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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Opening spread






2. Absolute privilege






3. 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






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.






5. Qualified privilege






6. Audiences respond to these words because they convey a precise relationship to their concepts- words like office rather than facility.






7. Why are accuracy problems magnified at the local level?






8. A linked collection of onlin bulletin boards organized into specific topics of interest or 'news groups'.






9. Managing editor






10. Executive producer






11. Where do commas and periods go in quotes?






12. Fair use






13. Lists (step-by-step; recipes are SJ) - Subheads - Blurbs - Sidebars and boxes - Charts and graphics






14. Publisher/Manager

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15. Public editor






16. When is 'that' used?






17. Teaser headlines to shock buyers - usually use numbers to suggest value






18. What are the types of verbals?






19. What are the 5 key tests of libel?

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20. 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






21. Appear outside body copy with the title - deck or subhead






22. Usually preferable in news writing because it usually requires fewer wrods and makes it clear who is doing what to whom.






23. 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






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

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25. Cover = store front - TOC = menu - FOB = appetizer - Feature = entree - BOB = dessert






26. Credibility by telling exactly what witnesses see - experts say - etc. - Enliven and dramatize - Reveal personality






27. Editors must be able to idenify this in stories that can result in imnbalance or offensive langugage.






28. Brings news to you






29. How broadcasters write stories. Leads are shorter in length and they are in the present tense.






30. Hypen






31. Style






32. What's the key to plural possessives?






33. Steps in the editing process






34. Sidebar






35. Story budget

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36. Editors such purge copy of these trite - overused expressions. Ex: sweet as sugar






37. Damages






38. Basic situations in Invasion of privacy






39. They are direct (chance for sources to connect w/ readers) - They are nuanced (spokesmen say things particularly)






40. What protects journalistics & how?






41. Do not change anything inside quote marks (Exception: punctuation and spelling) - Never put quote marks around indirect quotes






42. Whites will soon make up...






43. Dash






44. Web blog or Journal style






45. Convergence of media






46. Stories - videos - audio - photos and grpahics provided by the times - ap - etch to subscriber newsrooms.






47. Emerging style for journalism on local communities.






48. A statement of purpose that identifies the specific editorial focus of the magazine - who the intended readers are and a definition of its personality






49. Speak to communites joined by beliefs and interests - not geography.






50. Organizing a story and related info in small linked pieces.







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