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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Timeliness - Proximity - Prominence - Consequence - Rarity - Human Interest
Listservs
Cliche
How to critique articles
Characteristics of news

2. When paraphrasing and quotes repeat each other - redundant.
Slang
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Parrot
When to use direct quotes

3. Visual interest - cosumerism - trends - community - inspiration - twists of fate - great writing.
Active voice
Contemporary news value
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Usenet

4. Style
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
General rules about direct quotes
Passive voice
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings

5. Sidebar
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
A benefit
What quotes add to a story
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story

6. Tape editors
Mission statement (magazines)
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Fact checking
Criteria to evaluate stories

7. Actual malice

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8. 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
Redundancy
Internal blurbs (magazines)
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
Layering

9. Reputation is...

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10. Why are accuracy problems magnified at the local level?
Pluralize then make it possessive
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
relative. The dead can't be libeled.

11. Concept - Structure - Reporting - Style (creativity) - Presentation - Was it worth saying? Is there relevance/timeliness?
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Anyone - either ususally singular
Partial or orphan quotes
Criteria to evaluate stories

12. What's the exception to the order of attribution?
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Pull
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution

13. What are the 5 key tests of libel?

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14. Web blog or Journal style
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Feeds/wire
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community

15. More historical context and common ground for opposing views.
Characteristics of news
Explanatory approach
Inverted pyramid
Verbals

16. Lists (step-by-step; recipes are SJ) - Subheads - Blurbs - Sidebars and boxes - Charts and graphics
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Criteria to evaluate stories
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories

17. Alliteration and rhyme - Allusions to books - movies and TV - Songs and music - Phrases and puns - Names become fun to play with
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
Push technology
Criteria to evaluate stories
Creative Titles (magazines)

18. Credibility by telling exactly what witnesses see - experts say - etc. - Enliven and dramatize - Reveal personality
What quotes add to a story
Quotes in print
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Redundancy

19. Provide a sizeable portion of a publication's revenue.
Bias
Niche
Ads
How well does it say it?

20. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story
Kinds of blurbs
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
Passive voice
Link equal elements but always come in pairs

21. 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?
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
How to critique articles
Journalism roles
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said

22. A statement of purpose that identifies the specific editorial focus of the magazine - who the intended readers are and a definition of its personality
Coverlines
Mission statement (magazines)
Quotes in print
Cliche

23. 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
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Passive voice
Principles of service journalism
Pull

24. Libel
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story

25. Emphasize the latest angle and play down the exact time of the original event.
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
Bias
Second day stories
Conversation model

26. Do not change anything inside quote marks (Exception: punctuation and spelling) - Never put quote marks around indirect quotes
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Guidelines for photo captions
General rules about direct quotes
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said

27. Correlative conjunctions
Covers (magazines)
Characteristics of news
Commercial databases
Link equal elements but always come in pairs

28. 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
To introduce clauses.
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Display copy (magazines)
Verbals

29. A personal story rather than general.
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
How to critique articles
Heart

30. Story budget

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31. Stories - videos - audio - photos and grpahics provided by the times - ap - etch to subscriber newsrooms.
Feeds/wire
Active voice
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Layering

32. Loopwhole journalism
How to critique articles
First degree words
Partial or orphan quotes
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play

33. 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.
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Listservs
Bias

34. Basic situations in Invasion of privacy
How to critique articles
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
Verbals

35. Steps in the editing process
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
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
Verbals

36. 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
Criteria to evaluate stories
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
said
Fact checking

37. 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
Guidelines for photo captions
Fact checking
Creative Titles (magazines)
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations

38. They are direct (chance for sources to connect w/ readers) - They are nuanced (spokesmen say things particularly)
Active voice
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
Why quotes are important
grammar and style

39. Grammar
Fairness - ethics - decency
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Feeds/wire

40. Web sites need...
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Cliche
Distinct tone and identity
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process

41. Audiences respond to these words because they convey a precise relationship to their concepts- words like office rather than facility.
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Feeds/wire
First degree words
General rules about direct quotes

42. Agenda Setting (sets the agenda) - Gatekeeping - Watchdog - Verification - Marketplace of Ideas - Mobilizers -Public journalism - Developmental journalism
Journalism roles
Links letters or words together
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
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase

43. Subordinating conjunctions
Repurposing
How well does it say it?
Link unequal sentence elements
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings

44. Editors must be able to idenify this in stories that can result in imnbalance or offensive langugage.
Anyone - either ususally singular
Slang
Bias
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank

45. What's an efficient approach to copy editing?
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites

46. What's the order for attribution?
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Internal blurbs (magazines)

47. Editors such purge copy of these trite - overused expressions. Ex: sweet as sugar
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
What quotes add to a story
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Cliche

48. Managing editor
Mission statement (magazines)
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
Truth.
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)

49. Should complement the picture - Should connect the picture to the story and get readers to read the story
Why quotes are important
Principles of service journalism
Photo captions
Restaurant analogy (magazines)

50. Why should you use quotes?
How well does it say it?
Civic journalism
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
grammar and style

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