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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. 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.
Links letters or words together
Metaphor
Pull
General rules about direct quotes

2. More historical context and common ground for opposing views.
Pull
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
Push technology
Explanatory approach

3. Brings news to you
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Criteria to evaluate stories
Push technology
Explanatory approach

4. Subordinating conjunctions
Active voice
Link unequal sentence elements
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Usenet

5. Convergence of media
Jargon
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Front of book (FOB - magazines)

6. Actual malice

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7. Libel
Photo captions
Feeds/wire
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info

8. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story
Kinds of blurbs
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Listservs
Set up lead

9. This may be appropriate to emphasize the details of the action rather than the one who is responsible.
How to critique articles
Race
Heart
Passive voice

10. Used in broadcasting. it frames a story by telling viewers and listeners what to expect.
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Bias
Slang
Set up lead

11. Shouldn't be able to put a dollar bill on a page and not see some type of blurb
How to critique articles
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Fairness - ethics - decency
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts

12. 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
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
The highest exectives who shape the organization's long-term mission as well as overseeing advertising - production - personnel and financial matters. publisher- print - general manager- broadcast
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Display copy (magazines)

13. Story budget

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14. Editors must be able to idenify this in stories that can result in imnbalance or offensive langugage.
Bias
First degree words
What quotes add to a story
Pluralize then make it possessive

15. Absolute privilege
Info boxes
Repurposing
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details

16. 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
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Repurposing
First degree words

17. How broadcasters write stories. Leads are shorter in length and they are in the present tense.
Conversation model
Layering
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Link unequal sentence elements

18. Adapting stories from print or broadcast to the web.
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
Repurposing
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable

19. Local sidebars that include details like phone numbers - addresses - etc.
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Info boxes
grammar and style

20. Sidebar
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
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
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
Distinct tone and identity

21. Public editor
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Commercial databases
Parrot
When to use direct quotes

22. Coordinating conjunctions
When to use direct quotes
Civic journalism
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.

23. Popular way of organizing news sotries with the most important info at the top of the sotry - followed by supporting details.
Why quotes are important
Pluralize then make it possessive
Inverted pyramid
Layering

24. Loopwhole journalism
Verbals
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
How well does it say it?

25. When is 'that' used?
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Covers (magazines)

26. Reputation is...

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27. 'Totally demolished' is an example of this. This diminishes the conciseness and clarity of writing.
Usenet
If they're relevant to the story
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Redundancy

28. Professional language that reporters are prone to use because their sources use it.
Jargon
Anyone - either ususally singular
The highest exectives who shape the organization's long-term mission as well as overseeing advertising - production - personnel and financial matters. publisher- print - general manager- broadcast
Guidelines for photo captions

29. Speak to communites joined by beliefs and interests - not geography.
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
When to use direct quotes
Explanatory approach
Niche

30. What word should be used in attribution?
To introduce clauses.
said
Parrot
Partial or orphan quotes

31. Opening spread
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
Quotes in print
Feature well (magazines)
What quotes add to a story

32. 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
Basic Journalistic Values
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Covers (magazines)
Feature well (magazines)

33. 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.
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Listservs
Feature well (magazines)
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.

34. What are the 5 key tests of libel?

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35. Basic situations in Invasion of privacy
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
Layering
Feature well (magazines)

36. Stories - videos - audio - photos and grpahics provided by the times - ap - etch to subscriber newsrooms.
Feeds/wire
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
4 elements of covers (magazines)

37. What's the order for attribution?
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
Metaphor
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said

38. Organizing a story and related info in small linked pieces.
Layering
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
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts

39. Someone says something unique (revolutionary; news worthy) - Someone says something uniquely (colorful language) - Someone important says something important
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
When to use direct quotes
Active voice
Display copy (magazines)

40. Agenda Setting (sets the agenda) - Gatekeeping - Watchdog - Verification - Marketplace of Ideas - Mobilizers -Public journalism - Developmental journalism
Journalism roles
Bias
Restaurant analogy (magazines)
Criteria to evaluate stories

41. They are direct (chance for sources to connect w/ readers) - They are nuanced (spokesmen say things particularly)
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
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
Why quotes are important

42. Avoid using it unless it's relevant.
Niche
External blurbs (magazines)
Race
Inverted pyramid

43. 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
Active voice
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Guidelines for photo captions
How to critique articles

44. Lists (step-by-step; recipes are SJ) - Subheads - Blurbs - Sidebars and boxes - Charts and graphics
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Info boxes

45. Design/layout editors
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
Conversation model
Partial or orphan quotes
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.

46. Emerging style for journalism on local communities.
Civic journalism
Creative Titles (magazines)
Feeds/wire
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings

47. Titles should promise...
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Attribution
A benefit
Why quotes are important

48. A statement of purpose that identifies the specific editorial focus of the magazine - who the intended readers are and a definition of its personality
Mission statement (magazines)
Verbals
Bias
Feeds/wire

49. Timeliness - Proximity - Prominence - Consequence - Rarity - Human Interest
What quotes add to a story
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Journalism roles
Characteristics of news

50. A linked collection of onlin bulletin boards organized into specific topics of interest or 'news groups'.
Listservs
Usenet
Truth.
Active voice