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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Basic situations in Invasion of privacy
Criteria to evaluate stories
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
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Parrot

2. Web sites must be easy to...
Set up lead
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Navigate so users can find info
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.

3. 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
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
Basic Journalistic Values
Distinct tone and identity
Restaurant analogy (magazines)

4. What are the 5 key tests of libel?
Passive voice
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
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
grammar and style

5. Design/layout editors
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
Navigate so users can find info
Quotes in print

6. 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.
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Metaphor
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said

7. They are direct (chance for sources to connect w/ readers) - They are nuanced (spokesmen say things particularly)
Less than half of the U.S. population
Jargon
Principles of service journalism
Why quotes are important

8. Convergence of media
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Race
First degree words
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story

9. Fair comment and criticism
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.

10. Execution (technique - creativity - etc.)
How well does it say it?
A benefit
Slang
grammar and style

11. Grammar
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
Feeds/wire
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said

12. This may be appropriate to emphasize the details of the action rather than the one who is responsible.
Passive voice
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Photo captions
Cliche

13. Managing editor
Service journalism
Push technology
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Attribution

14. When is 'who/whoever' used?
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
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
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Fact checking

15. Popular way of organizing news sotries with the most important info at the top of the sotry - followed by supporting details.
Fact checking
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
Inverted pyramid

16. Style
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
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
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings

17. 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
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Truth.
Quotes in print

18. What's an efficient approach to copy editing?
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
working from large blocks to smaller blocks

19. Do not change anything inside quote marks (Exception: punctuation and spelling) - Never put quote marks around indirect quotes
General rules about direct quotes
Photo captions
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Criteria to evaluate stories

20. Executive producer
Less than half of the U.S. population
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations

21. How broadcasters write stories. Leads are shorter in length and they are in the present tense.
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Conversation model
First degree words
Internal blurbs (magazines)

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.
Slang
Photo captions
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Listservs

23. Editors such purge copy of these trite - overused expressions. Ex: sweet as sugar
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Cliche
External blurbs (magazines)

24. Steps in the editing process
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Bias
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
Info boxes

25. What protects journalistics & how?
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Journalism roles
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
When to use direct quotes

26. Timeliness - Proximity - Prominence - Consequence - Rarity - Human Interest
Characteristics of news
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Truth.

27. Dash
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth

28. Loopwhole journalism
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Feature well (magazines)
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play

29. Damages
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)
Devices and techniques for 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

30. Appear outside body copy with the title - deck or subhead
Set up lead
External blurbs (magazines)
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
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.

31. What's the key to plural possessives?
Attribution
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Pluralize then make it possessive

32. When should references to someone's heritage - gender - sexuality or disability be included?
If they're relevant to the story
Heart
What quotes add to a story
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.

33. When is 'whom/whomever' used?
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
Repurposing

34. Editors must be able to idenify this in stories that can result in imnbalance or offensive langugage.
Fact checking
Bias
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Display copy (magazines)

35. Brings news to you
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Push technology
Second day stories
Repurposing

36. Why are accuracy problems magnified at the local level?
Active voice
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story

37. What's the exception to the order of attribution?
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Quotes in print
Navigate so users can find info
Attribution

38. A personal story rather than general.
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Heart
Contemporary news value
How to critique articles

39. What are the standards of a copy editor?
General rules about direct quotes
Basic Journalistic Values
grammar and style
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase

40. When are commas used?
Links letters or words together
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.
How well does it say it?
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.

41. What are the types of verbals?
Cliche
Kinds of blurbs
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
Infinitives - participles and gerunds

42. Web sites need...
Distinct tone and identity
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
Internal blurbs (magazines)

43. Where should attribution go?
Repurposing
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
External blurbs (magazines)

44. Cover = store front - TOC = menu - FOB = appetizer - Feature = entree - BOB = dessert
Covers (magazines)
Ads
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Restaurant analogy (magazines)

45. Publisher/Manager
Photo captions
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
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

46. Letters to/from editor - Letters from readers - Calendars - Q & A - Cartoons - quotes - Shopping guides
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Info boxes
Front of book (FOB - magazines)

47. A statement of purpose that identifies the specific editorial focus of the magazine - who the intended readers are and a definition of its personality
Mission statement (magazines)
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Cliche
Principles of service journalism

48. Used in broadcasting. it frames a story by telling viewers and listeners what to expect.
Basic Journalistic Values
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Set up lead

49. Hypen
Links letters or words together
Basic Journalistic Values
Partial or orphan quotes
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.

50. News values
Photo captions
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Listservs
Niche

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