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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Where should attribution go?
grammar and style
Display copy (magazines)
Attribution
Only one attribution and after the first sentence

2. Professional language that reporters are prone to use because their sources use it.
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Jargon
First degree words
said

3. When are relative pronouns like who used?
Distinct tone and identity
To introduce clauses.
How to critique articles
Info boxes

4. Teaser headlines to shock buyers - usually use numbers to suggest value
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
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Covers (magazines)
Coverlines

5. Damages
Links letters or words together
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Navigate so users can find info
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)

6. News values
Link unequal sentence elements
Pluralize then make it possessive
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest

7. Adapting stories from print or broadcast to the web.
Covers (magazines)
Repurposing
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Niche

8. 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.
Truth.
Metaphor
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.

9. Qualified privilege
To introduce clauses.
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
Why quotes are important

10. Managing editor
Conversation model
Guidelines for photo captions
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
relative. The dead can't be libeled.

11. Web blog or Journal style
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
Navigate so users can find info

12. More historical context and common ground for opposing views.
Guidelines for photo captions
Bias
Explanatory approach
working from large blocks to smaller blocks

13. 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
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Internal blurbs (magazines)
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.

14. Tells the reader the source of the quote or information.
Attribution
Ads
Redundancy
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites

15. What are the types of verbals?
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Guidelines for photo captions
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Fact checking

16. What protects journalistics & how?
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
Verbals
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Quotes in print

17. Titles should promise...
Race
Niche
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
A benefit

18. Web sites need...
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Set up lead
Distinct tone and identity
Fairness - ethics - decency

19. Basic ideals editors must adhere to
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Fairness - ethics - decency
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
First degree words

20. 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
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Feature well (magazines)
Guidelines for photo captions
grammar and style

21. Policy on accusers in sex crimes

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22. Design/layout editors
Verbals
Pull
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
Why quotes are important

23. Opening spread
External blurbs (magazines)
Kinds of blurbs
Feature well (magazines)
When to use direct quotes

24. When is 'which' used?
Layering
Display copy (magazines)
Photo captions
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details

25. Where do commas and periods go in quotes?
Push technology
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
Info boxes
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.

26. Basic situations in Invasion of privacy
Photo captions
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
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

27. When paraphrasing and quotes repeat each other - redundant.
Parrot
Covers (magazines)
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

28. Avoid using it unless it's relevant.
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Race
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
Principles of service journalism

29. Whites will soon make up...
Feature well (magazines)
General rules about direct quotes
Verbals
Less than half of the U.S. population

30. What are the 5 key tests of libel?

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31. Publisher/Manager

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32. Letters to/from editor - Letters from readers - Calendars - Q & A - Cartoons - quotes - Shopping guides
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Pluralize then make it possessive
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Verbals

33. A personal story rather than general.
Heart
Anyone - either ususally singular
Slang
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution

34. When is 'whom/whomever' used?
Photo captions
Verbals
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase

35. Someone says something unique (revolutionary; news worthy) - Someone says something uniquely (colorful language) - Someone important says something important
When to use direct quotes
Passive voice
Links letters or words together
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.

36. Editors such purge copy of these trite - overused expressions. Ex: sweet as sugar
Verbals
When to use direct quotes
Cliche
Why quotes are important

37. Shouldn't be able to put a dollar bill on a page and not see some type of blurb
Why quotes are important
Heart
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings

38. Has everything to do w/ branding a magazine - Sense of focus - readers - personality (MS)
To introduce clauses.
Repurposing
Mission statement (magazines)
Covers (magazines)

39. Convergence of media
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Ads
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Anyone - either ususally singular

40. Style
Less than half of the U.S. population
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
Listservs

41. Emphasize the latest angle and play down the exact time of the original event.
Second day stories
Civic journalism
Inverted pyramid
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable

42. Execution (technique - creativity - etc.)
How well does it say it?
Pull
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.

43. They are direct (chance for sources to connect w/ readers) - They are nuanced (spokesmen say things particularly)
How well does it say it?
Less than half of the U.S. population
Why quotes are important
Niche

44. Sast electronic libraries that provide reliable info ro journalists through keyword searches.
Commercial databases
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Set up lead
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence

45. Steps in the editing process
Criteria to evaluate stories
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
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
Bias

46. Coordinating conjunctions
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Explanatory approach
Display copy (magazines)
Repurposing

47. Cover = store front - TOC = menu - FOB = appetizer - Feature = entree - BOB = dessert
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
What quotes add to a story
Redundancy
Second day stories

48. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Kinds of blurbs
Redundancy
Characteristics of news

49. 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.
Cliche
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Usenet

50. 'Totally demolished' is an example of this. This diminishes the conciseness and clarity of writing.
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Redundancy
Niche
Race