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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. What are the types of verbals?






2. Tape editors






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






4. What word should be used in attribution?






5. 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






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






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






8. Design/layout editors






9. Visual interest - cosumerism - trends - community - inspiration - twists of fate - great writing.






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






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






12. Emerging style for journalism on local communities.






13. What are the standards of a copy editor?






14. Sidebar






15. When should the time element appear?






16. When is 'which' used?






17. Brings news to you






18. Shouldn't be able to put a dollar bill on a page and not see some type of blurb






19. Actual malice

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






21. Indefinite pronouns






22. Letters to/from editor - Letters from readers - Calendars - Q & A - Cartoons - quotes - Shopping guides






23. 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






24. Where do commas and periods go in quotes?






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






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






27. 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






28. Absolute privilege






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

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






31. Executive producer






32. Loopwhole journalism






33. Public editor






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






35. 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






36. What are the 5 key tests of libel?

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37. A linked collection of onlin bulletin boards organized into specific topics of interest or 'news groups'.






38. When is 'whom/whomever' used?






39. 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.)






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






41. Tells the reader the source of the quote or information.






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






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






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






45. Correlative conjunctions






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






47. Web blog or Journal style






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






49. Libel






50. Steps in the editing process