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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Subordinating conjunctions






2. Letters to/from editor - Letters from readers - Calendars - Q & A - Cartoons - quotes - Shopping guides






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






4. Publisher/Manager


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






6. Tells the reader the source of the quote or information.






7. May be colorful but may be understood by only certain demographic groups.






8. Where should attribution go?






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






11. Executive producer






12. Timeliness - Proximity - Prominence - Consequence - Rarity - Human Interest






13. Emerging style for journalism on local communities.






14. Damages






15. More historical context and common ground for opposing views.






16. Policy on accusers in sex crimes


17. Web sites need...






18. When should the time element appear?






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?






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






22. Avoid using it unless it's relevant.






23. Emphasize the latest angle and play down the exact time of the original event.






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.






26. Public editor






27. Whites will soon make up...






28. What word should be used in attribution?






29. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story






30. Fair comment and criticism






31. Style






32. Popular way of organizing news sotries with the most important info at the top of the sotry - followed by supporting details.






33. Verb forms that behave like nouns - adjectives or adverbs.






34. Why should you use quotes?






35. Loopwhole journalism






36. Execution (technique - creativity - etc.)






37. Should complement the picture - Should connect the picture to the story and get readers to read the story






38. Agenda Setting (sets the agenda) - Gatekeeping - Watchdog - Verification - Marketplace of Ideas - Mobilizers -Public journalism - Developmental journalism






39. Sidebar






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






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.)






42. Story budget


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






44. Has everything to do w/ branding a magazine - Sense of focus - readers - personality (MS)






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






46. Someone says something unique (revolutionary; news worthy) - Someone says something uniquely (colorful language) - Someone important says something important






47. What are the 5 key tests of libel?


48. When paraphrasing and quotes repeat each other - redundant.






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






50. When is 'who/whoever' used?