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1. Tape editors
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Covers (magazines)

2. Tells the reader the source of the quote or information.
Distinct tone and identity
Listservs
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Attribution

3. When is 'which' used?
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
First degree words
Fact checking

4. 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
Less than half of the U.S. population
Jargon
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Principles of service journalism

5. Web sites must be easy to...
Navigate so users can find info
Links letters or words together
Info boxes
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings

6. Correlative conjunctions
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Mission statement (magazines)
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Criteria to evaluate stories

7. Hypen
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Explanatory approach
Links letters or words together
Metaphor

8. Someone says something unique (revolutionary; news worthy) - Someone says something uniquely (colorful language) - Someone important says something important
Verbals
General rules about direct 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
When to use direct quotes

9. Visual interest - cosumerism - trends - community - inspiration - twists of fate - great writing.
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Contemporary news value
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
Coverlines

10. They are direct (chance for sources to connect w/ readers) - They are nuanced (spokesmen say things particularly)
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
External blurbs (magazines)
Why quotes are important
What quotes add to a story

11. 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.
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
Metaphor
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase

12. 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
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
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
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Explanatory approach

13. Execution (technique - creativity - etc.)
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
How well does it say it?
Principles of service journalism
General rules about direct quotes

14. What are the 5 key tests of libel?

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15. 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
Principles of service journalism
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Guidelines for photo captions

16. Local sidebars that include details like phone numbers - addresses - etc.
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
Info boxes
Kinds of blurbs
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable

17. When is 'who/whoever' used?
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Basic Journalistic Values

18. Groups 'pull' you to the discussion at a shared site.
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
Pull
Principles of service journalism
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts

19. Provide a sizeable portion of a publication's revenue.
Ads
Fact checking
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
What quotes add to a story

20. Professional language that reporters are prone to use because their sources use it.
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
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

21. Should complement the picture - Should connect the picture to the story and get readers to read the story
Pluralize then make it possessive
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Photo captions
Commercial databases

22. Audiences respond to these words because they convey a precise relationship to their concepts- words like office rather than facility.
First degree words
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
How well does it say it?

23. 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
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
Quotes in print
Service journalism
A benefit

24. Concept - Structure - Reporting - Style (creativity) - Presentation - Was it worth saying? Is there relevance/timeliness?
Criteria to evaluate stories
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Attribution
Restaurant analogy (magazines)

25. Appear outside body copy with the title - deck or subhead
Covers (magazines)
Fact checking
Contemporary news value
External blurbs (magazines)

26. 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.
Photo captions
Links letters or words together
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence

27. Damages
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Internal blurbs (magazines)

28. Usually preferable in news writing because it usually requires fewer wrods and makes it clear who is doing what to whom.
Active voice
Inverted pyramid
Partial or orphan quotes
When to use direct quotes

29. A statement of purpose that identifies the specific editorial focus of the magazine - who the intended readers are and a definition of its personality
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Mission statement (magazines)
Conversation model
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable

30. Has everything to do w/ branding a magazine - Sense of focus - readers - personality (MS)
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Fact checking
Basic Journalistic Values
Covers (magazines)

31. Used in broadcasting. it frames a story by telling viewers and listeners what to expect.
Metaphor
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Set up lead
Devices and techniques for service journalism

32. How broadcasters write stories. Leads are shorter in length and they are in the present tense.
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
What quotes add to a story
Conversation model
Passive voice

33. Alliteration and rhyme - Allusions to books - movies and TV - Songs and music - Phrases and puns - Names become fun to play with
Links letters or words together
Creative Titles (magazines)
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Niche

34. 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
Quotes in print
Photo captions
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process

35. More historical context and common ground for opposing views.
Explanatory approach
Inverted pyramid
Slang
Mission statement (magazines)

36. Story budget

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37. Organizing a story and related info in small linked pieces.
Jargon
Layering
Quotes in print
Pluralize then make it possessive

38. 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.
grammar and style
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said

39. Executive producer
Principles of service journalism
Heart
Coverlines
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations

40. A linked collection of onlin bulletin boards organized into specific topics of interest or 'news groups'.
Niche
When to use direct quotes
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Usenet

41. Whites will soon make up...
Jargon
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Less than half of the U.S. population

42. 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
Display copy (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
Truth.
Link unequal sentence elements

43. Single words or short phrases. Avoid these because whole sentences are more readable.
Creative Titles (magazines)
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Partial or orphan quotes

44. When are relative pronouns like who used?
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Service journalism
To introduce clauses.
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

45. Adapting stories from print or broadcast to the web.
First degree words
Repurposing
Distinct tone and identity
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts

46. Letters to/from editor - Letters from readers - Calendars - Q & A - Cartoons - quotes - Shopping guides
Link unequal sentence elements
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
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

47. Convergence of media
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Heart
Jargon

48. Editors must be able to idenify this in stories that can result in imnbalance or offensive langugage.
said
Bias
Navigate so users can find info
relative. The dead can't be libeled.

49. Web sites need...
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Distinct tone and identity
Redundancy
External blurbs (magazines)

50. Reputation is...

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