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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Basic situations in Invasion of privacy
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
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Pluralize then make it possessive
Feature well (magazines)

2. Grammar
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Push technology
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
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

3. What's the key to plural possessives?
Jargon
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
Pluralize then make it possessive

4. Editors such purge copy of these trite - overused expressions. Ex: sweet as sugar
A benefit
Quotes in print
Covers (magazines)
Cliche

5. A linked collection of onlin bulletin boards organized into specific topics of interest or 'news groups'.
Kinds of blurbs
Usenet
Race
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.

6. 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
Principles of service journalism
Inverted pyramid
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank

7. Execution (technique - creativity - etc.)
Commercial databases
Slang
How well does it say it?
Distinct tone and identity

8. Audiences respond to these words because they convey a precise relationship to their concepts- words like office rather than facility.
What quotes add to a story
To introduce clauses.
Why quotes are important
First degree words

9. Do not change anything inside quote marks (Exception: punctuation and spelling) - Never put quote marks around indirect quotes
When to use direct quotes
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
General rules about direct quotes
Ads

10. Provide a sizeable portion of a publication's revenue.
Principles of service journalism
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
Ads
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play

11. Fair use
Usenet
Why quotes are important
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Jargon

12. What are the types of verbals?
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Principles of service journalism

13. Letters to/from editor - Letters from readers - Calendars - Q & A - Cartoons - quotes - Shopping guides
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
External blurbs (magazines)
Repurposing
Front of book (FOB - magazines)

14. 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
Basic Journalistic Values
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Pluralize then make it possessive
Inverted pyramid

15. 'Totally demolished' is an example of this. This diminishes the conciseness and clarity of writing.
To introduce clauses.
Redundancy
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable

16. Libel
If they're relevant to the story
Journalism roles
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Front of book (FOB - magazines)

17. Coordinating conjunctions
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
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community

18. Agenda Setting (sets the agenda) - Gatekeeping - Watchdog - Verification - Marketplace of Ideas - Mobilizers -Public journalism - Developmental journalism
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Anyone - either ususally singular
Journalism roles
Repurposing

19. How broadcasters write stories. Leads are shorter in length and they are in the present tense.
Attribution
Anyone - either ususally singular
Conversation model
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest

20. A statement of purpose that identifies the specific editorial focus of the magazine - who the intended readers are and a definition of its personality
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
If they're relevant to the story
How to critique articles
Mission statement (magazines)

21. Titles should promise...
Pull
said
Fairness - ethics - decency
A benefit

22. Appear outside body copy with the title - deck or subhead
External blurbs (magazines)
Creative Titles (magazines)
First degree words
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase

23. Alliteration and rhyme - Allusions to books - movies and TV - Songs and music - Phrases and puns - Names become fun to play with
Covers (magazines)
Conversation model
To introduce clauses.
Creative Titles (magazines)

24. Avoid using it unless it's relevant.
What quotes add to a story
Contemporary news value
Race
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny

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

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26. Why should you use quotes?
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process

27. When paraphrasing and quotes repeat each other - redundant.
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Parrot

28. Concept - Structure - Reporting - Style (creativity) - Presentation - Was it worth saying? Is there relevance/timeliness?
Criteria to evaluate stories
Photo captions
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
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

29. Fair comment and criticism
Repurposing
Criteria to evaluate stories
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
Contemporary news value

30. 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
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.
Display copy (magazines)
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Only one attribution and after the first sentence

31. Public editor
Partial or orphan quotes
Contemporary news value
Pull
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process

32. Executive producer
Inverted pyramid
How to critique articles
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)

33. Visual interest - cosumerism - trends - community - inspiration - twists of fate - great writing.
Explanatory approach
Bias
Contemporary news value
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings

34. 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. 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
How well does it say it?
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
Quotes in print

35. What's an efficient approach to copy editing?
Commercial databases
Photo captions
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
How to critique articles

36. Absolute privilege
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Feeds/wire
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.

37. Editors must be able to idenify this in stories that can result in imnbalance or offensive langugage.
Bias
Principles of service journalism
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
When to use direct quotes

38. 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
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
If they're relevant to the story
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.

39. Damages
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Journalism roles
Distinct tone and identity

40. Emphasize the latest angle and play down the exact time of the original event.
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
Info boxes
Cliche
Second day stories

41. Professional language that reporters are prone to use because their sources use it.
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Jargon
Mission statement (magazines)

42. A personal story rather than general.
Criteria to evaluate stories
Heart
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Push technology

43. Tells the reader the source of the quote or information.
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Less than half of the U.S. population
Repurposing
Attribution

44. More historical context and common ground for opposing views.
Explanatory approach
Parrot
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Links letters or words together

45. Collective noun
Bias
First degree words
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.

46. Credibility by telling exactly what witnesses see - experts say - etc. - Enliven and dramatize - Reveal personality
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Parrot
What quotes add to a story
Principles of service journalism

47. Reputation is...

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48. What's the best defense against libel?
Conversation model
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Truth.
Link equal elements but always come in pairs

49. Story budget

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50. When is 'which' used?
grammar and style
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Niche
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details