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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. When is 'that' used?
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Quotes in print
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence

2. Story budget

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3. 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
Mission statement (magazines)
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Display copy (magazines)
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event

4. Why are accuracy problems magnified at the local level?
Link unequal sentence elements
Creative Titles (magazines)
Commercial databases
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth

5. Actual malice

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6. Design/layout editors
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites

7. Correlative conjunctions
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Race
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Listservs

8. Verb forms that behave like nouns - adjectives or adverbs.
Verbals
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
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Links letters or words together

9. Teaser headlines to shock buyers - usually use numbers to suggest value
Link unequal sentence elements
Metaphor
Coverlines
Links letters or words together

10. Single words or short phrases. Avoid these because whole sentences are more readable.
Partial or orphan quotes
Info boxes
How well does it say it?
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

11. Emerging style for journalism on local communities.
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
First degree words
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Civic journalism

12. When paraphrasing and quotes repeat each other - redundant.
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Parrot
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
relative. The dead can't be libeled.

13. Executive producer
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Ads
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Navigate so users can find info

14. Fair use
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Passive voice
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning

15. Brings news to you
Cliche
Why quotes are important
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Push technology

16. When is 'who/whoever' used?
Principles of service journalism
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play

17. 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
Push technology
Pluralize then make it possessive
Service journalism
Set up lead

18. May be colorful but may be understood by only certain demographic groups.
Characteristics of news
Slang
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Race

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

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20. Editors must be able to idenify this in stories that can result in imnbalance or offensive langugage.
Push technology
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Inverted pyramid
Bias

21. Local sidebars that include details like phone numbers - addresses - etc.
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Coverlines
Info boxes
Creative Titles (magazines)

22. Avoid using it unless it's relevant.
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
A benefit
Ads
Race

23. Groups 'pull' you to the discussion at a shared site.
grammar and style
Covers (magazines)
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Pull

24. 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
Civic journalism
Jargon
Covers (magazines)
4 elements of covers (magazines)

25. Editors such purge copy of these trite - overused expressions. Ex: sweet as sugar
Cliche
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Photo captions
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations

26. A statement of purpose that identifies the specific editorial focus of the magazine - who the intended readers are and a definition of its personality
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Mission statement (magazines)
Niche
Less than half of the U.S. population

27. Managing editor
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Quotes in print

28. What protects journalistics & how?
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Race
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.

29. Subordinating conjunctions
Link unequal sentence elements
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
Conversation model

30. Tells the reader the source of the quote or information.
Parrot
Attribution
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

31. Loopwhole journalism
Contemporary news value
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Civic journalism
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play

32. Steps in the editing process
Attribution
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
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

33. More historical context and common ground for opposing views.
Repurposing
Kinds of blurbs
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
Explanatory approach

34. What word should be used in attribution?
First degree words
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
said
Jargon

35. Style
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Partial or orphan quotes
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Passive voice

36. A linked collection of onlin bulletin boards organized into specific topics of interest or 'news groups'.
Navigate so users can find info
Usenet
Less than half of the U.S. population
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts

37. 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.
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.
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said

38. Titles should promise...
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
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 benefit
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process

39. Convergence of media
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Listservs
Pull

40. Where do commas and periods go in quotes?
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Coverlines
Pull

41. News values
Conversation model
Heart
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
How to critique articles

42. This may be appropriate to emphasize the details of the action rather than the one who is responsible.
Passive voice
Covers (magazines)
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Race

43. Fair comment and criticism
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Link unequal sentence elements

44. Why should you use quotes?
Contemporary news value
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
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Front of book (FOB - magazines)

45. Web sites need...
Verbals
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Truth.
Distinct tone and identity

46. Coordinating conjunctions
said
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Layering
Civic journalism

47. Timeliness - Proximity - Prominence - Consequence - Rarity - Human Interest
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Active voice
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Characteristics of news

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.
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Listservs
Repurposing
relative. The dead can't be libeled.

49. When is 'which' used?
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Set up lead
Journalism roles
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details

50. Indefinite pronouns
Anyone - either ususally singular
Slang
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Fairness - ethics - decency