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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Collective noun
Slang
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.

2. Damages
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
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Usenet

3. Web sites must be easy to...
General rules about direct quotes
Navigate so users can find info
Distinct tone and identity
Creative Titles (magazines)

4. Reputation is...

5. Absolute privilege
Feature well (magazines)
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
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

6. Cover = store front - TOC = menu - FOB = appetizer - Feature = entree - BOB = dessert
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
How to critique articles
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Mission statement (magazines)

7. They are direct (chance for sources to connect w/ readers) - They are nuanced (spokesmen say things particularly)
Service journalism
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
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Why quotes are important

8. Story budget

9. Where should attribution go?
Fact checking
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank

10. 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
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Internal blurbs (magazines)
External blurbs (magazines)
Journalism roles

11. 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
Navigate so users can find info
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Civic journalism

12. 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
Service journalism
Usenet
Fact checking
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites

13. Why are accuracy problems magnified at the local level?
Service journalism
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
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
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story

14. Sast electronic libraries that provide reliable info ro journalists through keyword searches.
Commercial databases
Link unequal sentence elements
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said

15. Agenda Setting (sets the agenda) - Gatekeeping - Watchdog - Verification - Marketplace of Ideas - Mobilizers -Public journalism - Developmental journalism
Journalism roles
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Restaurant analogy (magazines)

16. Basic ideals editors must adhere to
Fairness - ethics - decency
Slang
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
Links letters or words together

17. When are relative pronouns like who used?
Heart
To introduce clauses.
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Fact checking

18. 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.
Info boxes
Parrot
Listservs
Infinitives - participles and gerunds

19. Correlative conjunctions
Pull
Navigate so users can find info
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
said

20. Popular way of organizing news sotries with the most important info at the top of the sotry - followed by supporting details.
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
Anyone - either ususally singular
Inverted pyramid
Pluralize then make it possessive

21. What's the best defense against libel?
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Truth.
Fairness - ethics - decency
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank

22. 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
Quotes in print
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.
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Display copy (magazines)

23. Lists (step-by-step; recipes are SJ) - Subheads - Blurbs - Sidebars and boxes - Charts and graphics
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
Devices and techniques for service journalism

24. Basic situations in Invasion of privacy
Kinds of blurbs
Coverlines
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
Feeds/wire

25. Adapting stories from print or broadcast to the web.
said
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
Repurposing
Quotes in print

26. Letters to/from editor - Letters from readers - Calendars - Q & A - Cartoons - quotes - Shopping guides
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
How well does it say it?
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story

27. Executive producer
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Partial or orphan quotes
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
How to critique articles

28. Avoid using it unless it's relevant.
Race
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Parrot
Jargon

29. When is 'whom/whomever' used?
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Redundancy
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase

30. Should complement the picture - Should connect the picture to the story and get readers to read the story
Heart
Conversation model
Photo captions
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.

31. Indefinite pronouns
Repurposing
Partial or orphan quotes
Civic journalism
Anyone - either ususally singular

32. Concept - Structure - Reporting - Style (creativity) - Presentation - Was it worth saying? Is there relevance/timeliness?
Distinct tone and identity
How well does it say it?
Criteria to evaluate stories
Usenet

33. Where do commas and periods go in quotes?
Active voice
What quotes add to a story
Ads
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.

34. Web blog or Journal style
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
A benefit
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
How well does it say it?

35. What are the 5 key tests of libel?

36. Usually preferable in news writing because it usually requires fewer wrods and makes it clear who is doing what to whom.
Info boxes
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.
Active voice
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

37. Has everything to do w/ branding a magazine - Sense of focus - readers - personality (MS)
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Covers (magazines)
Bias
Set up lead

38. What's an efficient approach to copy editing?
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
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
working from large blocks to smaller blocks

39. When should the time element appear?
Creative Titles (magazines)
Basic Journalistic Values
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Explanatory approach

40. A linked collection of onlin bulletin boards organized into specific topics of interest or 'news groups'.
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Set up lead
To introduce clauses.
Usenet

41. Style
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Niche
Covers (magazines)

42. Whites will soon make up...
Usenet
Less than half of the U.S. population
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Redundancy

43. Brings news to you
Pluralize then make it possessive
How well does it say it?
Push technology
Jargon

44. Coordinating conjunctions
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Heart
First degree words

45. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Kinds of blurbs
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)

46. Figure of speech that places a word or prhase in a fresh context to clarify or make point in a creative way. Be on your guard in usage.
Coverlines
Metaphor
To introduce clauses.
When to use direct quotes

47. What protects journalistics & how?
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
First degree words

48. Appear outside body copy with the title - deck or subhead
Navigate so users can find info
External blurbs (magazines)
Display copy (magazines)
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth

49. Hypen
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Fairness - ethics - decency
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
Links letters or words together

50. Teaser headlines to shock buyers - usually use numbers to suggest value
Feature well (magazines)
Coverlines
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.