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News And Mag Editing Basics
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1. Usually preferable in news writing because it usually requires fewer wrods and makes it clear who is doing what to whom.
A benefit
Active voice
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
2. Where should attribution go?
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
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Links letters or words together
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
3. Policy on accusers in sex crimes
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4. When is 'that' used?
Civic journalism
Navigate so users can find info
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Truth.
5. How broadcasters write stories. Leads are shorter in length and they are in the present tense.
Conversation model
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Kinds of blurbs
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
6. Letters to/from editor - Letters from readers - Calendars - Q & A - Cartoons - quotes - Shopping guides
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Jargon
7. Do not change anything inside quote marks (Exception: punctuation and spelling) - Never put quote marks around indirect quotes
Mission statement (magazines)
General rules about direct quotes
Heart
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
8. Qualified privilege
Cliche
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
9. Execution (technique - creativity - etc.)
How to critique articles
When to use direct quotes
Basic Journalistic Values
How well does it say it?
10. When are relative pronouns like who used?
Listservs
To introduce clauses.
Less than half of the U.S. population
Niche
11. Verb forms that behave like nouns - adjectives or adverbs.
Verbals
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Partial or orphan quotes
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
12. 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
Second day stories
Parrot
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Fact checking
13. Story budget
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14. Style
Race
Link unequal sentence elements
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
15. Avoid using it unless it's relevant.
Race
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Photo captions
16. 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
Journalism roles
grammar and style
Feeds/wire
Guidelines for photo captions
17. When is 'whom/whomever' used?
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
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.
Quotes in print
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
18. A linked collection of onlin bulletin boards organized into specific topics of interest or 'news groups'.
Journalism roles
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Usenet
Distinct tone and identity
19. Popular way of organizing news sotries with the most important info at the top of the sotry - followed by supporting details.
Criteria to evaluate stories
Inverted pyramid
Journalism roles
Devices and techniques for service journalism
20. 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
Race
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Metaphor
Principles of service journalism
21. Whites will soon make up...
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Less than half of the U.S. population
Partial or orphan quotes
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
22. What are the 5 key tests of libel?
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23. Coordinating conjunctions
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Niche
Link unequal sentence elements
24. Audiences respond to these words because they convey a precise relationship to their concepts- words like office rather than facility.
First degree words
Cliche
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Internal blurbs (magazines)
25. Adapting stories from print or broadcast to the web.
Repurposing
Creative Titles (magazines)
Set up lead
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
26. Subordinating conjunctions
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Pull
Photo captions
Link unequal sentence elements
27. What's the order for attribution?
Pluralize then make it possessive
Journalism roles
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
28. Web blog or Journal style
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
Parrot
Why quotes are important
grammar and style
29. Basic ideals editors must adhere to
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Quotes in print
Fairness - ethics - decency
30. What's an efficient approach to copy editing?
Passive voice
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Photo captions
Conversation model
31. Organizing a story and related info in small linked pieces.
Layering
Set up lead
Links letters or words together
Slang
32. Teaser headlines to shock buyers - usually use numbers to suggest value
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Coverlines
To introduce clauses.
Internal blurbs (magazines)
33. Cover = store front - TOC = menu - FOB = appetizer - Feature = entree - BOB = dessert
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Less than half of the U.S. population
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Link unequal sentence elements
34. News values
Principles of service journalism
Mission statement (magazines)
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Metaphor
35. Fair comment and criticism
Pull
Distinct tone and identity
Photo captions
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
36. Why are accuracy problems magnified at the local level?
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Contemporary news value
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Heart
37. Single words or short phrases. Avoid these because whole sentences are more readable.
Partial or orphan quotes
Journalism roles
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
38. When should the time element appear?
When to use direct quotes
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Criteria to evaluate stories
Mission statement (magazines)
39. 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
Display copy (magazines)
Why quotes are important
If they're relevant to the story
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
40. Should complement the picture - Should connect the picture to the story and get readers to read the story
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Slang
Photo captions
Explanatory approach
41. 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.
Metaphor
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
said
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
42. 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
grammar and style
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Distinct tone and identity
43. Titles should promise...
A benefit
How well does it say it?
Feeds/wire
Race
44. Where do commas and periods go in quotes?
Kinds of blurbs
Push technology
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
How well does it say it?
45. This may be appropriate to emphasize the details of the action rather than the one who is responsible.
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Passive voice
Basic Journalistic Values
Characteristics of news
46. Damages
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Inverted pyramid
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Race
47. Shouldn't be able to put a dollar bill on a page and not see some type of blurb
Parrot
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.
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
48. Correlative conjunctions
Why quotes are important
said
Inverted pyramid
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
49. Alliteration and rhyme - Allusions to books - movies and TV - Songs and music - Phrases and puns - Names become fun to play with
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.
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Redundancy
Creative Titles (magazines)
50. 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
Photo captions
said
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Bias
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