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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. This may be appropriate to emphasize the details of the action rather than the one who is responsible.
Feature well (magazines)
Passive voice
Why quotes are important
Pluralize then make it possessive

2. Libel
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Basic Journalistic Values
Truth.
Navigate so users can find info

3. Convergence of media
Navigate so users can find info
Creative Titles (magazines)
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
What quotes add to a story

4. When is 'who/whoever' used?
Covers (magazines)
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Metaphor

5. Audiences respond to these words because they convey a precise relationship to their concepts- words like office rather than facility.
Less than half of the U.S. population
How well does it say it?
First degree words
Restaurant analogy (magazines)

6. Correlative conjunctions
Redundancy
Guidelines for photo captions
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.

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

8. Qualified privilege
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Heart
said

9. Grammar
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
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
Kinds of blurbs
Conversation model

10. Tape editors
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.

11. 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
Verbals
Internal blurbs (magazines)
grammar and style
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.

12. Professional language that reporters are prone to use because their sources use it.
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Jargon
Niche
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

13. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Pluralize then make it possessive
Conversation model
Kinds of blurbs

14. News values
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Partial or orphan quotes
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.

15. 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
Fact checking
Less than half of the U.S. population
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Niche

16. What word should be used in attribution?
said
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Characteristics of news

17. Popular way of organizing news sotries with the most important info at the top of the sotry - followed by supporting details.
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Inverted pyramid
Commercial databases
Characteristics of news

18. 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
Heart
Info boxes
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest

19. Do not change anything inside quote marks (Exception: punctuation and spelling) - Never put quote marks around indirect quotes
General rules about direct quotes
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Fairness - ethics - decency
Metaphor

20. A personal story rather than general.
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Heart
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Characteristics of news

21. What protects journalistics & how?
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.
grammar and style
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts

22. Steps in the editing process
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
Active voice
Ads
Feature well (magazines)

23. What's the best defense against libel?
Truth.
Second day stories
Fact checking
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.

24. 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
When to use direct quotes
Passive voice
A benefit
Quotes in print

25. Executive producer
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.
Ads
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations

26. A linked collection of onlin bulletin boards organized into specific topics of interest or 'news groups'.
Feeds/wire
Link unequal sentence elements
Usenet
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

27. Cover = store front - TOC = menu - FOB = appetizer - Feature = entree - BOB = dessert
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
Bias
Basic Journalistic Values
Restaurant analogy (magazines)

28. Concept - Structure - Reporting - Style (creativity) - Presentation - Was it worth saying? Is there relevance/timeliness?
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
Redundancy
Criteria to evaluate stories
Commercial databases

29. Shouldn't be able to put a dollar bill on a page and not see some type of blurb
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
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
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Photo captions

30. Where do commas and periods go in quotes?
Less than half of the U.S. population
Verbals
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.

31. Lists (step-by-step; recipes are SJ) - Subheads - Blurbs - Sidebars and boxes - Charts and graphics
4 elements of covers (magazines)
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Photo captions

32. What are the 5 key tests of libel?

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33. Credibility by telling exactly what witnesses see - experts say - etc. - Enliven and dramatize - Reveal personality
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
What quotes add to a story
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
4 elements of covers (magazines)

34. When are commas used?
Bias
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.
Usenet
Jargon

35. Sidebar
Heart
Info boxes
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
Contemporary news value

36. Verb forms that behave like nouns - adjectives or adverbs.
Cliche
Civic journalism
Quotes in print
Verbals

37. Tells the reader the source of the quote or information.
Principles of service journalism
Feeds/wire
Explanatory approach
Attribution

38. Managing editor
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
First degree words

39. Single words or short phrases. Avoid these because whole sentences are more readable.
Partial or orphan quotes
Link unequal sentence elements
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Infinitives - participles and gerunds

40. Dash
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Partial or orphan quotes
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Redundancy

41. Appear outside body copy with the title - deck or subhead
External blurbs (magazines)
Service journalism
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
Pluralize then make it possessive

42. Used in broadcasting. it frames a story by telling viewers and listeners what to expect.
Set up lead
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
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
Inverted pyramid

43. Public editor
Anyone - either ususally singular
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 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)

44. Web sites must be easy to...
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
What quotes add to a story
Navigate so users can find info
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details

45. Provide a sizeable portion of a publication's revenue.
Why quotes are important
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Ads
What quotes add to a story

46. Story budget

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47. Loopwhole journalism
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Set up lead
Feature well (magazines)

48. Visual interest - cosumerism - trends - community - inspiration - twists of fate - great writing.
Links letters or words together
Contemporary news value
Cliche
If they're relevant to the story

49. Local sidebars that include details like phone numbers - addresses - etc.
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Guidelines for photo captions
Info boxes

50. Should complement the picture - Should connect the picture to the story and get readers to read the story
Photo captions
Verbals
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Push technology