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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Subordinating conjunctions
Creative Titles (magazines)
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.
Link unequal sentence elements
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said

2. Letters to/from editor - Letters from readers - Calendars - Q & A - Cartoons - quotes - Shopping guides
Guidelines for photo captions
Attribution
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Less than half of the U.S. population

3. Usually preferable in news writing because it usually requires fewer wrods and makes it clear who is doing what to whom.
Active voice
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
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.

4. Publisher/Manager

5. Editors must be able to idenify this in stories that can result in imnbalance or offensive langugage.
Fact checking
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
Bias
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community

6. Tells the reader the source of the quote or information.
Criteria to evaluate stories
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Attribution

7. May be colorful but may be understood by only certain demographic groups.
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Slang
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
When to use direct quotes

8. Where should attribution go?
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Links letters or words together
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.

9. Do not change anything inside quote marks (Exception: punctuation and spelling) - Never put quote marks around indirect quotes
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
What quotes add to a story
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
General rules about direct quotes

10. 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
4 elements of covers (magazines)
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
Race
Only one attribution and after the first sentence

11. Executive producer
Quotes in print
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Guidelines for photo captions

12. Timeliness - Proximity - Prominence - Consequence - Rarity - Human Interest
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Distinct tone and identity
Characteristics of news

13. Emerging style for journalism on local communities.
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Active voice
Civic journalism
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.

14. Damages
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
How well does it say it?
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
Active voice

15. More historical context and common ground for opposing views.
Guidelines for photo captions
Verbals
Explanatory approach
Journalism roles

16. Policy on accusers in sex crimes

17. Web sites need...
Distinct tone and identity
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Layering
Link unequal sentence elements

18. When should the time element appear?
Ads
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Pluralize then make it possessive
Active voice

19. Actual malice

20. 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?
Principles of service journalism
Coverlines
How to critique articles
Parrot

21. A linked collection of onlin bulletin boards organized into specific topics of interest or 'news groups'.
Usenet
Less than half of the U.S. population
Feeds/wire
Listservs

22. Avoid using it unless it's relevant.
Race
Jargon
Partial or orphan quotes
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.

23. Emphasize the latest angle and play down the exact time of the original event.
Usenet
How well does it say it?
Race
Second day stories

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

25. This may be appropriate to emphasize the details of the action rather than the one who is responsible.
Passive voice
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.
Verbals
Inverted pyramid

26. Public editor
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Active voice
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
To introduce clauses.

27. Whites will soon make up...
A benefit
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Passive voice
Less than half of the U.S. population

28. What word should be used in attribution?
Basic Journalistic Values
How well does it say it?
said
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details

29. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story
Explanatory approach
Pull
Kinds of blurbs
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations

30. Fair comment and criticism
Slang
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
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

31. Style
Slang
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Coverlines

32. Popular way of organizing news sotries with the most important info at the top of the sotry - followed by supporting details.
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
Inverted pyramid
Why quotes are important
Jargon

33. Verb forms that behave like nouns - adjectives or adverbs.
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
Verbals
Distinct tone and identity
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings

34. Why should you use quotes?
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Bias
Photo captions
Internal blurbs (magazines)

35. Loopwhole journalism
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Fairness - ethics - decency
Race

36. Execution (technique - creativity - etc.)
A benefit
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
How well does it say it?

37. Should complement the picture - Should connect the picture to the story and get readers to read the story
Photo captions
Parrot
Feature well (magazines)
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth

38. Agenda Setting (sets the agenda) - Gatekeeping - Watchdog - Verification - Marketplace of Ideas - Mobilizers -Public journalism - Developmental journalism
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
When to use direct quotes
Journalism roles

39. Sidebar
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Kinds of blurbs
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
Front of book (FOB - magazines)

40. Organizing a story and related info in small linked pieces.
Passive voice
Why quotes are important
Layering
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.

41. 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.)
Usenet
Civic journalism
Fairness - ethics - decency
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)

42. Story budget

43. Audiences respond to these words because they convey a precise relationship to their concepts- words like office rather than facility.
Fairness - ethics - decency
First degree words
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Anyone - either ususally singular

44. Has everything to do w/ branding a magazine - Sense of focus - readers - personality (MS)
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Covers (magazines)
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
Pluralize then make it possessive

45. 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
Layering
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Display copy (magazines)
Civic journalism

46. Someone says something unique (revolutionary; news worthy) - Someone says something uniquely (colorful language) - Someone important says something important
Service journalism
When to use direct quotes
Explanatory approach
Layering

47. What are the 5 key tests of libel?

48. When paraphrasing and quotes repeat each other - redundant.
Pull
A benefit
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Parrot

49. Cover = store front - TOC = menu - FOB = appetizer - Feature = entree - BOB = dessert
Slang
Civic journalism
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Restaurant analogy (magazines)

50. When is 'who/whoever' used?
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Slang
Attribution
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community