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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Web blog or Journal style
Quotes in print
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
Navigate so users can find info
Ads

2. Audiences respond to these words because they convey a precise relationship to their concepts- words like office rather than facility.
Journalism roles
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
Usenet
First degree words

3. 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
Why quotes are important
Basic Journalistic Values
Metaphor
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth

4. When is 'that' used?
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Jargon
Ads
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution

5. Professional language that reporters are prone to use because their sources use it.
Jargon
Mission statement (magazines)
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
relative. The dead can't be libeled.

6. Should complement the picture - Should connect the picture to the story and get readers to read the story
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Photo captions
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Fact checking

7. Shouldn't be able to put a dollar bill on a page and not see some type of blurb
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Distinct tone and identity
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Niche

8. Usually preferable in news writing because it usually requires fewer wrods and makes it clear who is doing what to whom.
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Active voice
Verbals
Criteria to evaluate stories

9. Visual interest - cosumerism - trends - community - inspiration - twists of fate - great writing.
Info boxes
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
Contemporary news value

10. What are the types of verbals?
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
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
grammar and style
Infinitives - participles and gerunds

11. More historical context and common ground for opposing views.
Explanatory approach
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Display copy (magazines)
Principles of service journalism

12. Single words or short phrases. Avoid these because whole sentences are more readable.
Partial or orphan quotes
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Photo captions
4 elements of covers (magazines)

13. 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.
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Links letters or words together
Listservs
Active voice

14. 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
Parrot
Why quotes are important
Service journalism
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.

15. 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
Partial or orphan quotes
Internal blurbs (magazines)
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)

16. How broadcasters write stories. Leads are shorter in length and they are in the present tense.
Conversation model
Listservs
Devices and techniques for service journalism
To introduce clauses.

17. Damages
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Civic journalism
Basic Journalistic Values
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts

18. Managing editor
How to critique articles
Fairness - ethics - decency
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Quotes in print

19. What's the key to plural possessives?
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
Anyone - either ususally singular
Kinds of blurbs
Pluralize then make it possessive

20. Qualified privilege
Jargon
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Inverted pyramid
Race

21. What are the standards of a copy editor?
grammar and style
When to use direct quotes
How well does it say it?
Niche

22. What word should be used in attribution?
Feeds/wire
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
said

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

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24. Absolute privilege
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Bias
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings

25. Where should attribution go?
Quotes in print
Photo captions
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Second day stories

26. Web sites need...
Distinct tone and identity
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Basic Journalistic Values

27. Whites will soon make up...
Jargon
Less than half of the U.S. population
Display copy (magazines)
Verbals

28. Editors must be able to idenify this in stories that can result in imnbalance or offensive langugage.
Bias
Repurposing
Set up lead
Criteria to evaluate stories

29. Emerging style for journalism on local communities.
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Distinct tone and identity
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Civic journalism

30. Popular way of organizing news sotries with the most important info at the top of the sotry - followed by supporting details.
said
Truth.
Jargon
Inverted pyramid

31. Organizing a story and related info in small linked pieces.
Verbals
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
Layering
Passive voice

32. 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
Contemporary news value
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Principles of service journalism
Verbals

33. What's the best defense against libel?
Truth.
When to use direct quotes
Parrot
Niche

34. 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.
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Metaphor
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
First degree words

35. Provide a sizeable portion of a publication's revenue.
Verbals
Heart
Ads
Characteristics of news

36. Correlative conjunctions
said
Jargon
Push technology
Link equal elements but always come in pairs

37. Sidebar
Attribution
Listservs
Kinds of blurbs
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story

38. Design/layout editors
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
Info boxes
Guidelines for photo captions
Creative Titles (magazines)

39. Indefinite pronouns
Bias
First degree words
Anyone - either ususally singular
Why quotes are important

40. They are direct (chance for sources to connect w/ readers) - They are nuanced (spokesmen say things particularly)
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Why quotes are important
Mission statement (magazines)
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth

41. What's the order for attribution?
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Push technology
Second day stories

42. Sast electronic libraries that provide reliable info ro journalists through keyword searches.
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Feature well (magazines)
Layering
Commercial databases

43. Speak to communites joined by beliefs and interests - not geography.
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
General rules about direct quotes
Set up lead
Niche

44. Essential part of credibility - Has to do with someone (not the writer or reporting) re-reporting the factual info - Magazines have more extensive fact checking than newspapers (more time for turnaround) - Fact checkers also called research editors/e
Fact checking
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.

45. Fair use
Quotes in print
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations

46. 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
said
Basic Journalistic Values
Guidelines for photo captions
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank

47. Local sidebars that include details like phone numbers - addresses - etc.
Fairness - ethics - decency
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Info boxes
Passive voice

48. Style
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
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
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Second day stories

49. Someone says something unique (revolutionary; news worthy) - Someone says something uniquely (colorful language) - Someone important says something important
Less than half of the U.S. population
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
When to use direct quotes
First degree words

50. Reputation is...

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