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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Titles should promise...
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
To introduce clauses.
A benefit
Guidelines for photo captions

2. Basic situations in Invasion of privacy
To introduce clauses.
Slang
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
Redundancy

3. 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
Civic journalism
Link unequal sentence elements
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Principles of service journalism

4. Style
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Explanatory approach
grammar and style
Only one attribution and after the first sentence

5. What are the standards of a copy editor?
General rules about direct quotes
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Usenet
grammar and style

6. Grammar
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Conversation model
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning

7. Web blog or Journal style
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
What quotes add to a story
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings

8. Someone says something unique (revolutionary; news worthy) - Someone says something uniquely (colorful language) - Someone important says something important
When to use direct quotes
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
Infinitives - participles and gerunds

9. 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.)
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Creative Titles (magazines)
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts

10. Convergence of media
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Feature well (magazines)
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Info boxes

11. What's the best defense against libel?
Truth.
grammar and style
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
First degree words

12. 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
A benefit
Service journalism
Info boxes
Jargon

13. Damages
Quotes in print
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.

14. Popular way of organizing news sotries with the most important info at the top of the sotry - followed by supporting details.
Inverted pyramid
Info boxes
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play

15. Execution (technique - creativity - etc.)
Info boxes
How well does it say it?
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth

16. How broadcasters write stories. Leads are shorter in length and they are in the present tense.
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Conversation model
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth

17. Alliteration and rhyme - Allusions to books - movies and TV - Songs and music - Phrases and puns - Names become fun to play with
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Criteria to evaluate stories
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Creative Titles (magazines)

18. Fair use
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details

19. Whites will soon make up...
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Less than half of the U.S. population
Layering
Navigate so users can find info

20. Stories - videos - audio - photos and grpahics provided by the times - ap - etch to subscriber newsrooms.
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Verbals
Partial or orphan quotes
Feeds/wire

21. Correlative conjunctions
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Covers (magazines)
Redundancy

22. Hypen
Links letters or words together
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Redundancy
Info boxes

23. Cover = store front - TOC = menu - FOB = appetizer - Feature = entree - BOB = dessert
Repurposing
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
How to critique articles
Conversation model

24. Opening spread
Truth.
Metaphor
Feature well (magazines)
Slang

25. Credibility by telling exactly what witnesses see - experts say - etc. - Enliven and dramatize - Reveal personality
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Contemporary news value
What quotes add to a story
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories

26. Why are accuracy problems magnified at the local level?
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth

27. Local sidebars that include details like phone numbers - addresses - etc.
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Info boxes
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
relative. The dead can't be libeled.

28. When is 'which' used?
Contemporary news value
Bias
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
What quotes add to a story

29. A statement of purpose that identifies the specific editorial focus of the magazine - who the intended readers are and a definition of its personality
Jargon
Mission statement (magazines)
Layering
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

30. Timeliness - Proximity - Prominence - Consequence - Rarity - Human Interest
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Coverlines
Characteristics of news
Mission statement (magazines)

31. Loopwhole journalism
Less than half of the U.S. population
Info boxes
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said

32. 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
Links letters or words together
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Link unequal sentence elements
Internal blurbs (magazines)

33. Verb forms that behave like nouns - adjectives or adverbs.
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
Verbals
Truth.
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community

34. Indefinite pronouns
Active voice
Ads
Anyone - either ususally singular
Distinct tone and identity

35. When should references to someone's heritage - gender - sexuality or disability be included?

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36. 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.
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
said
Listservs
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.

37. Steps in the editing process
Kinds of blurbs
grammar and style
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
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

38. Qualified privilege
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
How well does it say it?
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings

39. Teaser headlines to shock buyers - usually use numbers to suggest value
Coverlines
Less than half of the U.S. population
Metaphor
Dollar bill rule(magazines)

40. Concept - Structure - Reporting - Style (creativity) - Presentation - Was it worth saying? Is there relevance/timeliness?
Criteria to evaluate stories
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.
Inverted pyramid
grammar and style

41. What's the key to plural possessives?
Pluralize then make it possessive
Commercial databases
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.
Pull

42. Absolute privilege
Basic Journalistic Values
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
Active voice

43. They are direct (chance for sources to connect w/ readers) - They are nuanced (spokesmen say things particularly)
Usenet
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Partial or orphan quotes
Why quotes are important

44. Adapting stories from print or broadcast to the web.
Repurposing
A benefit
What quotes add to a story
Partial or orphan quotes

45. Audiences respond to these words because they convey a precise relationship to their concepts- words like office rather than facility.
Navigate so users can find info
First degree words
Partial or orphan quotes
4 elements of covers (magazines)

46. When should the time element appear?
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Niche

47. Has everything to do w/ branding a magazine - Sense of focus - readers - personality (MS)
Slang
Covers (magazines)
Niche
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info

48. Used in broadcasting. it frames a story by telling viewers and listeners what to expect.
Partial or orphan quotes
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
Photo captions
Set up lead

49. Publisher/Manager

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50. When paraphrasing and quotes repeat each other - redundant.
Kinds of blurbs
Civic journalism
Parrot
Characteristics of news