News And Mag Editing Basics

Instructions:

• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
• If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
• Match each statement with the correct term.
• Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. Adapting stories from print or broadcast to the web.
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Repurposing
How to critique articles


2. Single words or short phrases. Avoid these because whole sentences are more readable.
Pull
Contemporary news value
Partial or orphan quotes
Info boxes


3. What are the standards of a copy editor?
grammar and style
Set up lead
Inverted pyramid
Parrot


4. What are the types of verbals?
Basic Journalistic Values
Navigate so users can find info
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
External blurbs (magazines)


5. 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
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Partial or orphan quotes
How well does it say it?
Guidelines for photo captions


6. When is 'who/whoever' used?
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Principles of service journalism
said
Pull


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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


8. Speak to communites joined by beliefs and interests - not geography.
Mission statement (magazines)
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
grammar and style
Niche


9. Professional language that reporters are prone to use because their sources use it.
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Jargon
Set up lead
Link unequal sentence elements


10. 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
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Fact checking
Parrot


11. 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.
Conversation model
said
Listservs
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.


12. When are commas used?
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Info boxes
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.


13. 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.)
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
External blurbs (magazines)
Principles of service journalism


14. Provide a sizeable portion of a publication's revenue.
How well does it say it?
First degree words
Ads
Attribution


15. 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)
Creative Titles (magazines)
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Second day stories


16. Damages
Layering
Usenet
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)


17. Credibility by telling exactly what witnesses see - experts say - etc. - Enliven and dramatize - Reveal personality
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Guidelines for photo captions
What quotes add to a story
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.


18. Reputation is...

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


19. Fair comment and criticism
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.


20. Publisher/Manager

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


21. News values
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Metaphor
Characteristics of news
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)


22. Opening spread
To introduce clauses.
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Feature well (magazines)
Basic Journalistic Values


23. Timeliness - Proximity - Prominence - Consequence - Rarity - Human Interest
Verbals
Characteristics of news
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


24. Actual malice

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


25. More historical context and common ground for opposing views.
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.
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Explanatory approach


26. 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
Repurposing
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Civic journalism
Restaurant analogy (magazines)


27. Emphasize the latest angle and play down the exact time of the original event.
Repurposing
Second day stories
grammar and style
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations


28. Basic situations in Invasion of privacy
How to critique articles
Second day stories
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
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. What's the exception to the order of attribution?
Heart
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Civic journalism
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.


30. Used in broadcasting. it frames a story by telling viewers and listeners what to expect.
Set up lead
Passive voice
Journalism roles
Explanatory approach


31. What are the 5 key tests of libel?

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


32. Teaser headlines to shock buyers - usually use numbers to suggest value
What quotes add to a story
Repurposing
Coverlines
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.


33. Sast electronic libraries that provide reliable info ro journalists through keyword searches.
Commercial databases
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Mission statement (magazines)
Ads


34. Alliteration and rhyme - Allusions to books - movies and TV - Songs and music - Phrases and puns - Names become fun to play with
Listservs
Fairness - ethics - decency
Redundancy
Creative Titles (magazines)


35. Indefinite pronouns
To introduce clauses.
Navigate so users can find info
Anyone - either ususally singular
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence


36. 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
Quotes in print
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Info boxes
Repurposing


37. Organizing a story and related info in small linked pieces.
When to use direct quotes
Layering
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Contemporary news value


38. Sidebar
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Redundancy
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story


39. 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
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
Push technology
What quotes add to a story
Service journalism


40. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story
Kinds of blurbs
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
said
Navigate so users can find info


41. Qualified privilege
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Navigate so users can find info


42. Should complement the picture - Should connect the picture to the story and get readers to read the story
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Photo captions
Display copy (magazines)
Link unequal sentence elements


43. When paraphrasing and quotes repeat each other - redundant.
Set up lead
Parrot
Slang
Bias


44. Story budget

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


45. Where should attribution go?
Partial or orphan quotes
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Coverlines
Quotes in print


46. 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
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
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable


47. Tape editors
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
External blurbs (magazines)
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
How well does it say it?


48. Appear outside body copy with the title - deck or subhead
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Display copy (magazines)
External blurbs (magazines)


49. 'Totally demolished' is an example of this. This diminishes the conciseness and clarity of writing.
Redundancy
Service journalism
Push technology
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)


50. How broadcasters write stories. Leads are shorter in length and they are in the present tense.
Conversation model
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
How to critique articles