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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Design/layout editors
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
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
Anyone - either ususally singular

2. Appear outside body copy with the title - deck or subhead
External blurbs (magazines)
said
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

3. When are relative pronouns like who used?
To introduce clauses.
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Commercial databases
4 elements of covers (magazines)

4. Avoid using it unless it's relevant.
Race
Push technology
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations

5. Adapting stories from print or broadcast to the web.
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Repurposing
Quotes in print

6. Web blog or Journal style
Passive voice
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
A benefit
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community

7. Qualified privilege
Civic journalism
Slang
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
4 elements of covers (magazines)

8. 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
Verbals
Fact checking
Guidelines for photo captions
Niche

9. Verb forms that behave like nouns - adjectives or adverbs.
said
Guidelines for photo captions
Parrot
Verbals

10. Stories - videos - audio - photos and grpahics provided by the times - ap - etch to subscriber newsrooms.
Quotes in print
When to use direct quotes
Feeds/wire
How to critique articles

11. Local sidebars that include details like phone numbers - addresses - etc.
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
Info boxes
Layering
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story

12. What are the 5 key tests of libel?

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13. Convergence of media
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Less than half of the U.S. population
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable

14. Libel
Pull
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Pluralize then make it possessive

15. More historical context and common ground for opposing views.
What quotes add to a story
Explanatory approach
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Race

16. When paraphrasing and quotes repeat each other - redundant.
First degree words
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Parrot
Verbals

17. 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)
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Second day stories
Fact checking

18. Damages
Civic journalism
Cliche
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.

19. Concept - Structure - Reporting - Style (creativity) - Presentation - Was it worth saying? Is there relevance/timeliness?
Cliche
Truth.
Criteria to evaluate stories
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations

20. Executive producer
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Truth.
Fact checking

21. This may be appropriate to emphasize the details of the action rather than the one who is responsible.
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Feature well (magazines)
Passive voice

22. Actual malice

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23. 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
Ads
Links letters or words together
How well does it say it?
Quotes in print

24. What protects journalistics & how?
Fact checking
Less than half of the U.S. population
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.

25. Where should attribution go?
Contemporary news value
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
grammar and style
How to critique articles

26. When should the time element appear?
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.

27. Reputation is...

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28. They are direct (chance for sources to connect w/ readers) - They are nuanced (spokesmen say things particularly)
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Civic journalism
Basic Journalistic Values
Why quotes are important

29. Subordinating conjunctions
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
Second day stories
Set up lead
Link unequal sentence elements

30. 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
Journalism roles
Conversation model
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Restaurant analogy (magazines)

31. 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
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Guidelines for photo captions
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings

32. Groups 'pull' you to the discussion at a shared site.
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
How well does it say it?
Pull
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings

33. Public editor
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Metaphor
Internal 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

34. Agenda Setting (sets the agenda) - Gatekeeping - Watchdog - Verification - Marketplace of Ideas - Mobilizers -Public journalism - Developmental journalism
Kinds of blurbs
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Journalism roles
Link equal elements but always come in pairs

35. A personal story rather than general.
Heart
Quotes in print
General rules about direct quotes
Civic journalism

36. Speak to communites joined by beliefs and interests - not geography.
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
Niche
Criteria to evaluate stories
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings

37. Dash
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Second day stories
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
grammar and style

38. 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.)
Active voice
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Heart
Covers (magazines)

39. Has everything to do w/ branding a magazine - Sense of focus - readers - personality (MS)
Covers (magazines)
Feature well (magazines)
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
Contemporary news value

40. Web sites need...
Heart
Distinct tone and identity
Guidelines for photo captions
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story

41. Cut the copy (quick and to the point) - Be clear - Involve the reader ('How I' approach - 'How you' approach - 'How Jane Doe' approach) - Think useful - Think new or news - Think money
Partial or orphan quotes
Principles of service journalism
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Coverlines

42. Should complement the picture - Should connect the picture to the story and get readers to read the story
Second day stories
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Race
Photo captions

43. Popular way of organizing news sotries with the most important info at the top of the sotry - followed by supporting details.
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Inverted pyramid
Attribution

44. 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
How well does it say it?
Push technology

45. What are the standards of a copy editor?
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
grammar and style
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Criteria to evaluate stories

46. Basic ideals editors must adhere to
Fairness - ethics - decency
First degree words
Photo captions
What quotes add to a story

47. 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
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Service journalism
Restaurant analogy (magazines)

48. Grammar
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Conversation model
Criteria to evaluate stories
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning

49. Opening spread
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Feature well (magazines)
What quotes add to a story
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.

50. Letters to/from editor - Letters from readers - Calendars - Q & A - Cartoons - quotes - Shopping guides
said
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
Photo captions
Front of book (FOB - magazines)