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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Popular way of organizing news sotries with the most important info at the top of the sotry - followed by supporting details.
Inverted pyramid
Coverlines
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Passive voice

2. May be colorful but may be understood by only certain demographic groups.
Journalism roles
Slang
Conversation model
Internal blurbs (magazines)

3. Professional language that reporters are prone to use because their sources use it.
Set up lead
Jargon
General rules about direct quotes
Photo captions

4. 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.
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
General rules about direct quotes
Civic journalism
Listservs

5. Design/layout editors
Why quotes are important
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Creative Titles (magazines)

6. Letters to/from editor - Letters from readers - Calendars - Q & A - Cartoons - quotes - Shopping guides
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.

7. Visual interest - cosumerism - trends - community - inspiration - twists of fate - great writing.
General rules about direct quotes
Distinct tone and identity
Contemporary news value
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details

8. Why should you use quotes?
Active voice
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Feature well (magazines)
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution

9. Groups 'pull' you to the discussion at a shared site.
Pull
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play

10. What's the exception to the order of attribution?
Feature well (magazines)
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Feeds/wire

11. Fair use
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Civic journalism
Quotes in print
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations

12. Verb forms that behave like nouns - adjectives or adverbs.
Links letters or words together
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Verbals
Civic journalism

13. Dash
Mission statement (magazines)
Second day stories
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank

14. 'Totally demolished' is an example of this. This diminishes the conciseness and clarity of writing.
Inverted pyramid
Info boxes
Characteristics of news
Redundancy

15. Indefinite pronouns
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
Pluralize then make it possessive
Metaphor
Anyone - either ususally singular

16. Tape editors
Feeds/wire
How to critique articles
Set up lead
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories

17. What are the standards of a copy editor?
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
grammar and style
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution

18. A linked collection of onlin bulletin boards organized into specific topics of interest or 'news groups'.
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
Set up lead
Usenet
Kinds of blurbs

19. Damages
Info boxes
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Jargon

20. A personal story rather than general.
Heart
Attribution
Photo captions
To introduce clauses.

21. Publisher/Manager

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22. Used in broadcasting. it frames a story by telling viewers and listeners what to expect.
Anyone - either ususally singular
Heart
Bias
Set up lead

23. Usually preferable in news writing because it usually requires fewer wrods and makes it clear who is doing what to whom.
Active voice
Why quotes are important
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable

24. What's an efficient approach to copy editing?
Kinds of blurbs
Conversation model
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Display copy (magazines)

25. 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.
Inverted pyramid
Characteristics of news
Usenet

26. Shouldn't be able to put a dollar bill on a page and not see some type of blurb
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
Covers (magazines)

27. Where do commas and periods go in 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.
Characteristics of news
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
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

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?
How to critique articles
How well does it say it?
Journalism roles
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny

29. Concept - Structure - Reporting - Style (creativity) - Presentation - Was it worth saying? Is there relevance/timeliness?
Criteria to evaluate stories
grammar and style
Verbals
Distinct tone and identity

30. Cover = store front - TOC = menu - FOB = appetizer - Feature = entree - BOB = dessert
Basic Journalistic Values
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Criteria to evaluate stories
Coverlines

31. Brings news to you
Usenet
Criteria to evaluate stories
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Push technology

32. 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
Quotes in print
Guidelines for photo captions
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Civic journalism

33. Should complement the picture - Should connect the picture to the story and get readers to read the story
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
Photo captions
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

34. When paraphrasing and quotes repeat each other - redundant.
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Parrot
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Feature well (magazines)

35. Titles should promise...
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
A benefit
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Metaphor

36. Coordinating conjunctions
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)
Active voice
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank

37. What word should be used in attribution?
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Guidelines for photo captions
Push technology
said

38. Lists (step-by-step; recipes are SJ) - Subheads - Blurbs - Sidebars and boxes - Charts and graphics
Devices and techniques for service journalism
To introduce clauses.
Redundancy
Front of book (FOB - magazines)

39. When is 'which' used?
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
Cliche
Inverted pyramid

40. News values
Inverted pyramid
Second day stories
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Photo captions

41. 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)
When to use direct quotes
Race
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank

42. Web sites need...
Jargon
Distinct tone and identity
Heart
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny

43. Reputation is...

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44. Agenda Setting (sets the agenda) - Gatekeeping - Watchdog - Verification - Marketplace of Ideas - Mobilizers -Public journalism - Developmental journalism
Cliche
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.
Photo captions
Journalism roles

45. Steps in the editing process
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
Display copy (magazines)
External blurbs (magazines)
Redundancy

46. Sidebar
Covers (magazines)
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Principles of service journalism
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story

47. 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
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Quotes in print
Distinct tone and identity

48. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story
said
Kinds of blurbs
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Display copy (magazines)

49. When is 'who/whoever' used?
Passive voice
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
grammar and style

50. More historical context and common ground for opposing views.
Ads
Explanatory approach
Inverted pyramid
Set up lead