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News And Mag Editing Basics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Titles should promise...






2. Basic situations in Invasion of privacy






3. 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






4. Style






5. What are the standards of a copy editor?






6. Grammar






7. Web blog or Journal style






8. Someone says something unique (revolutionary; news worthy) - Someone says something uniquely (colorful language) - Someone important says something important






9. Label - such as "contents" (Table is in design aspect only) - Logo - Slogan - Historical reference - Date of publication - Listing of editorial staff - Associate affiliations - Masthead (Post Office info - etc.)






10. Convergence of media






11. What's the best defense against libel?






12. 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






13. Damages






14. Popular way of organizing news sotries with the most important info at the top of the sotry - followed by supporting details.






15. Execution (technique - creativity - etc.)






16. How broadcasters write stories. Leads are shorter in length and they are in the present tense.






17. Alliteration and rhyme - Allusions to books - movies and TV - Songs and music - Phrases and puns - Names become fun to play with






18. Fair use






19. Whites will soon make up...






20. Stories - videos - audio - photos and grpahics provided by the times - ap - etch to subscriber newsrooms.






21. Correlative conjunctions






22. Hypen






23. Cover = store front - TOC = menu - FOB = appetizer - Feature = entree - BOB = dessert






24. Opening spread






25. Credibility by telling exactly what witnesses see - experts say - etc. - Enliven and dramatize - Reveal personality






26. Why are accuracy problems magnified at the local level?






27. Local sidebars that include details like phone numbers - addresses - etc.






28. When is 'which' used?






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






30. Timeliness - Proximity - Prominence - Consequence - Rarity - Human Interest






31. Loopwhole journalism






32. 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






33. Verb forms that behave like nouns - adjectives or adverbs.






34. Indefinite pronouns






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

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36. 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.






37. Steps in the editing process






38. Qualified privilege






39. Teaser headlines to shock buyers - usually use numbers to suggest value






40. Concept - Structure - Reporting - Style (creativity) - Presentation - Was it worth saying? Is there relevance/timeliness?






41. What's the key to plural possessives?






42. Absolute privilege






43. They are direct (chance for sources to connect w/ readers) - They are nuanced (spokesmen say things particularly)






44. Adapting stories from print or broadcast to the web.






45. Audiences respond to these words because they convey a precise relationship to their concepts- words like office rather than facility.






46. When should the time element appear?






47. Has everything to do w/ branding a magazine - Sense of focus - readers - personality (MS)






48. Used in broadcasting. it frames a story by telling viewers and listeners what to expect.






49. Publisher/Manager

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50. When paraphrasing and quotes repeat each other - redundant.