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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Where do commas and periods go in quotes?
Fairness - ethics - decency
Restaurant analogy (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.
said

2. Indefinite pronouns
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Principles of service journalism
Parrot
Anyone - either ususally singular

3. Design/layout editors
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
Journalism roles
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
General rules about direct quotes

4. Execution (technique - creativity - etc.)
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Passive voice
How well does it say it?
Feature well (magazines)

5. Organizing a story and related info in small linked pieces.
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
Set up lead
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Layering

6. 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
Civic journalism
Layering
Guidelines for photo captions
Push technology

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

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8. What word should be used in attribution?
Attribution
said
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Characteristics of news

9. Why should you use quotes?
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
Basic Journalistic Values

10. Correlative conjunctions
Quotes in print
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest

11. When is 'whom/whomever' used?
Layering
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Mission statement (magazines)

12. Actual malice

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13. What's the best defense against libel?
Truth.
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Metaphor
Fact checking

14. 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
Internal blurbs (magazines)
How to critique articles
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
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process

15. What's the exception to the order of attribution?
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Pull
External blurbs (magazines)

16. Adapting stories from print or broadcast to the web.
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Repurposing
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)

17. Fair comment and criticism
Anyone - either ususally singular
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
Quotes in print

18. When is 'who/whoever' used?
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Feature well (magazines)
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Fact checking

19. Tape editors
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Coverlines
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories

20. They are direct (chance for sources to connect w/ readers) - They are nuanced (spokesmen say things particularly)
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
External blurbs (magazines)
Why quotes are important
Links letters or words together

21. When paraphrasing and quotes repeat each other - redundant.
Parrot
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process

22. Qualified privilege
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Attribution
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Fact checking

23. Where should attribution go?
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Pull
Principles of service journalism
Only one attribution and after the first sentence

24. Style
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Feature well (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.

25. Publisher/Manager

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26. Teaser headlines to shock buyers - usually use numbers to suggest value
Layering
Pull
Coverlines
Truth.

27. How broadcasters write stories. Leads are shorter in length and they are in the present tense.
When to use direct quotes
Conversation model
grammar and style
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank

28. Audiences respond to these words because they convey a precise relationship to their concepts- words like office rather than facility.
Inverted pyramid
Quotes in print
If they're relevant to the story
First degree words

29. Why are accuracy problems magnified at the local level?
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Creative Titles (magazines)
Ads

30. May be colorful but may be understood by only certain demographic groups.
Photo captions
Slang
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
When to use direct quotes

31. 'Totally demolished' is an example of this. This diminishes the conciseness and clarity of writing.
Inverted pyramid
Redundancy
If they're relevant to the story
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event

32. Agenda Setting (sets the agenda) - Gatekeeping - Watchdog - Verification - Marketplace of Ideas - Mobilizers -Public journalism - Developmental journalism
Race
General rules about direct quotes
Journalism roles
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.

33. Policy on accusers in sex crimes

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34. Speak to communites joined by beliefs and interests - not geography.
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Why quotes are important
Set up lead
Niche

35. Professional language that reporters are prone to use because their sources use it.
Jargon
Partial or orphan quotes
Less than half of the U.S. population
Bias

36. Avoid using it unless it's relevant.
External blurbs (magazines)
Criteria to evaluate stories
Race
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase

37. 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
Listservs
Fact checking
Characteristics of news
Civic journalism

38. Concept - Structure - Reporting - Style (creativity) - Presentation - Was it worth saying? Is there relevance/timeliness?
Creative Titles (magazines)
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Criteria to evaluate stories
Fact checking

39. What's the key to plural possessives?
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Pluralize then make it possessive
Push technology
Principles of service journalism

40. Tells the reader the source of the quote or information.
Explanatory approach
External blurbs (magazines)
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Attribution

41. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story
Kinds of blurbs
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Navigate so users can find info
Metaphor

42. Fair use
Conversation model
Journalism roles
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.

43. Grammar
To introduce clauses.
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
Inverted pyramid
Internal blurbs (magazines)

44. Basic situations in Invasion of privacy
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
Listservs
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
Explanatory approach

45. What protects journalistics & how?
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Feature well (magazines)
Info boxes
Covers (magazines)

46. Titles should promise...
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Principles of service journalism
A benefit
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.

47. Coordinating conjunctions
Metaphor
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Civic journalism
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank

48. Groups 'pull' you to the discussion at a shared site.
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Jargon
Pull

49. A linked collection of onlin bulletin boards organized into specific topics of interest or 'news groups'.
Usenet
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
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
Front of book (FOB - magazines)

50. This may be appropriate to emphasize the details of the action rather than the one who is responsible.
Anyone - either ususally singular
Passive voice
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
Distinct tone and identity

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