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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Brings news to you
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Push technology
Heart

2. 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
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Quotes in print
Explanatory approach
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank

3. Emerging style for journalism on local communities.
Civic journalism
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
First degree words
Devices and techniques for service journalism

4. Dash
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Service journalism
Truth.
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny

5. Actual malice

6. Basic situations in Invasion of privacy
Jargon
Layering
How well does it say it?
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

7. Organizing a story and related info in small linked pieces.
Layering
Why quotes are important
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
working from large blocks to smaller blocks

8. 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
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
A benefit
Ads
4 elements of covers (magazines)

9. Groups 'pull' you to the discussion at a shared site.
Passive voice
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
Pull

10. Libel
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Metaphor
Distinct tone and identity

11. How broadcasters write stories. Leads are shorter in length and they are in the present tense.
Conversation model
Feature well (magazines)
Race
Mission statement (magazines)

12. Agenda Setting (sets the agenda) - Gatekeeping - Watchdog - Verification - Marketplace of Ideas - Mobilizers -Public journalism - Developmental journalism
Journalism roles
Coverlines
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Why quotes are important

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

14. Web sites must be easy to...
Characteristics of news
Navigate so users can find info
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Journalism roles

15. Collective noun
Quotes in print
Listservs
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Link equal elements but always come in pairs

16. Do not change anything inside quote marks (Exception: punctuation and spelling) - Never put quote marks around indirect quotes
What quotes add to a story
General rules about direct quotes
Commercial databases
Passive voice

17. Publisher/Manager

18. Single words or short phrases. Avoid these because whole sentences are more readable.
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Criteria to evaluate stories
Heart
Partial or orphan quotes

19. Subordinating conjunctions
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
Guidelines for photo captions
Link unequal sentence elements
Partial or orphan quotes

20. Has everything to do w/ branding a magazine - Sense of focus - readers - personality (MS)
Quotes in print
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
Covers (magazines)
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings

21. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story
Kinds of blurbs
Feeds/wire
Civic journalism
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story

22. Absolute privilege
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
Fairness - ethics - decency
relative. The dead can't be libeled.

23. Provide a sizeable portion of a publication's revenue.
Attribution
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
Ads

24. When is 'that' used?
How well does it say it?
said
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Conversation model

25. What word should be used in attribution?
Devices and techniques for service journalism
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
said
Feeds/wire

26. When should the time element appear?
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Coverlines

27. Concept - Structure - Reporting - Style (creativity) - Presentation - Was it worth saying? Is there relevance/timeliness?
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Service journalism
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Criteria to evaluate stories

28. What's the exception to the order of attribution?
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Fairness - ethics - decency
Display copy (magazines)

29. Policy on accusers in sex crimes

30. Editors such purge copy of these trite - overused expressions. Ex: sweet as sugar
Cliche
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story

31. Popular way of organizing news sotries with the most important info at the top of the sotry - followed by supporting details.
Inverted pyramid
What quotes add to a story
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Feature well (magazines)

32. Opening spread
Passive voice
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Feature well (magazines)

33. 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
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Guidelines for photo captions

34. More historical context and common ground for opposing views.
Less than half of the U.S. population
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Explanatory approach
If they're relevant to the story

35. Shouldn't be able to put a dollar bill on a page and not see some type of blurb
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Passive voice
To introduce clauses.

36. Lists (step-by-step; recipes are SJ) - Subheads - Blurbs - Sidebars and boxes - Charts and graphics
Slang
Link unequal sentence elements
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Ads

37. Sast electronic libraries that provide reliable info ro journalists through keyword searches.
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Commercial databases
Guidelines for photo captions
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.

38. Hypen
Links letters or words together
Navigate so users can find info
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
A benefit

39. 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.
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Set up lead
Fairness - ethics - decency
Metaphor

40. What are the 5 key tests of libel?

41. When are relative pronouns like who used?
To introduce clauses.
Navigate so users can find info
Kinds of blurbs
Partial or orphan quotes

42. Emphasize the latest angle and play down the exact time of the original event.
Civic journalism
Characteristics of news
Second day stories
Commercial databases

43. Grammar
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
To introduce clauses.
What quotes add to a story
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable

44. They are direct (chance for sources to connect w/ readers) - They are nuanced (spokesmen say things particularly)
Why quotes are important
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
grammar and style
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable

45. Where should attribution go?
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny

46. Audiences respond to these words because they convey a precise relationship to their concepts- words like office rather than facility.
Inverted pyramid
Feeds/wire
Commercial databases
First degree words

47. Qualified privilege
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Cliche
Race

48. Credibility by telling exactly what witnesses see - experts say - etc. - Enliven and dramatize - Reveal personality
What quotes add to a story
Journalism roles
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Partial or orphan quotes

49. 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
Coverlines
Guidelines for photo captions
Basic Journalistic Values
4 elements of covers (magazines)

50. Damages
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts