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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Speak to communites joined by beliefs and interests - not geography.
Niche
grammar and style
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
External blurbs (magazines)

2. Subordinating conjunctions
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Link unequal sentence elements
Repurposing
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings

3. Where do commas and periods go in quotes?
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
Criteria to evaluate stories
Feeds/wire

4. Qualified privilege
Info boxes
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
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.

5. Emphasize the latest angle and play down the exact time of the original event.
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
Attribution
Second day stories
Dollar bill rule(magazines)

6. This may be appropriate to emphasize the details of the action rather than the one who is responsible.
Heart
Quotes in print
Listservs
Passive voice

7. Publisher/Manager

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8. Emerging style for journalism on local communities.
Civic journalism
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Push technology
Mission statement (magazines)

9. Indefinite pronouns
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Pluralize then make it possessive
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Anyone - either ususally singular

10. Visual interest - cosumerism - trends - community - inspiration - twists of fate - great writing.
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Contemporary news value
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said

11. Timeliness - Proximity - Prominence - Consequence - Rarity - Human Interest
Characteristics of news
Set up lead
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 to critique articles

12. What's the best defense against libel?
Truth.
Niche
To introduce clauses.
Active voice

13. Loopwhole 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
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Feature well (magazines)
Slang

14. Actual malice

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15. 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
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
To introduce clauses.
Journalism roles
Quotes in print

16. When are relative pronouns like who used?
To introduce clauses.
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Pluralize then make it possessive
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings

17. Letters to/from editor - Letters from readers - Calendars - Q & A - Cartoons - quotes - Shopping guides
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Link unequal sentence elements
Explanatory approach
Cliche

18. Provide a sizeable portion of a publication's revenue.
Usenet
Ads
To introduce clauses.
Anyone - either ususally singular

19. Teaser headlines to shock buyers - usually use numbers to suggest value
Set up lead
Coverlines
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.
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event

20. Web sites must be easy to...
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
Ads
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Navigate so users can find info

21. What are the types of verbals?
Verbals
To introduce clauses.
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Infinitives - participles and gerunds

22. Basic situations in Invasion of privacy
Layering
Second day stories
Distinct tone and identity
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

23. Sast electronic libraries that provide reliable info ro journalists through keyword searches.
Fact checking
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Commercial databases
Repurposing

24. 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?
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Truth.
How to critique articles
Link unequal sentence elements

25. Titles should promise...
Listservs
Jargon
A benefit
Redundancy

26. Where should attribution go?
How to critique articles
Second day stories
Set up lead
Only one attribution and after the first sentence

27. Someone says something unique (revolutionary; news worthy) - Someone says something uniquely (colorful language) - Someone important says something important
When to use direct quotes
Set up lead
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
Inverted pyramid

28. Style
How to critique articles
Bias
4 elements of covers (magazines)
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings

29. 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)
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.

30. 'Totally demolished' is an example of this. This diminishes the conciseness and clarity of writing.
Redundancy
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Second day stories
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations

31. Sidebar
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Journalism roles
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story

32. 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.
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Guidelines for photo captions
Listservs
Internal blurbs (magazines)

33. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story
said
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Push technology
Kinds of blurbs

34. 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
Anyone - either ususally singular
Commercial databases
Cliche
Display copy (magazines)

35. 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
Link unequal sentence elements
How to critique articles
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Fact checking

36. What's the exception to the order of attribution?
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Attribution

37. When is 'which' used?
Navigate so users can find info
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
Metaphor
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

38. What's an efficient approach to copy editing?
When to use direct quotes
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Commercial databases
Niche

39. Has everything to do w/ branding a magazine - Sense of focus - readers - personality (MS)
Heart
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)
Photo captions

40. Opening spread
Pluralize then make it possessive
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
Parrot
Feature well (magazines)

41. Collective noun
Niche
Push technology
Covers (magazines)
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.

42. More historical context and common ground for opposing views.
Explanatory approach
External blurbs (magazines)
Civic journalism
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

43. Single words or short phrases. Avoid these because whole sentences are more readable.
Partial or orphan quotes
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Feeds/wire
Redundancy

44. Lists (step-by-step; recipes are SJ) - Subheads - Blurbs - Sidebars and boxes - Charts and graphics
Navigate so users can find info
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Bias

45. Editors must be able to idenify this in stories that can result in imnbalance or offensive langugage.
Bias
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Why quotes are important
Kinds of blurbs

46. 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
Basic Journalistic Values
Feeds/wire
Service journalism
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable

47. What protects journalistics & how?
What quotes add to a story
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Distinct tone and identity
Principles of service journalism

48. Why should you use quotes?
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Layering
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Characteristics of news

49. When are commas used?
Feature well (magazines)
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.
Repurposing
Commercial databases

50. Verb forms that behave like nouns - adjectives or adverbs.
Verbals
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Mission statement (magazines)