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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. When is 'who/whoever' used?
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Push technology
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Internal blurbs (magazines)

2. Where do commas and periods go in quotes?
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
How well does it say it?

3. Libel
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Attribution
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Coverlines

4. Sidebar
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
General rules about direct quotes
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Fairness - ethics - decency

5. When is 'that' used?
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Active voice
Basic Journalistic Values
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence

6. Local sidebars that include details like phone numbers - addresses - etc.
Listservs
Info boxes
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
A benefit

7. Avoid using it unless it's relevant.
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Race
Devices and techniques for service journalism
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

8. When paraphrasing and quotes repeat each other - redundant.
Feeds/wire
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Repurposing
Parrot

9. 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
Repurposing
Passive voice
Mission statement (magazines)
Display copy (magazines)

10. When is 'which' used?
Push technology
How well does it say it?
When to use direct quotes
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details

11. Organizing a story and related info in small linked pieces.
Layering
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Repurposing

12. Appear outside body copy with the title - deck or subhead
Race
External blurbs (magazines)
Attribution
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.

13. 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.
Redundancy
Front of book (FOB - 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

14. 'Totally demolished' is an example of this. This diminishes the conciseness and clarity of writing.
Redundancy
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Verbals
Devices and techniques for service journalism

15. Alliteration and rhyme - Allusions to books - movies and TV - Songs and music - Phrases and puns - Names become fun to play with
Active voice
Creative Titles (magazines)
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
Fairness - ethics - decency

16. Dash
Fairness - ethics - decency
First degree words
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Partial or orphan quotes

17. Letters to/from editor - Letters from readers - Calendars - Q & A - Cartoons - quotes - Shopping guides
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
Anyone - either ususally singular
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Only one attribution and after the first sentence

18. Concept - Structure - Reporting - Style (creativity) - Presentation - Was it worth saying? Is there relevance/timeliness?
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Set up lead
Coverlines
Criteria to evaluate stories

19. Story budget

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20. How broadcasters write stories. Leads are shorter in length and they are in the present tense.
Active voice
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Conversation model

21. Collective noun
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Race
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
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

22. 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
Jargon
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Distinct tone and identity
4 elements of covers (magazines)

23. Opening spread
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Niche
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Feature well (magazines)

24. Web sites need...
Bias
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Distinct tone and identity
Pluralize then make it possessive

25. Groups 'pull' you to the discussion at a shared site.
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
What quotes add to a story
Pull
Basic Journalistic Values

26. Why are accuracy problems magnified at the local level?
Covers (magazines)
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth

27. More historical context and common ground for opposing views.
Repurposing
Explanatory approach
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
Set up lead

28. Used in broadcasting. it frames a story by telling viewers and listeners what to expect.
grammar and style
Set up lead
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
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings

29. Sast electronic libraries that provide reliable info ro journalists through keyword searches.
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Commercial databases
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.

30. Public editor
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
Devices and techniques for service journalism
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process

31. 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
Attribution
Guidelines for photo captions
To introduce clauses.
Slang

32. Emerging style for journalism on local communities.
External blurbs (magazines)
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Civic journalism
Set up lead

33. This may be appropriate to emphasize the details of the action rather than the one who is responsible.
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Passive voice
relative. The dead can't be libeled.

34. They are direct (chance for sources to connect w/ readers) - They are nuanced (spokesmen say things particularly)
4 elements of covers (magazines)
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Why quotes are important
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.

35. Figure of speech that places a word or prhase in a fresh context to clarify or make point in a creative way. Be on your guard in usage.
Pluralize then make it possessive
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Basic Journalistic Values
Metaphor

36. Emphasize the latest angle and play down the exact time of the original event.
Second day stories
Usenet
Feeds/wire
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.

37. Fair comment and criticism
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
Metaphor
Distinct tone and identity
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.

38. A personal story rather than general.
Heart
Info boxes
Less than half of the U.S. population
Feeds/wire

39. Managing editor
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
To introduce clauses.
Less than half of the U.S. population

40. Agenda Setting (sets the agenda) - Gatekeeping - Watchdog - Verification - Marketplace of Ideas - Mobilizers -Public journalism - Developmental journalism
Journalism roles
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Basic Journalistic Values

41. Verb forms that behave like nouns - adjectives or adverbs.
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Verbals
grammar and style
External blurbs (magazines)

42. Execution (technique - creativity - etc.)
What quotes add to a story
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
How well does it say it?
When to use direct quotes

43. Steps in the editing process
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
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
Criteria to evaluate stories
Feature well (magazines)

44. Whites will soon make up...
Kinds of blurbs
Less than half of the U.S. population
said
Principles of service journalism

45. When is 'whom/whomever' used?
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Fairness - ethics - decency
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Fact checking

46. Executive producer
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Slang
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
How to critique articles

47. Tells the reader the source of the quote or information.
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Passive voice
Attribution

48. 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.
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Quotes in print
Listservs
Redundancy

49. Convergence of media
Link unequal sentence elements
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Set up lead
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable

50. Actual malice

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