News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. 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.
Fairness - ethics - decency
Listservs
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Ads


2. Teaser headlines to shock buyers - usually use numbers to suggest value
Coverlines
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Repurposing
Ads


3. Dash
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Attribution
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
relative. The dead can't be libeled.


4. Letters to/from editor - Letters from readers - Calendars - Q & A - Cartoons - quotes - Shopping guides
Passive voice
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Characteristics of news


5. Convergence of media
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
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
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
When to use direct quotes


6. Editors such purge copy of these trite - overused expressions. Ex: sweet as sugar
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
Cliche
Attribution
How well does it say it?


7. Someone says something unique (revolutionary; news worthy) - Someone says something uniquely (colorful language) - Someone important says something important
When to use direct quotes
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Mission statement (magazines)
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence


8. Appear outside body copy with the title - deck or subhead
External blurbs (magazines)
How to critique articles
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
working from large blocks to smaller blocks


9. Titles should promise...
Pluralize then make it possessive
Repurposing
A benefit
When to use direct quotes


10. What's the exception to the order of attribution?
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Attribution
Second day stories
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution


11. Story budget

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12. Qualified privilege
Active voice
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Fairness - ethics - decency


13. More historical context and common ground for opposing views.
Feeds/wire
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Explanatory approach
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community


14. How broadcasters write stories. Leads are shorter in length and they are in the present tense.
General rules about direct quotes
Conversation model
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
Infinitives - participles and gerunds


15. Used in broadcasting. it frames a story by telling viewers and listeners what to expect.
Conversation model
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Set up lead
Parrot


16. Execution (technique - creativity - etc.)
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
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?


17. Audiences respond to these words because they convey a precise relationship to their concepts- words like office rather than facility.
First degree words
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Criteria to evaluate stories
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.


18. What's the best defense against libel?
Guidelines for photo captions
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Truth.
Second day stories


19. Visual interest - cosumerism - trends - community - inspiration - twists of fate - great writing.
Contemporary news value
Parrot
Cliche
Infinitives - participles and gerunds


20. 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.
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
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
Metaphor
Kinds of blurbs


21. Collective noun
External blurbs (magazines)
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
A benefit


22. What word should be used in attribution?
Mission statement (magazines)
said
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Feeds/wire


23. Verb forms that behave like nouns - adjectives or adverbs.
Verbals
Parrot
Info boxes
Inverted pyramid


24. Hypen
When to use direct quotes
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Creative Titles (magazines)
Links letters or words together


25. News values
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Layering


26. What are the 5 key tests of libel?

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27. Web sites need...
Parrot
Layering
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Distinct tone and identity


28. Aristotle's 3 questions: What does it say? - How well does it say it? - Was it worth saying? [What does it say? Is there a clear focus? Is there a point?] - Theme?
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
How to critique articles
Jargon


29. Managing editor
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Basic Journalistic Values
Ads
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations


30. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story
A benefit
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Covers (magazines)
Kinds of blurbs


31. Adapting stories from print or broadcast to the web.
Repurposing
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Active voice
Covers (magazines)


32. Provide a sizeable portion of a publication's revenue.
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Why quotes are important
Fact checking
Ads


33. Loopwhole journalism
Heart
Active voice
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny


34. Brings news to you
Guidelines for photo captions
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Push technology
Why quotes are important


35. Whites will soon make up...
Service journalism
Principles of service journalism
Less than half of the U.S. population
A benefit


36. A linked collection of onlin bulletin boards organized into specific topics of interest or 'news groups'.
Usenet
Push technology
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


37. 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
Conversation model
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
Dollar bill rule(magazines)


38. 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
Fairness - ethics - decency
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
Criteria to evaluate stories
Quotes in print


39. They are direct (chance for sources to connect w/ readers) - They are nuanced (spokesmen say things particularly)
Set up lead
Why quotes are important
Creative Titles (magazines)
Listservs


40. Usually preferable in news writing because it usually requires fewer wrods and makes it clear who is doing what to whom.
Partial or orphan quotes
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Creative Titles (magazines)
Active voice


41. Executive producer
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Layering
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


42. When are commas used?
Contemporary news value
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
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.
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.


43. 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
Pull
Metaphor
Contemporary news value


44. Reputation is...

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45. Lists (step-by-step; recipes are SJ) - Subheads - Blurbs - Sidebars and boxes - Charts and graphics
Push technology
Partial or orphan quotes
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings


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

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47. Policy on accusers in sex crimes

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48. Timeliness - Proximity - Prominence - Consequence - Rarity - Human Interest
Heart
Service journalism
Characteristics of news
To introduce clauses.


49. Alliteration and rhyme - Allusions to books - movies and TV - Songs and music - Phrases and puns - Names become fun to play with
Inverted pyramid
Creative Titles (magazines)
Fairness - ethics - decency
Repurposing


50. Damages
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
Kinds of blurbs
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts