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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. What's the key to plural possessives?
Why quotes are important
Ads
Pluralize then make it possessive
Heart

2. Editors such purge copy of these trite - overused expressions. Ex: sweet as sugar
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Cliche
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank

3. Story budget

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4. Stories - videos - audio - photos and grpahics provided by the times - ap - etch to subscriber newsrooms.
Criteria to evaluate stories
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Slang
Feeds/wire

5. Publisher/Manager

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6. Alliteration and rhyme - Allusions to books - movies and TV - Songs and music - Phrases and puns - Names become fun to play with
Creative Titles (magazines)
Service journalism
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning

7. Grammar
Anyone - either ususally singular
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process

8. What protects journalistics & how?
Feeds/wire
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Commercial databases
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.

9. What are the 5 key tests of libel?

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10. Emphasize the latest angle and play down the exact time of the original event.
Explanatory approach
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Second day stories

11. Appear outside body copy with the title - deck or subhead
Active voice
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
External blurbs (magazines)
Criteria to evaluate stories

12. 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.
Listservs
Feeds/wire
Attribution
Dollar bill rule(magazines)

13. Used in broadcasting. it frames a story by telling viewers and listeners what to expect.
Fairness - ethics - decency
Redundancy
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Set up lead

14. Damages
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
Second day stories
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

15. Emerging style for journalism on local communities.
Criteria to evaluate stories
Partial or orphan quotes
Inverted pyramid
Civic journalism

16. Basic ideals editors must adhere to
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Commercial databases
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Fairness - ethics - decency

17. When should the time element appear?
To introduce clauses.
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.

18. Brings news to you
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Characteristics of news
Push technology
Fairness - ethics - decency

19. Letters to/from editor - Letters from readers - Calendars - Q & A - Cartoons - quotes - Shopping guides
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Coverlines
Guidelines for photo captions

20. When is 'which' used?
Ads
Service journalism
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
Journalism roles

21. Popular way of organizing news sotries with the most important info at the top of the sotry - followed by supporting details.
Basic Journalistic Values
Navigate so users can find info
Inverted pyramid
Criteria to evaluate stories

22. What's the exception to the order of attribution?
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
If they're relevant to the story
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
working from large blocks to smaller blocks

23. Titles should promise...
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Active voice
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
A benefit

24. Concept - Structure - Reporting - Style (creativity) - Presentation - Was it worth saying? Is there relevance/timeliness?
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
Criteria to evaluate stories
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play

25. Web blog or Journal style
Mission statement (magazines)
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
How to critique articles
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community

26. Local sidebars that include details like phone numbers - addresses - etc.
Info boxes
Link unequal sentence elements
Service journalism
Restaurant analogy (magazines)

27. Policy on accusers in sex crimes

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28. Web sites must be easy to...
Navigate so users can find info
Distinct tone and identity
Layering
Anyone - either ususally singular

29. 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
Niche
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Guidelines for photo captions
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.

30. 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
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Characteristics of news
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Second day stories

31. Libel
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Links letters or words together
Fact checking
Second day stories

32. Where do commas and periods go in quotes?
Repurposing
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.
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny

33. 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.
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Coverlines
Ads

34. Basic situations in Invasion of privacy
Anyone - either ususally singular
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
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
Internal blurbs (magazines)

35. Verb forms that behave like nouns - adjectives or adverbs.
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
Parrot
Verbals
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.

36. Tape editors
Niche
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
Pull
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories

37. Audiences respond to these words because they convey a precise relationship to their concepts- words like office rather than facility.
First degree words
Pluralize then make it possessive
Info boxes
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.

38. Executive producer
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Feeds/wire
Inverted pyramid

39. 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
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Covers (magazines)
Basic Journalistic Values
grammar and style

40. Timeliness - Proximity - Prominence - Consequence - Rarity - Human Interest
Mission statement (magazines)
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Characteristics of news
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.

41. What word should be used in attribution?
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Pluralize then make it possessive
said

42. 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
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Fact checking
Explanatory approach
Slang

43. Where should attribution go?
Verbals
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Pluralize then make it possessive
Links letters or words together

44. Hypen
Journalism roles
Race
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
Links letters or words together

45. Editors must be able to idenify this in stories that can result in imnbalance or offensive langugage.
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Bias

46. May be colorful but may be understood by only certain demographic groups.
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Slang
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

47. Sidebar
Usenet
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
When to use direct quotes
Second day stories

48. Correlative conjunctions
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Parrot
Inverted pyramid
Guidelines for photo captions

49. Aka refrigerator journalism - How-to; practical info - Advertisers love - Not a separate category of writing - just a different approach - Used in publishing houses like Meredith (grandfather of SJ) and Rodale
Devices and techniques for service journalism
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
What quotes add to a story
Service journalism

50. 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
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
What quotes add to a story
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Infinitives - participles and gerunds