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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Brings news to you
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Attribution
Push technology
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details

2. Sidebar
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
How well does it say it?
Creative Titles (magazines)
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story

3. Managing editor
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Anyone - either ususally singular
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
said

4. Tells the reader the source of the quote or information.
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Feature well (magazines)
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Attribution

5. Why should you use quotes?
Partial or orphan quotes
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
Civic journalism
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.

6. Absolute privilege
Second day stories
Why quotes are important
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
Jargon

7. Where should attribution go?
When to use direct quotes
Repurposing
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Push technology

8. 'Totally demolished' is an example of this. This diminishes the conciseness and clarity of writing.
Niche
Redundancy
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Only one attribution and after the first sentence

9. Coordinating conjunctions
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Display copy (magazines)

10. Local sidebars that include details like phone numbers - addresses - etc.
Info boxes
Slang
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
said

11. A linked collection of onlin bulletin boards organized into specific topics of interest or 'news groups'.
Why quotes are important
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Usenet
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story

12. Appear outside body copy with the title - deck or subhead
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
External blurbs (magazines)
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Civic journalism

13. Has everything to do w/ branding a magazine - Sense of focus - readers - personality (MS)
Explanatory approach
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Covers (magazines)
A benefit

14. 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.
Explanatory approach
Commercial databases
Verbals

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

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16. What word should be used in attribution?
Bias
said
Pull
Link equal elements but always come in pairs

17. 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
Commercial databases
Feature well (magazines)
Internal blurbs (magazines)
relative. The dead can't be libeled.

18. What's the exception to the order of attribution?
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Set up lead
Journalism roles
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution

19. What's the best defense against libel?
said
Truth.
Conversation model
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.

20. Should complement the picture - Should connect the picture to the story and get readers to read the story
said
Conversation model
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
Photo captions

21. Actual malice

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22. Single words or short phrases. Avoid these because whole sentences are more readable.
Partial or orphan quotes
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
Mission statement (magazines)
Metaphor

23. What's an efficient approach to copy editing?
Verbals
Kinds of blurbs
What quotes add to a story
working from large blocks to smaller blocks

24. Credibility by telling exactly what witnesses see - experts say - etc. - Enliven and dramatize - Reveal personality
Navigate so users can find info
Partial or orphan quotes
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
What quotes add to a story

25. 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
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
General rules about direct quotes
Fact checking
Covers (magazines)

26. Publisher/Manager

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27. When should the time element appear?
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.

28. Organizing a story and related info in small linked pieces.
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Layering

29. Provide a sizeable portion of a publication's revenue.
Ads
Distinct tone and identity
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said

30. Write a caption for every photo (except studio shots) - Write sentences - Write in the present tense - active voice (on first sentence) - Place captions under the photos - Don't state the obvious - Write more than one line - Make the last line count
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Guidelines for photo captions
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Bias

31. Titles should promise...
Attribution
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
A benefit
Less than half of the U.S. population

32. Dash
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Basic Journalistic Values
Ads
Navigate so users can find info

33. Reputation is...

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34. Fair comment and criticism
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Characteristics of news
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence

35. Web sites must be easy to...
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Set up lead
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Navigate so users can find info

36. 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.)
said
Why quotes are important
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.

37. Correlative conjunctions
Service journalism
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
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
Link equal elements but always come in pairs

38. What's the key to plural possessives?
Pluralize then make it possessive
Info boxes
If they're relevant to the story
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

39. Qualified privilege
If they're relevant to the story
Conversation model
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings

40. Agenda Setting (sets the agenda) - Gatekeeping - Watchdog - Verification - Marketplace of Ideas - Mobilizers -Public journalism - Developmental journalism
What quotes add to a story
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
Journalism roles
Quotes in print

41. Groups 'pull' you to the discussion at a shared site.
Pull
Less than half of the U.S. population
Truth.
How to critique articles

42. Steps in the editing process
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Basic Journalistic Values
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
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)

43. Professional language that reporters are prone to use because their sources use it.
Cliche
Jargon
Characteristics of news
Bias

44. Lists (step-by-step; recipes are SJ) - Subheads - Blurbs - Sidebars and boxes - Charts and graphics
Quotes in print
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Creative Titles (magazines)
Only one attribution and after the first sentence

45. Emerging style for journalism on local communities.
said
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Civic journalism

46. Hypen
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Links letters or words together
When to use direct quotes
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations

47. This may be appropriate to emphasize the details of the action rather than the one who is responsible.
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Info boxes
Navigate so users can find info
Passive voice

48. 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?
Less than half of the U.S. population
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Covers (magazines)
How to critique articles

49. Used in broadcasting. it frames a story by telling viewers and listeners what to expect.
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Set up lead
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.

50. Verb forms that behave like nouns - adjectives or adverbs.
Distinct tone and identity
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
Fact checking
Verbals