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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Reputation is...

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2. Web sites must be easy to...






3. What are the standards of a copy editor?






4. 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?






5. 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






6. Editors must be able to idenify this in stories that can result in imnbalance or offensive langugage.






7. 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






8. Fair comment and criticism






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






10. What's the key to plural possessives?






11. Organizing a story and related info in small linked pieces.






12. Emerging style for journalism on local communities.






13. Absolute privilege






14. Professional language that reporters are prone to use because their sources use it.






15. Style






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






17. In essence - anything from the text but the story (Title - deck - head - subhead - pull quotes - bylines - blurbs - captions - etc.) - Used to draw readers into a story - Stats reinforce display copy and visuals






18. Should complement the picture - Should connect the picture to the story and get readers to read the story






19. When are commas used?






20. 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.






21. Emphasize the latest angle and play down the exact time of the original event.






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






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






24. Executive producer






25. 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






26. Managing editor






27. When is 'whom/whomever' used?






28. A personal story rather than general.






29. What protects journalistics & how?






30. When are relative pronouns like who used?






31. Usually preferable in news writing because it usually requires fewer wrods and makes it clear who is doing what to whom.






32. Titles should promise...






33. Loopwhole journalism






34. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story






35. Correlative conjunctions






36. 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.






37. Groups 'pull' you to the discussion at a shared site.






38. 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






39. 'Totally demolished' is an example of this. This diminishes the conciseness and clarity of writing.






40. Design/layout editors






41. Do not change anything inside quote marks (Exception: punctuation and spelling) - Never put quote marks around indirect quotes






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






43. Actual malice

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44. Sidebar






45. This may be appropriate to emphasize the details of the action rather than the one who is responsible.






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






47. Editors such purge copy of these trite - overused expressions. Ex: sweet as sugar






48. What's an efficient approach to copy editing?






49. When is 'that' used?






50. Hypen