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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Managing editor
Display copy (magazines)
Coverlines
Criteria to evaluate stories
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)

2. Popular way of organizing news sotries with the most important info at the top of the sotry - followed by supporting details.
Slang
Inverted pyramid
Metaphor
working from large blocks to smaller blocks

3. Execution (technique - creativity - etc.)
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Ads
How well does it say it?
Fact checking

4. Single words or short phrases. Avoid these because whole sentences are more readable.
Partial or orphan quotes
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Pull
Active voice

5. Credibility by telling exactly what witnesses see - experts say - etc. - Enliven and dramatize - Reveal personality
What quotes add to a story
Inverted pyramid
said
General rules about direct quotes

6. Local sidebars that include details like phone numbers - addresses - etc.
Links letters or words together
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
If they're relevant to the story
Info boxes

7. 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
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Photo captions
Basic Journalistic Values

8. Used in broadcasting. it frames a story by telling viewers and listeners what to expect.
Set up lead
Contemporary news value
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

9. Why are accuracy problems magnified at the local level?
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Repurposing
Mission statement (magazines)
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth

10. Fair comment and criticism
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Set up lead

11. Provide a sizeable portion of a publication's revenue.
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
Creative Titles (magazines)
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Ads

12. Has everything to do w/ branding a magazine - Sense of focus - readers - personality (MS)
Active voice
External blurbs (magazines)
Covers (magazines)
Pluralize then make it possessive

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

14. Publisher/Manager

15. Hypen
Bias
Links letters or words together
Journalism roles
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings

16. Coordinating conjunctions
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Mission statement (magazines)
Display copy (magazines)

17. Professional language that reporters are prone to use because their sources use it.
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Jargon
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations

18. When are commas used?
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
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.
Civic journalism

19. Steps in the editing process
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
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.
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings

20. Why should you use quotes?
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Creative Titles (magazines)
Pull
Link unequal sentence elements

21. Groups 'pull' you to the discussion at a shared site.
Verbals
Truth.
Pull
Second day stories

22. Indefinite pronouns
A benefit
Anyone - either ususally singular
Inverted pyramid
When to use direct quotes

23. Avoid using it unless it's relevant.
Race
Distinct tone and identity
Links letters or words together
Photo captions

24. What's the order for attribution?
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Quotes in print
Creative Titles (magazines)

25. Dash
Characteristics of news
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
If they're relevant to the story

26. Do not change anything inside quote marks (Exception: punctuation and spelling) - Never put quote marks around indirect quotes
To introduce clauses.
General rules about direct quotes
Links letters or words together
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution

27. What's the best defense against libel?
Truth.
Repurposing
Push technology
Cliche

28. More historical context and common ground for opposing views.
Explanatory approach
How to critique articles
What quotes add to a story
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase

29. Correlative conjunctions
Layering
Civic journalism
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Why quotes are important

30. Titles should promise...
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
4 elements of covers (magazines)
A benefit

31. May be colorful but may be understood by only certain demographic groups.
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
How well does it say it?
Slang
Layering

32. When should the time element appear?
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
said
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.

33. Sast electronic libraries that provide reliable info ro journalists through keyword searches.
Commercial databases
Journalism roles
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
Fairness - ethics - decency

34. Sidebar
First degree words
Links letters or words together
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story

35. Fair use
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Jargon
Service journalism

36. When is 'which' used?
Parrot
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
To introduce clauses.
Link unequal sentence elements

37. Libel
grammar and style
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
said

38. Convergence of media
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Journalism roles
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable

39. What's the key to plural possessives?
Active voice
Set up lead
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Pluralize then make it possessive

40. When is 'that' used?
First degree words
Layering
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Restaurant analogy (magazines)

41. Lists (step-by-step; recipes are SJ) - Subheads - Blurbs - Sidebars and boxes - Charts and graphics
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Devices and techniques for service journalism
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Creative Titles (magazines)

42. Subordinating conjunctions
Link unequal sentence elements
4 elements of covers (magazines)
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.

43. What protects journalistics & how?
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
Front of book (FOB - magazines)

44. Shouldn't be able to put a dollar bill on a page and not see some type of blurb
Listservs
Quotes in print
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Dollar bill rule(magazines)

45. Web sites must be easy to...
Distinct tone and identity
Inverted pyramid
grammar and style
Navigate so users can find info

46. Concept - Structure - Reporting - Style (creativity) - Presentation - Was it worth saying? Is there relevance/timeliness?
Link unequal sentence elements
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
Criteria to evaluate stories

47. Appear outside body copy with the title - deck or subhead
General rules about direct quotes
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
External blurbs (magazines)
Coverlines

48. Basic ideals editors must adhere to
Fairness - ethics - decency
When to use direct quotes
Attribution
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth

49. 'Totally demolished' is an example of this. This diminishes the conciseness and clarity of writing.
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
How well does it say it?
Basic Journalistic Values
Redundancy

50. When are relative pronouns like who used?
What quotes add to a story
Slang
To introduce clauses.
Photo captions