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1. 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
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
Civic journalism
Navigate so users can find info
Quotes in print

2. Groups 'pull' you to the discussion at a shared site.
Mission statement (magazines)
Pull
Basic Journalistic Values
First degree words

3. Agenda Setting (sets the agenda) - Gatekeeping - Watchdog - Verification - Marketplace of Ideas - Mobilizers -Public journalism - Developmental journalism
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
Commercial databases
Journalism roles

4. More historical context and common ground for opposing views.
Explanatory approach
Navigate so users can find info
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.

5. When are relative pronouns like who used?
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Layering
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
To introduce clauses.

6. Shouldn't be able to put a dollar bill on a page and not see some type of blurb
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Heart
Active voice

7. What's the key to plural possessives?
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
Pluralize then make it possessive
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Basic Journalistic Values

8. Whites will soon make up...
How to critique articles
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Jargon
Less than half of the U.S. population

9. Do not change anything inside quote marks (Exception: punctuation and spelling) - Never put quote marks around indirect quotes
Passive voice
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
General rules about direct quotes
Guidelines for photo captions

10. 'Totally demolished' is an example of this. This diminishes the conciseness and clarity of writing.
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Quotes in print
Truth.
Redundancy

11. Libel
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
If they're relevant to the story
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Quotes in print

12. Audiences respond to these words because they convey a precise relationship to their concepts- words like office rather than facility.
Pluralize then make it possessive
Repurposing
Guidelines for photo captions
First degree words

13. What are the 5 key tests of libel?

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14. Someone says something unique (revolutionary; news worthy) - Someone says something uniquely (colorful language) - Someone important says something important
When to use direct quotes
If they're relevant to the story
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Listservs

15. Executive producer
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Redundancy
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

16. 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
Race
Push technology
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
4 elements of covers (magazines)

17. 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.)
Basic Journalistic Values
said
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest

18. Correlative conjunctions
Push technology
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
Layering

19. 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
Metaphor
Photo captions
said
Basic Journalistic Values

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

21. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story
Links letters or words together
Commercial databases
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
Kinds of blurbs

22. 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
Explanatory approach
Listservs
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution

23. 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
Guidelines for photo captions
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Principles of service 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

24. Publisher/Manager

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25. Usually preferable in news writing because it usually requires fewer wrods and makes it clear who is doing what to whom.
Fairness - ethics - decency
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Active voice
Contemporary news value

26. Design/layout editors
Fact checking
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
Truth.
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event

27. Actual malice

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28. How broadcasters write stories. Leads are shorter in length and they are in the present tense.
Coverlines
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
Conversation model
Devices and techniques for service journalism

29. Popular way of organizing news sotries with the most important info at the top of the sotry - followed by supporting details.
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Covers (magazines)
Inverted pyramid
A benefit

30. Style
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Heart
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings

31. Qualified privilege
Repurposing
Pull
Slang
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings

32. What are the standards of a copy editor?
Principles of service journalism
Passive voice
Links letters or words together
grammar and style

33. Timeliness - Proximity - Prominence - Consequence - Rarity - Human Interest
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Partial or orphan quotes
Characteristics of news
To introduce clauses.

34. Editors must be able to idenify this in stories that can result in imnbalance or offensive langugage.
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
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
Bias
Parrot

35. Loopwhole journalism
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
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
Slang
Cliche

36. Organizing a story and related info in small linked pieces.
said
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
Layering
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites

37. Tape editors
Listservs
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Links letters or words together
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories

38. What's an efficient approach to copy editing?
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
Heart
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Devices and techniques for service journalism

39. Letters to/from editor - Letters from readers - Calendars - Q & A - Cartoons - quotes - Shopping guides
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Conversation model
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info

40. Avoid using it unless it's relevant.
Race
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Quotes in print

41. When are commas used?
Service journalism
Distinct tone and identity
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

42. Single words or short phrases. Avoid these because whole sentences are more readable.
Coverlines
Why quotes are important
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
Partial or orphan quotes

43. 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
Ads
Active voice
A benefit
Display copy (magazines)

44. Sast electronic libraries that provide reliable info ro journalists through keyword searches.
Jargon
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Principles of service journalism
Commercial databases

45. Should complement the picture - Should connect the picture to the story and get readers to read the story
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Photo captions
To introduce clauses.

46. Provide a sizeable portion of a publication's revenue.
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
How well does it say it?
Ads

47. Cover = store front - TOC = menu - FOB = appetizer - Feature = entree - BOB = dessert
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Conversation model
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
Less than half of the U.S. population

48. Cut the copy (quick and to the point) - Be clear - Involve the reader ('How I' approach - 'How you' approach - 'How Jane Doe' approach) - Think useful - Think new or news - Think money
To introduce clauses.
Kinds of blurbs
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
Principles of service journalism

49. Why are accuracy problems magnified at the local level?
Civic journalism
Navigate so users can find info
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.

50. Appear outside body copy with the title - deck or subhead
Passive voice
Layering
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
External blurbs (magazines)

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