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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Reputation is...

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2. Qualified privilege
Characteristics of news
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
To introduce clauses.
Infinitives - participles and gerunds

3. Someone says something unique (revolutionary; news worthy) - Someone says something uniquely (colorful language) - Someone important says something important
Truth.
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
When to use direct quotes
Passive voice

4. Why should you use quotes?
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
Contemporary news value
A benefit
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.

5. How broadcasters write stories. Leads are shorter in length and they are in the present tense.
Ads
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Conversation model

6. Speak to communites joined by beliefs and interests - not geography.
Niche
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Second day stories
Less than half of the U.S. population

7. 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
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
4 elements of covers (magazines)
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said

8. Story budget

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9. 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.
Listservs
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Characteristics of news
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase

10. What protects journalistics & how?
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Display copy (magazines)
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.

11. What's an efficient approach to copy editing?
Links letters or words together
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
If they're relevant to the story

12. Local sidebars that include details like phone numbers - addresses - etc.
Jargon
Info boxes
What quotes add to a story
If they're relevant to the story

13. Fair use
Usenet
Journalism roles
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations

14. Adapting stories from print or broadcast to the web.
Fairness - ethics - decency
Repurposing
said
Listservs

15. 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
Usenet
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event

16. Execution (technique - creativity - etc.)
Parrot
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
How well does it say it?

17. Letters to/from editor - Letters from readers - Calendars - Q & A - Cartoons - quotes - Shopping guides
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Display copy (magazines)
Jargon
Passive voice

18. Concept - Structure - Reporting - Style (creativity) - Presentation - Was it worth saying? Is there relevance/timeliness?
Criteria to evaluate stories
Explanatory approach
Second day stories
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.

19. Web sites need...
Bias
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Distinct tone and identity

20. Dash
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Explanatory approach
Distinct tone and identity
Ads

21. Credibility by telling exactly what witnesses see - experts say - etc. - Enliven and dramatize - Reveal personality
4 elements of covers (magazines)
What quotes add to a story
How to critique articles
If they're relevant to the story

22. What's the best defense against libel?
Cliche
Criteria to evaluate stories
Truth.
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank

23. Indefinite pronouns
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Anyone - either ususally singular

24. Audiences respond to these words because they convey a precise relationship to their concepts- words like office rather than facility.
Why quotes are important
First degree words
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution

25. Whites will soon make up...
Less than half of the U.S. population
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
grammar and style
Redundancy

26. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Kinds of blurbs
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites

27. 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.)
Truth.
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Conversation model
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)

28. 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. 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
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
Display copy (magazines)
External blurbs (magazines)

29. Managing editor
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
said
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Conversation model

30. When paraphrasing and quotes repeat each other - redundant.
Journalism roles
Parrot
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings

31. When is 'whom/whomever' used?
grammar and style
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Mission statement (magazines)

32. Shouldn't be able to put a dollar bill on a page and not see some type of blurb
Navigate so users can find info
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.
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Front of book (FOB - magazines)

33. Teaser headlines to shock buyers - usually use numbers to suggest value
Coverlines
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Creative Titles (magazines)
Partial or orphan quotes

34. Correlative conjunctions
Contemporary news value
Explanatory approach
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
working from large blocks to smaller blocks

35. 'Totally demolished' is an example of this. This diminishes the conciseness and clarity of writing.
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Redundancy

36. Policy on accusers in sex crimes

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37. Timeliness - Proximity - Prominence - Consequence - Rarity - Human Interest
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
Characteristics of news
Truth.
Redundancy

38. Has everything to do w/ branding a magazine - Sense of focus - readers - personality (MS)
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
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
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Covers (magazines)

39. When is 'that' used?
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.
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
Race
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence

40. 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
Inverted pyramid
Basic Journalistic Values
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
Creative Titles (magazines)

41. Visual interest - cosumerism - trends - community - inspiration - twists of fate - great writing.
Photo captions
Contemporary news value
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites

42. When should the time element appear?
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
To introduce clauses.

43. Hypen
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
Explanatory approach
Links letters or words together
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)

44. Provide a sizeable portion of a publication's revenue.
Ads
Contemporary news value
General rules about direct quotes
Journalism roles

45. Agenda Setting (sets the agenda) - Gatekeeping - Watchdog - Verification - Marketplace of Ideas - Mobilizers -Public journalism - Developmental journalism
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Principles of service journalism
Journalism roles

46. 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
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Feature well (magazines)
Guidelines for photo captions
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.

47. Tape editors
Criteria to evaluate stories
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
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
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.

48. What's the exception to the order of attribution?
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Navigate so users can find info
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Attribution

49. Titles should promise...
Criteria to evaluate stories
Commercial databases
Parrot
A benefit

50. Loopwhole journalism
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
First degree words
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase