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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. What's the exception to the order of attribution?
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
How well does it say it?

2. 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
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Basic Journalistic Values
Dollar bill rule(magazines)

3. Damages
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
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
Race
4 elements of covers (magazines)

4. Web sites must be easy to...
Basic Journalistic Values
said
Commercial databases
Navigate so users can find info

5. Used in broadcasting. it frames a story by telling viewers and listeners what to expect.
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Set up lead
Passive voice
Internal blurbs (magazines)

6. Tape editors
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
Race
Commercial databases
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories

7. Opening spread
A benefit
General rules about direct quotes
Feature well (magazines)
Devices and techniques for service journalism

8. Grammar
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
How well does it say it?
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning

9. Organizing a story and related info in small linked pieces.
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Bias
Layering

10. Label - such as "contents" (Table is in design aspect only) - Logo - Slogan - Historical reference - Date of publication - Listing of editorial staff - Associate affiliations - Masthead (Post Office info - etc.)
Conversation model
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Partial or orphan quotes

11. 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
External blurbs (magazines)
Quotes in print
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Service journalism

12. What are the 5 key tests of libel?

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13. How broadcasters write stories. Leads are shorter in length and they are in the present tense.
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Conversation model
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Why quotes are important

14. Dash
What quotes add to a story
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
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 long title description of the speaker is included in attribution

15. 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.
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
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Listservs

16. Execution (technique - creativity - etc.)
Devices and techniques for service journalism
When to use direct quotes
How well does it say it?
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.

17. Cover = store front - TOC = menu - FOB = appetizer - Feature = entree - BOB = dessert
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
said
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Contemporary news value

18. Basic situations in Invasion of privacy
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
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
Link equal elements but always come in pairs

19. Concept - Structure - Reporting - Style (creativity) - Presentation - Was it worth saying? Is there relevance/timeliness?
Feeds/wire
Cliche
Jargon
Criteria to evaluate stories

20. When is 'whom/whomever' used?
Set up lead
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Race
Metaphor

21. When paraphrasing and quotes repeat each other - redundant.
Parrot
Explanatory approach
Feature well (magazines)
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning

22. Avoid using it unless it's relevant.
Set up lead
Race
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Ads

23. Tells the reader the source of the quote or information.
Less than half of the U.S. population
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Attribution
What quotes add to a story

24. Appear outside body copy with the title - deck or subhead
Commercial databases
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
External blurbs (magazines)
Link equal elements but always come in pairs

25. Single words or short phrases. Avoid these because whole sentences are more readable.
General rules about direct quotes
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Partial or orphan quotes
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event

26. 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.
General rules about direct quotes
Metaphor
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Front of book (FOB - magazines)

27. What's the order for attribution?
If they're relevant to the story
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Usenet
Race

28. Story budget

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29. Has everything to do w/ branding a magazine - Sense of focus - readers - personality (MS)
Criteria to evaluate stories
Covers (magazines)
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
A benefit

30. What are the types of verbals?
A benefit
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
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

31. Editors must be able to idenify this in stories that can result in imnbalance or offensive langugage.
Distinct tone and identity
Bias
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings

32. Teaser headlines to shock buyers - usually use numbers to suggest value
Basic Journalistic Values
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Coverlines
Passive voice

33. Control Ethnocentrism (your own country and culture is better than others) - Altruistic Democracy: politicians should serve the public good not own interests - Responsible Capitalism: open competition among business will create better world - Small-t
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Basic Journalistic Values

34. 'Totally demolished' is an example of this. This diminishes the conciseness and clarity of writing.
Redundancy
First degree words
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
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth

35. 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
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Service journalism
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank

36. Local sidebars that include details like phone numbers - addresses - etc.
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Listservs
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Info boxes

37. When should the time element appear?
Coverlines
Covers (magazines)
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Link unequal sentence elements

38. Policy on accusers in sex crimes

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39. Coordinating conjunctions
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Ads
Parrot

40. This may be appropriate to emphasize the details of the action rather than the one who is responsible.
Basic Journalistic Values
Mission statement (magazines)
Passive voice
Coverlines

41. What's the key to plural possessives?
Set up lead
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Principles of service journalism
Pluralize then make it possessive

42. Timeliness - Proximity - Prominence - Consequence - Rarity - Human Interest
Characteristics of news
Inverted pyramid
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth

43. Verb forms that behave like nouns - adjectives or adverbs.
Set up lead
Push technology
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Verbals

44. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story
Link unequal sentence elements
General rules about direct quotes
Kinds of blurbs
Listservs

45. Audiences respond to these words because they convey a precise relationship to their concepts- words like office rather than facility.
Set up lead
Coverlines
Niche
First degree words

46. Lists (step-by-step; recipes are SJ) - Subheads - Blurbs - Sidebars and boxes - Charts and graphics
Second day stories
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Listservs
Only one attribution and after the first sentence

47. What's the best defense against libel?
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Truth.
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Service journalism

48. Professional language that reporters are prone to use because their sources use it.
Jargon
Heart
Internal blurbs (magazines)
First degree words

49. Editors such purge copy of these trite - overused expressions. Ex: sweet as sugar
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
Journalism roles
Cliche
External blurbs (magazines)

50. Sast electronic libraries that provide reliable info ro journalists through keyword searches.
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Metaphor
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Commercial databases