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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Whites will soon make up...
Slang
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.
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Less than half of the U.S. population

2. 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
Principles of service journalism
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Niche
working from large blocks to smaller blocks

3. Stories - videos - audio - photos and grpahics provided by the times - ap - etch to subscriber newsrooms.
Feeds/wire
Navigate so users can find info
Repurposing
Anyone - either ususally singular

4. Provide a sizeable portion of a publication's revenue.
Ads
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Metaphor

5. News values
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Bias
Why quotes are important

6. Audiences respond to these words because they convey a precise relationship to their concepts- words like office rather than facility.
How to critique articles
Pluralize then make it possessive
First degree words
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence

7. Subordinating conjunctions
Pull
Link unequal sentence elements
Devices and techniques for service journalism
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process

8. Qualified privilege
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
Criteria to evaluate stories

9. 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
Usenet
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Metaphor
Truth.

10. A personal story rather than general.
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Heart
Metaphor
Attribution

11. 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
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Photo captions
Quotes in print

12. Professional language that reporters are prone to use because their sources use it.
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
Basic Journalistic Values
Navigate so users can find info
Jargon

13. Used in broadcasting. it frames a story by telling viewers and listeners what to expect.
Set up lead
Fact checking
Covers (magazines)
Link equal elements but always come in pairs

14. What's the best defense against libel?
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne 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.
Truth.
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings

15. Visual interest - cosumerism - trends - community - inspiration - twists of fate - great writing.
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Slang
Contemporary news value
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event

16. Emphasize the latest angle and play down the exact time of the original event.
Quotes in print
Race
Second day stories
What quotes add to a story

17. Dash
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Basic Journalistic Values
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.

18. 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)
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts
Links letters or words together

19. What's the key to plural possessives?
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Pluralize then make it possessive
Journalism roles
Principles of service journalism

20. Where do commas and periods go in quotes?
Bias
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.

21. Actual malice

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22. How broadcasters write stories. Leads are shorter in length and they are in the present tense.
How well does it say it?
Metaphor
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
Conversation model

23. Correlative conjunctions
What quotes add to a story
How well does it say it?
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.
Link equal elements but always come in pairs

24. 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.)
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Inverted pyramid

25. 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
Truth.
Basic Journalistic Values
Service journalism
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info

26. Local sidebars that include details like phone numbers - addresses - etc.
General rules about direct quotes
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Info boxes
Fairness - ethics - decency

27. Single words or short phrases. Avoid these because whole sentences are more readable.
Usenet
Navigate so users can find info
Partial or orphan quotes
What quotes add to a story

28. Emerging style for journalism on local communities.
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Service journalism
Civic journalism

29. Sast electronic libraries that provide reliable info ro journalists through keyword searches.
Why quotes are important
Anyone - either ususally singular
Link unequal sentence elements
Commercial databases

30. Alliteration and rhyme - Allusions to books - movies and TV - Songs and music - Phrases and puns - Names become fun to play with
Creative Titles (magazines)
Set up lead
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence

31. Fair comment and criticism
Niche
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank

32. Timeliness - Proximity - Prominence - Consequence - Rarity - Human Interest
Display copy (magazines)
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
Characteristics of news
Infinitives - participles and gerunds

33. When is 'which' used?
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Guidelines for photo captions
Fact checking
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details

34. 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.
Active voice
Listservs
Kinds of blurbs
Passive voice

35. What are the standards of a copy editor?
Slang
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
General rules about direct quotes
grammar and style

36. Coordinating conjunctions
Info boxes
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
How well does it say it?

37. Verb forms that behave like nouns - adjectives or adverbs.
Mission statement (magazines)
Verbals
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Niche

38. 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
Niche
Bias
Service journalism
Navigate so users can find info

39. A linked collection of onlin bulletin boards organized into specific topics of interest or 'news groups'.
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Usenet
Mission statement (magazines)
Coverlines

40. When is 'that' used?
Metaphor
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community

41. Where should attribution go?
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
Slang

42. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story
Kinds of blurbs
What quotes add to a story
Conversation model
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings

43. When are relative pronouns like who used?
grammar and style
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
To introduce clauses.
Devices and techniques for service journalism

44. This may be appropriate to emphasize the details of the action rather than the one who is responsible.
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Principles of service journalism
First degree words
Passive voice

45. Collective noun
Truth.
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Pull

46. What's the order for attribution?
Layering
Redundancy
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details

47. Tape editors
Redundancy
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
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories

48. Execution (technique - creativity - etc.)
Metaphor
Fact checking
How well does it say it?
Infinitives - participles and gerunds

49. What's the exception to the order of attribution?
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Pull
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.

50. 'Totally demolished' is an example of this. This diminishes the conciseness and clarity of writing.
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Quotes in print
Redundancy
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations