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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Actual malice

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3. Local sidebars that include details like phone numbers - addresses - etc.
Info boxes
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Photo captions
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings

4. When paraphrasing and quotes repeat each other - redundant.
Parrot
When to use direct quotes
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations

5. A statement of purpose that identifies the specific editorial focus of the magazine - who the intended readers are and a definition of its personality
Conversation model
Internal blurbs (magazines)
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Mission statement (magazines)

6. Timeliness - Proximity - Prominence - Consequence - Rarity - Human Interest
Characteristics of news
Attribution
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process

7. What are the types of verbals?
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Less than half of the U.S. population
Navigate so users can find info

8. News values
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Less than half of the U.S. population
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest

9. Groups 'pull' you to the discussion at a shared site.
Ads
Pull
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations

10. Fair use
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Slang
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations

11. Avoid using it unless it's relevant.
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Race
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.

12. Tells the reader the source of the quote or information.
Inverted pyramid
Attribution
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Niche

13. 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
Guidelines for photo captions
Truth.
First degree words
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.

14. Lists (step-by-step; recipes are SJ) - Subheads - Blurbs - Sidebars and boxes - Charts and graphics
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
Devices and techniques for service journalism
To introduce clauses.
When to use direct quotes

15. Alliteration and rhyme - Allusions to books - movies and TV - Songs and music - Phrases and puns - Names become fun to play with
Navigate so users can find info
Creative Titles (magazines)
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
To introduce clauses.

16. 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
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Layering
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Quotes in print

17. Managing editor
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
Metaphor
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts

18. What's the exception to the order of attribution?
How to critique articles
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Contemporary news value

19. Fair comment and criticism
Service journalism
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
External blurbs (magazines)
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.

20. Qualified privilege
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
How to critique articles
Internal blurbs (magazines)

21. 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
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Internal blurbs (magazines)
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank

22. Cover = store front - TOC = menu - FOB = appetizer - Feature = entree - BOB = dessert
Creative Titles (magazines)
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Criteria to evaluate stories
Feeds/wire

23. What's the order for attribution?
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Characteristics of news
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
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said

24. What are the standards of a copy editor?
Guidelines for photo captions
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
grammar and style

25. Audiences respond to these words because they convey a precise relationship to their concepts- words like office rather than facility.
Set up lead
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Bias
First degree words

26. Collective noun
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Heart
Contemporary news value
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event

27. 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
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Second day stories
Principles of service journalism
Mission statement (magazines)

28. Usually preferable in news writing because it usually requires fewer wrods and makes it clear who is doing what to whom.
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Ads
Active voice
Usenet

29. Someone says something unique (revolutionary; news worthy) - Someone says something uniquely (colorful language) - Someone important says something important
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
When to use direct quotes
Set up lead
4 elements of covers (magazines)

30. Visual interest - cosumerism - trends - community - inspiration - twists of fate - great writing.
Contemporary news value
Service journalism
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For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.

31. When should the time element appear?
How to critique articles
Active voice
Basic Journalistic Values
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.

32. Do not change anything inside quote marks (Exception: punctuation and spelling) - Never put quote marks around indirect quotes
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
General rules about direct quotes
Jargon
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings

33. Indefinite pronouns
Anyone - either ususally singular
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
grammar and style
Feature well (magazines)

34. Dash
Partial or orphan quotes
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Metaphor

35. Basic ideals editors must adhere to
Fairness - ethics - decency
What quotes add to a story
Civic journalism
Niche

36. Publisher/Manager

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37. Steps in the editing process
A benefit
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
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Distinct tone and identity

38. 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
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Display copy (magazines)
Listservs
If they're relevant to the story

39. 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
Active voice
Redundancy
Service journalism
Metaphor

40. Teaser headlines to shock buyers - usually use numbers to suggest value
Coverlines
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Active voice
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.

41. Single words or short phrases. Avoid these because whole sentences are more readable.
Basic Journalistic Values
Partial or orphan quotes
If they're relevant to the story
Explanatory approach

42. What's an efficient approach to copy editing?
Pull
Conversation model
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Criteria to evaluate stories

43. Provide a sizeable portion of a publication's revenue.
How well does it say it?
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Ads
Dollar bill rule(magazines)

44. Executive producer
Journalism roles
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations

45. Libel
Verbals
Passive voice
When to use direct quotes
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info

46. Used in broadcasting. it frames a story by telling viewers and listeners what to expect.
Set up lead
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Active voice
Verbals

47. A linked collection of onlin bulletin boards organized into specific topics of interest or 'news groups'.
Usenet
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Quotes in print
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations

48. Aristotle's 3 questions: What does it say? - How well does it say it? - Was it worth saying? [What does it say? Is there a clear focus? Is there a point?] - Theme?
Service journalism
Photo captions
grammar and style
How to critique articles

49. Style
General rules about direct quotes
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Cliche
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings

50. Design/layout editors
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
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
Bias