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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. What protects journalistics & how?
If they're relevant to the story
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Kinds of blurbs

2. 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.
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Link unequal sentence elements
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Listservs

3. Subordinating conjunctions
Slang
Link unequal sentence elements
Basic Journalistic Values
Cliche

4. Indefinite pronouns
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.
Anyone - either ususally singular
If they're relevant to the story
Cliche

5. Basic ideals editors must adhere to
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Fairness - ethics - decency
Anyone - either ususally singular
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny

6. 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 broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
4 elements of covers (magazines)
How well does it say it?
Active voice

7. Alliteration and rhyme - Allusions to books - movies and TV - Songs and music - Phrases and puns - Names become fun to play with
Creative Titles (magazines)
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence

8. Timeliness - Proximity - Prominence - Consequence - Rarity - Human Interest
Slang
Characteristics of news
Creative Titles (magazines)
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details

9. Someone says something unique (revolutionary; news worthy) - Someone says something uniquely (colorful language) - Someone important says something important
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Listservs
When to use direct quotes
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play

10. 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
Links letters or words together
Fact checking
Civic journalism
Redundancy

11. Collective noun
Coverlines
Anyone - either ususally singular
Inverted pyramid
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.

12. Damages
Niche
Coverlines
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Kinds of blurbs

13. Loopwhole journalism
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Covers (magazines)
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play

14. Rub within body copy (subheads and pull quotes) - Should appear on the same page or spread as the words or ideas for the blurb appear - Should appear in proper story order - Break up text and seas of gray to coax or tease reader into copy - Should fo
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
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Internal blurbs (magazines)

15. What's the order for attribution?
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Journalism roles
Usenet

16. Titles should promise...
A benefit
Contemporary news value
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Repurposing

17. Why are accuracy problems magnified at the local level?
How well does it say it?
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Link unequal sentence elements
Creative Titles (magazines)

18. Brings news to you
Covers (magazines)
Push technology
Quotes in print
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details

19. Where do commas and periods go in quotes?
Fairness - ethics - decency
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
Explanatory approach

20. Has everything to do w/ branding a magazine - Sense of focus - readers - personality (MS)
Jargon
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
Covers (magazines)
Bias

21. Groups 'pull' you to the discussion at a shared site.
Heart
Pull
Less than half of the U.S. population
Passive voice

22. Managing editor
said
Photo captions
Less than half of the U.S. population
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)

23. Emerging style for journalism on local communities.
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Civic journalism
Second day stories

24. Cut the copy (quick and to the point) - Be clear - Involve the reader ('How I' approach - 'How you' approach - 'How Jane Doe' approach) - Think useful - Think new or news - Think money
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.
If they're relevant to the story
Principles of service journalism
Journalism roles

25. Popular way of organizing news sotries with the most important info at the top of the sotry - followed by supporting details.
Inverted pyramid
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Fairness - ethics - decency
Dollar bill rule(magazines)

26. Design/layout editors
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
Mission statement (magazines)
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
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings

27. A statement of purpose that identifies the specific editorial focus of the magazine - who the intended readers are and a definition of its personality
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Mission statement (magazines)
Creative Titles (magazines)

28. When is 'that' used?
Guidelines for photo captions
Display copy (magazines)
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Cliche

29. Whites will soon make up...
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Less than half of the U.S. population
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
A benefit

30. 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
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Fairness - ethics - decency
Display copy (magazines)
Link unequal sentence elements

31. Cover = store front - TOC = menu - FOB = appetizer - Feature = entree - BOB = dessert
First degree words
Journalism roles
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Feeds/wire

32. Agenda Setting (sets the agenda) - Gatekeeping - Watchdog - Verification - Marketplace of Ideas - Mobilizers -Public journalism - Developmental journalism
Guidelines for photo captions
Journalism roles
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
External blurbs (magazines)

33. When is 'who/whoever' used?
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Ads
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny

34. What word should be used in attribution?
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.
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
said
working from large blocks to smaller blocks

35. When is 'which' used?
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Less than half of the U.S. population
grammar and style
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details

36. Dash
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Civic journalism
Listservs
relative. The dead can't be libeled.

37. 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
First degree words
Kinds of blurbs
Service journalism
Creative Titles (magazines)

38. What are the types of verbals?
Links letters or words together
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
Basic Journalistic Values
Infinitives - participles and gerunds

39. May be colorful but may be understood by only certain demographic groups.
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Anyone - either ususally singular
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Slang

40. Speak to communites joined by beliefs and interests - not geography.
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Info boxes
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
Niche

41. Editors such purge copy of these trite - overused expressions. Ex: sweet as sugar
Commercial databases
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Cliche
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

42. Shouldn't be able to put a dollar bill on a page and not see some type of blurb
Truth.
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Feeds/wire
Dollar bill rule(magazines)

43. Appear outside body copy with the title - deck or subhead
External blurbs (magazines)
Passive voice
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Bias

44. They are direct (chance for sources to connect w/ readers) - They are nuanced (spokesmen say things particularly)
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
Why quotes are important
Principles of service journalism

45. Reputation is...

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46. Public editor
Distinct tone and identity
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Explanatory approach
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process

47. Sast electronic libraries that provide reliable info ro journalists through keyword searches.
Feeds/wire
Fact checking
Commercial databases
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.

48. Tape editors
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Niche
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.

49. Professional language that reporters are prone to use because their sources use it.
said
Jargon
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations

50. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Why quotes are important
Kinds of blurbs
Infinitives - participles and gerunds