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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. What are the 5 key tests of libel?

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2. Public editor
Link unequal sentence elements
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings

3. Actual malice

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4. When is 'which' used?
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Basic Journalistic Values
Set up lead

5. Where do commas and periods go in quotes?
A benefit
Civic 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.
How well does it say it?

6. 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.
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Info boxes
Characteristics of news
Listservs

7. Opening spread
Metaphor
Characteristics of news
Feature well (magazines)
Layering

8. 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?
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
Service journalism
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
How to critique articles

9. 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
What quotes add to a story
Guidelines for photo captions
A benefit
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story

10. Organizing a story and related info in small linked pieces.
Layering
Contemporary news value
If they're relevant to the story
Quotes in print

11. What's an efficient approach to copy editing?
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community

12. 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
Inverted pyramid
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
Basic Journalistic Values
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites

13. What's the best defense against libel?
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
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
Kinds of blurbs
Truth.

14. 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
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
Photo captions
Pull

15. What are the types of verbals?
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Guidelines for photo captions
Fairness - ethics - decency

16. Editors such purge copy of these trite - overused expressions. Ex: sweet as sugar
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
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
Cliche
Repurposing

17. Fair use
Pluralize then make it possessive
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.
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations

18. When are commas used?
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.
Fact checking
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny

19. Execution (technique - creativity - etc.)
Redundancy
Kinds of blurbs
Set up lead
How well does it say it?

20. 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
Kinds of blurbs
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Fact checking

21. Damages
Inverted pyramid
Ads
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts

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

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23. Sast electronic libraries that provide reliable info ro journalists through keyword searches.
Less than half of the U.S. population
Commercial databases
Push technology
Ads

24. Titles should promise...
A benefit
Link unequal sentence elements
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
Parrot

25. Adapting stories from print or broadcast to the web.
Partial or orphan quotes
Repurposing
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Quotes in print

26. Style
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Verbals
Explanatory approach

27. 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
Display copy (magazines)
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
To introduce clauses.

28. Alliteration and rhyme - Allusions to books - movies and TV - Songs and music - Phrases and puns - Names become fun to play with
Second day stories
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Inverted pyramid
Creative Titles (magazines)

29. Sidebar
Service journalism
Navigate so users can find info
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
Attribution

30. Subordinating conjunctions
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.
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Basic Journalistic Values
Link unequal sentence elements

31. Tape editors
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.
Set up lead
Metaphor

32. 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
Partial or orphan quotes
Covers (magazines)
Only one attribution and after the first sentence

33. More historical context and common ground for opposing views.
Quotes in print
Metaphor
Explanatory approach
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.

34. Correlative conjunctions
Creative Titles (magazines)
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Conversation model
Metaphor

35. Web blog or Journal style
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
How well does it say it?
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
Distinct tone and identity

36. Single words or short phrases. Avoid these because whole sentences are more readable.
Bias
Less than half of the U.S. population
Contemporary news value
Partial or orphan quotes

37. 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
Heart
Quotes in print
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
If they're relevant to the story

38. Qualified privilege
Link unequal sentence elements
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
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.
Links letters or words together

39. Fair comment and criticism
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
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info

40. Reputation is...

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41. Groups 'pull' you to the discussion at a shared site.
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
Guidelines for photo captions
Pull
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)

42. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Kinds of blurbs
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.

43. This may be appropriate to emphasize the details of the action rather than the one who is responsible.
Redundancy
Fact checking
Passive voice
Bias

44. Editors must be able to idenify this in stories that can result in imnbalance or offensive langugage.
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Bias

45. Lists (step-by-step; recipes are SJ) - Subheads - Blurbs - Sidebars and boxes - Charts and graphics
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
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.
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.

46. Timeliness - Proximity - Prominence - Consequence - Rarity - Human Interest
Layering
If they're relevant to the story
Characteristics of news
Usenet

47. Concept - Structure - Reporting - Style (creativity) - Presentation - Was it worth saying? Is there relevance/timeliness?
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
General rules about direct quotes
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Criteria to evaluate stories

48. Professional language that reporters are prone to use because their sources use it.
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Jargon
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.

49. What word should be used in attribution?
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
said
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Fact checking

50. When is 'who/whoever' used?
How to critique articles
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
When to use direct quotes
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites