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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Web sites need...
Guidelines for photo captions
When to use direct quotes
Coverlines
Distinct tone and identity

2. Actual malice

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3. What word should be used in attribution?
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Link unequal sentence elements
Kinds of blurbs
said

4. Do not change anything inside quote marks (Exception: punctuation and spelling) - Never put quote marks around indirect quotes
General rules about direct quotes
First degree words
Display copy (magazines)
A benefit

5. Control Ethnocentrism (your own country and culture is better than others) - Altruistic Democracy: politicians should serve the public good not own interests - Responsible Capitalism: open competition among business will create better world - Small-t
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Journalism roles
Jargon
Basic Journalistic Values

6. They are direct (chance for sources to connect w/ readers) - They are nuanced (spokesmen say things particularly)
Why quotes are important
Explanatory approach
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
relative. The dead can't be libeled.

7. 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.
Push technology
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Link unequal sentence elements
Metaphor

8. Indefinite pronouns
Anyone - either ususally singular
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Repurposing

9. Someone says something unique (revolutionary; news worthy) - Someone says something uniquely (colorful language) - Someone important says something important
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Bias
When to use direct quotes
Basic Journalistic Values

10. How broadcasters write stories. Leads are shorter in length and they are in the present tense.
Conversation model
Criteria to evaluate stories
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
Push technology

11. 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
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Characteristics of news
Principles of service journalism
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)

12. Cover = store front - TOC = menu - FOB = appetizer - Feature = entree - BOB = dessert
Contemporary news value
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Redundancy

13. Style
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Listservs
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

14. Web sites must be easy to...
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Navigate so users can find info
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest

15. Letters to/from editor - Letters from readers - Calendars - Q & A - Cartoons - quotes - Shopping guides
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Niche
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
Distinct tone and identity

16. What are the 5 key tests of libel?

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17. Verb forms that behave like nouns - adjectives or adverbs.
said
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Verbals
Slang

18. Emphasize the latest angle and play down the exact time of the original event.
If they're relevant to the story
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
Second day stories
Push technology

19. Dash
Redundancy
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Conversation model
Attribution

20. Public editor
What quotes add to a story
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
Covers (magazines)

21. Shouldn't be able to put a dollar bill on a page and not see some type of blurb
Jargon
Fact checking
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event

22. Web blog or Journal style
How to critique articles
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
Creative Titles (magazines)
Internal blurbs (magazines)

23. News values
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Parrot
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence

24. Usually preferable in news writing because it usually requires fewer wrods and makes it clear who is doing what to whom.
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Active voice
Slang

25. Whites will soon make up...
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Less than half of the U.S. population
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Only one attribution and after the first sentence

26. 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
Listservs
Guidelines for photo captions
Kinds of blurbs
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play

27. Managing editor
Passive voice
Covers (magazines)
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)

28. A personal story rather than general.
Pluralize then make it possessive
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Heart
Second day stories

29. Opening spread
Feature well (magazines)
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Second day stories
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

30. When are relative pronouns like who used?
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
To introduce clauses.
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info

31. Basic ideals editors must adhere to
Fairness - ethics - decency
Push technology
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
General rules about direct quotes

32. When should the time element appear?
Link unequal sentence elements
How to critique articles
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Guidelines for photo captions

33. 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
Bias
General rules about direct quotes
Only one attribution and after the first sentence

34. Correlative conjunctions
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
Bias
Kinds of blurbs

35. Absolute privilege
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Journalism roles
said

36. Professional language that reporters are prone to use because their sources use it.
Jargon
Second day stories
Inverted pyramid
How to critique articles

37. When is 'who/whoever' used?
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest

38. Coordinating conjunctions
Explanatory approach
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Race
Anyone - either ususally singular

39. Steps in the editing process
Criteria to evaluate stories
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
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Info boxes

40. Visual interest - cosumerism - trends - community - inspiration - twists of fate - great writing.
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
Contemporary news value
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Race

41. Grammar
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Commercial databases
Creative Titles (magazines)

42. When paraphrasing and quotes repeat each other - redundant.
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Mission statement (magazines)
Parrot
Pluralize then make it possessive

43. Hypen
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
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
External blurbs (magazines)

44. What are the types of verbals?
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
General rules about direct quotes
Fairness - ethics - decency
Infinitives - participles and gerunds

45. Why should you use quotes?
Link unequal sentence elements
Ads
Feature well (magazines)
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.

46. Provide a sizeable portion of a publication's revenue.
How to critique articles
Ads
Civic journalism
Distinct tone and identity

47. Timeliness - Proximity - Prominence - Consequence - Rarity - Human Interest
Verbals
Characteristics of news
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
Inverted pyramid

48. Fair use
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
If they're relevant to the story
Mission statement (magazines)
Pluralize then make it possessive

49. Basic situations in Invasion of privacy
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
Guidelines for photo captions
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Distinct tone and identity

50. What's the exception to the order of attribution?
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Attribution
Second day stories

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