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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Indefinite pronouns
Partial or orphan quotes
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Second day stories
Anyone - either ususally singular

2. Aristotle's 3 questions: What does it say? - How well does it say it? - Was it worth saying? [What does it say? Is there a clear focus? Is there a point?] - Theme?
Repurposing
Niche
Internal blurbs (magazines)
How to critique articles

3. Grammar
grammar and style
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
Slang
Passive voice

4. 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
Ads
Service journalism
4 elements of covers (magazines)

5. Stories - videos - audio - photos and grpahics provided by the times - ap - etch to subscriber newsrooms.
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Second day stories
Feeds/wire
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.

6. Organizing a story and related info in small linked pieces.
grammar and style
Layering
said
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings

7. Sast electronic libraries that provide reliable info ro journalists through keyword searches.
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Commercial databases
Repurposing
General rules about direct quotes

8. When is 'who/whoever' used?
To separate independent clauses and to separate the elements in a list or description. No comma is called before the conjunction in a simple series.
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Ads
Layering

9. Public editor
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process

10. Why should you use quotes?
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Devices and techniques for service journalism
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Layering

11. Lists (step-by-step; recipes are SJ) - Subheads - Blurbs - Sidebars and boxes - Charts and graphics
First degree words
Layering
Explanatory approach
Devices and techniques for service journalism

12. Absolute privilege
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings

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.
Listservs
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
First degree words

14. 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
Truth.
Pull
Metaphor
Principles of service journalism

15. 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
Active voice
Set up lead
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings

16. A statement of purpose that identifies the specific editorial focus of the magazine - who the intended readers are and a definition of its personality
Conversation model
Mission statement (magazines)
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank

17. Fair comment and criticism
How to critique articles
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
Criteria to evaluate stories

18. Appear outside body copy with the title - deck or subhead
General rules about direct quotes
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
To introduce clauses.
External blurbs (magazines)

19. Libel
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites

20. Popular way of organizing news sotries with the most important info at the top of the sotry - followed by supporting details.
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Covers (magazines)
Inverted pyramid
Passive voice

21. Web sites must be easy to...
Navigate so users can find info
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Why quotes are important

22. Collective noun
A benefit
Criteria to evaluate stories
Fact checking
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.

23. Tape editors
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Mission statement (magazines)
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Journalism roles

24. Style
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
said
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.

25. What are the 5 key tests of libel?

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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
Commercial databases
Usenet
Guidelines for photo captions
Race

27. Should complement the picture - Should connect the picture to the story and get readers to read the story
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
What quotes add to a story
Photo captions

28. 'Totally demolished' is an example of this. This diminishes the conciseness and clarity of writing.
Feeds/wire
Anyone - either ususally singular
Redundancy
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings

29. Basic situations in Invasion of privacy
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
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
Explanatory approach
To separate independent clauses and to separate the elements in a list or description. No comma is called before the conjunction in a simple series.

30. Fair use
Bias
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
First degree words
Second day stories

31. This may be appropriate to emphasize the details of the action rather than the one who is responsible.
General rules about direct quotes
Covers (magazines)
Criteria to evaluate stories
Passive voice

32. A personal story rather than general.
Heart
Attribution
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
To separate independent clauses and to separate the elements in a list or description. No comma is called before the conjunction in a simple series.

33. 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.
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
Navigate so users can find info
Listservs
Metaphor

34. Correlative conjunctions
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Layering
Link equal elements but always come in pairs

35. Credibility by telling exactly what witnesses see - experts say - etc. - Enliven and dramatize - Reveal personality
Verbals
Service journalism
What quotes add to a story
Basic Journalistic Values

36. Coordinating conjunctions
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Display copy (magazines)
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
relative. The dead can't be libeled.

37. When is 'that' used?
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
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence

38. Provide a sizeable portion of a publication's revenue.
Listservs
Ads
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Journalism roles

39. 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
External blurbs (magazines)
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
4 elements of covers (magazines)

40. When should the time element appear?
Attribution
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings

41. 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
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Feature well (magazines)
Basic Journalistic Values
Usenet

42. Letters to/from editor - Letters from readers - Calendars - Q & A - Cartoons - quotes - Shopping guides
Partial or orphan quotes
Race
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
4 elements of covers (magazines)

43. Why are accuracy problems magnified at the local level?
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts

44. Used in broadcasting. it frames a story by telling viewers and listeners what to expect.
Set up lead
What quotes add to a story
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites

45. What's the key to plural possessives?
Criteria to evaluate stories
Usenet
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Pluralize then make it possessive

46. Alliteration and rhyme - Allusions to books - movies and TV - Songs and music - Phrases and puns - Names become fun to play with
Creative Titles (magazines)
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process

47. When are commas used?
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
To separate independent clauses and to separate the elements in a list or description. No comma is called before the conjunction in a simple series.
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Why quotes are important

48. Brings news to you
Push technology
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.

49. Reputation is...

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50. Has everything to do w/ branding a magazine - Sense of focus - readers - personality (MS)
Why quotes are important
Covers (magazines)
Niche
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts