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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Sast electronic libraries that provide reliable info ro journalists through keyword searches.
Why quotes are important
When to use direct quotes
Commercial databases
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning

2. What are the standards of a copy editor?
Internal blurbs (magazines)
grammar and style
Distinct tone and identity
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

3. 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?
Commercial databases
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Internal blurbs (magazines)
How to critique articles

4. 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
Photo captions
Principles of service journalism
Feeds/wire
Devices and techniques for service journalism

5. Web sites need...
Feeds/wire
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Distinct tone and identity
Infinitives - participles and gerunds

6. Damages
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Second day stories
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Usenet

7. Emphasize the latest angle and play down the exact time of the original event.
Second day stories
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Principles of service journalism

8. Where do commas and periods go in quotes?
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
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details

9. Titles should promise...
A benefit
Kinds of blurbs
Niche
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest

10. 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
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
Bias
Second day stories
Quotes in print

11. News values
Usenet
Criteria to evaluate stories
Journalism roles
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest

12. Agenda Setting (sets the agenda) - Gatekeeping - Watchdog - Verification - Marketplace of Ideas - Mobilizers -Public journalism - Developmental journalism
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Principles of service journalism
Journalism roles
Mission statement (magazines)

13. Collective noun
Quotes in print
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Covers (magazines)
Service journalism

14. Execution (technique - creativity - etc.)
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
Listservs
Contemporary news value
How well does it say it?

15. They are direct (chance for sources to connect w/ readers) - They are nuanced (spokesmen say things particularly)
Why quotes are important
Quotes in print
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution

16. May be colorful but may be understood by only certain demographic groups.
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Slang
Cliche
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.

17. Design/layout editors
Bias
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Commercial databases
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites

18. Professional language that reporters are prone to use because their sources use it.
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Jargon
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Listservs

19. A linked collection of onlin bulletin boards organized into specific topics of interest or 'news groups'.
Usenet
said
Links letters or words together
Link equal elements but always come in pairs

20. Web blog or Journal style
grammar and style
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
Truth.
Navigate so users can find info

21. Style
A benefit
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.
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
grammar and style

22. Hypen
Links letters or words together
Display copy (magazines)
Set up lead
working from large blocks to smaller blocks

23. Absolute privilege
Slang
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
4 elements of covers (magazines)

24. This may be appropriate to emphasize the details of the action rather than the one who is responsible.
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.
Active voice
Passive voice
Link unequal sentence elements

25. When should the time element appear?
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Anyone - either ususally singular
External blurbs (magazines)
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.

26. Appear outside body copy with the title - deck or subhead
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Attribution
Truth.
External blurbs (magazines)

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
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Passive voice
Mission statement (magazines)
Infinitives - participles and gerunds

28. Shouldn't be able to put a dollar bill on a page and not see some type of blurb
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Ads

29. When paraphrasing and quotes repeat each other - redundant.
Civic journalism
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
Parrot

30. Speak to communites joined by beliefs and interests - not geography.
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
Jargon
What quotes add to a story
Niche

31. A personal story rather than general.
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Push technology
If they're relevant to the story
Heart

32. How broadcasters write stories. Leads are shorter in length and they are in the present tense.
Creative Titles (magazines)
Conversation model
Covers (magazines)
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.

33. Editors such purge copy of these trite - overused expressions. Ex: sweet as sugar
Cliche
What quotes add to a story
Kinds of blurbs
Slang

34. Single words or short phrases. Avoid these because whole sentences are more readable.
Passive voice
Why quotes are important
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Partial or orphan quotes

35. Teaser headlines to shock buyers - usually use numbers to suggest value
Journalism roles
Cliche
Coverlines
Layering

36. Used in broadcasting. it frames a story by telling viewers and listeners what to expect.
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Set up lead
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Service journalism

37. Tells the reader the source of the quote or information.
Feeds/wire
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Attribution
Distinct tone and identity

38. Editors must be able to idenify this in stories that can result in imnbalance or offensive langugage.
Bias
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Listservs

39. What's the exception to the order of attribution?
Display copy (magazines)
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Pull
Slang

40. Why should you use quotes?
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
Repurposing
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites

41. Basic situations in Invasion of privacy
Navigate so users can find info
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
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

42. Libel
How well does it say it?
Truth.
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)

43. Brings news to you
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Push technology
How to critique articles

44. Timeliness - Proximity - Prominence - Consequence - Rarity - Human Interest
Feeds/wire
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Characteristics of news

45. 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)
Service journalism
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said

46. Why are accuracy problems magnified at the local level?
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
relative. The dead can't be libeled.

47. 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
Display copy (magazines)
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Attribution

48. Verb forms that behave like nouns - adjectives or adverbs.
Verbals
Covers (magazines)
Quotes in print
Characteristics of news

49. Local sidebars that include details like phone numbers - addresses - etc.
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.
Info boxes
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth

50. When are commas used?
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.
Quotes in print
Ads
grammar and style