence

25. Absolute privilege
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Principles of service journalism
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings

26. Stories - videos - audio - photos and grpahics provided by the times - ap - etch to subscriber newsrooms.
Civic journalism
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Feeds/wire
Pluralize then make it possessive

27. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story
First degree words
Kinds of blurbs
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Front of book (FOB - magazines)

28. Cover = store front - TOC = menu - FOB = appetizer - Feature = entree - BOB = dessert
Journalism roles
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Restaurant analogy (magazines)

29. Appear outside body copy with the title - deck or subhead
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
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
External blurbs (magazines)
A benefit

30. Local sidebars that include details like phone numbers - addresses - etc.
Basic Journalistic Values
Kinds of blurbs
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
Info boxes

31. Whites will soon make up...
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
Less than half of the U.S. population
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play

32. 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.
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Pluralize then make it possessive
Metaphor
said

33. Teaser headlines to shock buyers - usually use numbers to suggest value
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Coverlines
Redundancy

34. Tells the reader the source of the quote or information.
How to critique articles
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
Attribution
Contemporary news value

35. How broadcasters write stories. Leads are shorter in length and they are in the present tense.
Conversation model
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
Usenet
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories

36. Avoid using it unless it's relevant.
Coverlines
Race
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings

37. Brings news to you
Layering
Push technology
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Infinitives - participles and gerunds

38. Groups 'pull' you to the discussion at a shared site.
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Basic Journalistic Values
Listservs
Pull

39. Speak to communites joined by beliefs and interests - not geography.
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Less than half of the U.S. population
Niche
Display copy (magazines)

40. Verb forms that behave like nouns - adjectives or adverbs.
Display copy (magazines)
Civic journalism
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Verbals

41. Titles should promise...
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Push technology
Slang
A benefit

42. May be colorful but may be understood by only certain demographic groups.
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Slang

43. 'Totally demolished' is an example of this. This diminishes the conciseness and clarity of writing.
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
Criteria to evaluate stories
Redundancy

44. 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
Pull
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Fact checking
Front of book (FOB - magazines)

45. Story budget

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46. Has everything to do w/ branding a magazine - Sense of focus - readers - personality (MS)
External blurbs (magazines)
Niche
Covers (magazines)
Cliche

47. Usually preferable in news writing because it usually requires fewer wrods and makes it clear who is doing what to whom.
Attribution
Active voice
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
How to critique articles

48. What's an efficient approach to copy editing?
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Second day stories
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Front of book (FOB - magazines)

49. Hypen
A benefit
When to use direct quotes
Links letters or words together
Passive voice

50. Execution (technique - creativity - etc.)
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
What quotes add to a story
How well does it say it?
Bias