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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Lists (step-by-step; recipes are SJ) - Subheads - Blurbs - Sidebars and boxes - Charts and graphics
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Devices and techniques for service journalism
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
Mission statement (magazines)

2. Credibility by telling exactly what witnesses see - experts say - etc. - Enliven and dramatize - Reveal personality
What quotes add to a story
Set up lead
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Passive voice

3. Coordinating conjunctions
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Race
What quotes add to a story
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank

4. They are direct (chance for sources to connect w/ readers) - They are nuanced (spokesmen say things particularly)
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Criteria to evaluate stories
Why quotes are important
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play

5. Used in broadcasting. it frames a story by telling viewers and listeners what to expect.
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Passive voice
Set up lead
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.

6. Visual interest - cosumerism - trends - community - inspiration - twists of fate - great writing.
Contemporary news value
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
Second day stories
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

7. Appear outside body copy with the title - deck or subhead
Truth.
External blurbs (magazines)
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts

8. Publisher/Manager
External 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
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Mission statement (magazines)

9. Single words or short phrases. Avoid these because whole sentences are more readable.
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
Partial or orphan quotes
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Heart

10. Editors must be able to idenify this in stories that can result in imnbalance or offensive langugage.
Bias
Commercial databases
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Infinitives - participles and gerunds

11. Aka refrigerator journalism - How-to; practical info - Advertisers love - Not a separate category of writing - just a different approach - Used in publishing houses like Meredith (grandfather of SJ) and Rodale
Navigate so users can find info
Covers (magazines)
Conversation model
Service journalism

12. Why are accuracy problems magnified at the local level?
Redundancy
Ads
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth

13. Subordinating conjunctions
Usenet
Push technology
Pull
Link unequal sentence elements

14. Agenda Setting (sets the agenda) - Gatekeeping - Watchdog - Verification - Marketplace of Ideas - Mobilizers -Public journalism - Developmental journalism
Basic Journalistic Values
Navigate so users can find info
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
Journalism roles

15. Managing editor
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
How to critique articles
Race

16. Reputation is...
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.

17. Concept - Structure - Reporting - Style (creativity) - Presentation - Was it worth saying? Is there relevance/timeliness?
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
Link unequal sentence elements
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Criteria to evaluate stories

18. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Kinds of blurbs
Feeds/wire
Link equal elements but always come in pairs

19. When are relative pronouns like who used?
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
To introduce clauses.
Slang

20. 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
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
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Link unequal sentence elements
Display copy (magazines)

21. When is 'which' used?
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
Devices and techniques for service journalism
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
Creative Titles (magazines)

22. When paraphrasing and quotes repeat each other - redundant.
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
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Parrot

23. What's the best defense against libel?
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
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Set up lead
Truth.

24. Public editor
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Criteria to evaluate stories

25. Where should attribution go?
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Guidelines for photo captions
Fact checking
Contemporary news value

26. Speak to communites joined by beliefs and interests - not geography.
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
Niche
Repurposing
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story

27. What's the order for attribution?
What quotes add to a story
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Contemporary news value
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said

28. Popular way of organizing news sotries with the most important info at the top of the sotry - followed by supporting details.
Second day stories
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
Jargon
Inverted pyramid

29. Absolute privilege
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Passive voice
Verbals
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings

30. 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.)
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Explanatory approach
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Niche

31. Collective noun
Feeds/wire
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Feature well (magazines)
What quotes add to a story

32. What are the 5 key tests of libel?
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
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
When to use direct quotes

33. Cover = store front - TOC = menu - FOB = appetizer - Feature = entree - BOB = dessert
Bias
Anyone - either ususally singular
Inverted pyramid
Restaurant analogy (magazines)

34. 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
Fact checking
A benefit
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Link unequal sentence elements

35. Alliteration and rhyme - Allusions to books - movies and TV - Songs and music - Phrases and puns - Names become fun to play with
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
Creative Titles (magazines)
Kinds of blurbs
Verbals

36. Policy on accusers in sex crimes
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
When to use direct quotes
Only one attribution and after the first sentence

37. Hypen
Passive voice
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Pull
Links letters or words together

38. Control Ethnocentrism (your own country and culture is better than others) - Altruistic Democracy: politicians should serve the public good not own interests - Responsible Capitalism: open competition among business will create better world - Small-t
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Basic Journalistic Values
Only one attribution and after the first sentence

39. When is 'whom/whomever' used?
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Why quotes are important
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.

40. 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
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
4 elements of covers (magazines)
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)

41. Fair use
Bias
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
Guidelines for photo captions

42. Damages
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
Passive voice
Heart
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts

43. Where do commas and periods go in quotes?
Attribution
To introduce clauses.
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.

44. Shouldn't be able to put a dollar bill on a page and not see some type of blurb
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Niche
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Fact checking

45. Teaser headlines to shock buyers - usually use numbers to suggest value
Coverlines
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Dollar bill rule(magazines)

46. Never change anything in direct quotes from a printed source - Always attribute direct quotes from a printed source - Place [sic] immediately following an error from a printed source (Not style - purely factual errors; sic means thus - that's how you
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Quotes in print
Second day stories
Contemporary news value

47. Audiences respond to these words because they convey a precise relationship to their concepts- words like office rather than facility.
Heart
First degree words
Layering
Info boxes

48. Correlative conjunctions
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Feeds/wire
Link unequal sentence elements

49. Basic ideals editors must adhere to
Fairness - ethics - decency
Slang
Contemporary news value
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

50. Steps in the editing process
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
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
Attribution
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

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