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News And Mag Editing Basics

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1. Emerging style for journalism on local communities.
Guidelines for photo captions
Civic journalism
Attribution
If they're relevant to the story

2. What are the types of verbals?
Listservs
Pull
4 elements of covers (magazines)
Infinitives - participles and gerunds

3. Organizing a story and related info in small linked pieces.
Layering
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Mission statement (magazines)

4. Groups 'pull' you to the discussion at a shared site.
How to critique articles
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
Pull
First degree words

5. Hypen
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
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
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Links letters or words together

6. Story budget

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7. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story
How well does it say it?
Civic journalism
Kinds of blurbs
Distinct tone and identity

8. A linked collection of onlin bulletin boards organized into specific topics of interest or 'news groups'.
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
Another defense for libel. This applies to editorials - columns and reviews.
Service journalism
Usenet

9. Shouldn't be able to put a dollar bill on a page and not see some type of blurb
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Repurposing
Layering
Dollar bill rule(magazines)

10. Sidebar
Link unequal sentence elements
Coverlines
Less than half of the U.S. population
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story

11. Brings news to you
What quotes add to a story
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Cliche
Push technology

12. What are the standards of a copy editor?
Characteristics of news
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.
Combine taped and live reports to create compelling news reports and may also do substantial writing or rewriting of stories
grammar and style

13. Publisher/Manager

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14. Agenda Setting (sets the agenda) - Gatekeeping - Watchdog - Verification - Marketplace of Ideas - Mobilizers -Public journalism - Developmental journalism
Journalism roles
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.

15. Indefinite pronouns
Anyone - either ususally singular
grammar and style
Layering
Devices and techniques for service journalism

16. What's an efficient approach to copy editing?
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Pluralize then make it possessive

17. Executive producer
General rules about direct quotes
Inverted pyramid
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations

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

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19. Titles should promise...
Why quotes are important
Parrot
A benefit
Criteria to evaluate stories

20. A personal story rather than general.
Passive voice
Fairness - ethics - decency
How well does it say it?
Heart

21. 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.)
A benefit
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Used to set apart a word or phrase - usually for emphasis. Should be used sparingly.
Slang

22. They are direct (chance for sources to connect w/ readers) - They are nuanced (spokesmen say things particularly)
Verbals
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Journalism roles
Why quotes are important

23. Qualified privilege
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
Journalism roles

24. Managing editor
Usenet
Fact checking
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
Basic Journalistic Values

25. Web blog or Journal style
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
Feature well (magazines)
A shorter story that adds details or lists information related to a longer story
General rules about direct quotes

26. Where should attribution go?
Navigate so users can find info
Info boxes
Internal blurbs (magazines)
Only one attribution and after the first sentence

27. Editors such purge copy of these trite - overused expressions. Ex: sweet as sugar
When the relative pronoun is the subject of the verb.
Cliche
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
A benefit

28. Credibility by telling exactly what witnesses see - experts say - etc. - Enliven and dramatize - Reveal personality
Less than half of the U.S. population
Photo captions
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
What quotes add to a story

29. Timeliness - Proximity - Prominence - Consequence - Rarity - Human Interest
Characteristics of news
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Passive voice
relative. The dead can't be libeled.

30. Actual malice

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31. Visual interest - cosumerism - trends - community - inspiration - twists of fate - great writing.
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
Contemporary news value
Quotes in print
Passive voice

32. When are relative pronouns like who used?
To introduce clauses.
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play

33. Style
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
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
Listservs
When to use direct quotes

34. Appear outside body copy with the title - deck or subhead
Display copy (magazines)
Guidelines for photo captions
External blurbs (magazines)
Navigate so users can find info

35. Provide a sizeable portion of a publication's revenue.
What quotes add to a story
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest
Ads
First degree words

36. Absolute privilege
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 liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
Link equal elements but always come in pairs

37. Concept - Structure - Reporting - Style (creativity) - Presentation - Was it worth saying? Is there relevance/timeliness?
Creative Titles (magazines)
Criteria to evaluate stories
Info boxes
Metaphor

38. Steps in the editing process
Body of rules governing how we build sentences to establish meaning
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
Public figures must prove this. It's a reckless disregard for the truth.
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

39. Used in broadcasting. it frames a story by telling viewers and listeners what to expect.
Set up lead
Pull
Contemporary news value
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny

40. Loopwhole journalism
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
How well does it say it?
Kinds of blurbs
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play

41. Teaser headlines to shock buyers - usually use numbers to suggest value
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Cliche
Coverlines
Redundancy

42. What's the order for attribution?
Covers (magazines)
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Attribution
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said

43. Design/layout editors
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Responsible for pulling together text - photos and graphics to create visually appealing pages and web sites
To introduce clauses.
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.

44. 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)
Quotes in print
Less than half of the U.S. population
Guidelines for photo captions

45. Avoid using it unless it's relevant.
Race
Jargon
Inverted pyramid
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase

46. This may be appropriate to emphasize the details of the action rather than the one who is responsible.
Niche
Navigate so users can find info
Passive voice
Quotes in print

47. Adapting stories from print or broadcast to the web.
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Photo captions
Repurposing
Principles of service journalism

48. Damages
If they're relevant to the story
Pull
Journalism roles
Monetary compensation. Can be gained when individuals protect their reputation against false claims and invasion of privacy. Sue media in civil courts

49. Lists (step-by-step; recipes are SJ) - Subheads - Blurbs - Sidebars and boxes - Charts and graphics
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
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
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Devices and techniques for service journalism

50. What protects journalistics & how?
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.
Partial or orphan quotes
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.