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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.
The first amendment. They are not subject to government.
Service journalism
Metaphor
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.

2. Brings news to you
Second day stories
Anyone - either ususally singular
Push technology
When to use direct quotes

3. Popular way of organizing news sotries with the most important info at the top of the sotry - followed by supporting details.
Feeds/wire
Inverted pyramid
relative. The dead can't be libeled.
working from large blocks to smaller blocks

4. Steps in the editing process
A liaison with audience to help a newsroom define its mission and evaluate its performace - as well as helping readers understand the editorial process
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
Bias
Restaurant analogy (magazines)

5. Fair use
Link unequal sentence elements
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
First degree words
To introduce clauses.

6. Libel
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
If they're relevant to the story
Damage to reputation caused by publisheng or airing false info
Pluralize then make it possessive

7. Actual malice

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8. News values
General rules about direct quotes
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Slang
Conflict - impact - proximity - timeliness - prominence - novelty - audience interest

9. 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
Jargon
Photo captions
Guidelines for photo captions
Ads

10. Why should you use quotes?
Truth.
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Usenet
grammar and style

11. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story
External blurbs (magazines)
For emphasis. They are for times when something interesting is said in a unique way--not for routine - mundane - or obvious.
Kinds of blurbs
Principles of service journalism

12. When is 'which' used?
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Less than half of the U.S. population
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details
A benefit

13. Emphasize the latest angle and play down the exact time of the original event.
If they're relevant to the story
Second day stories
Coverlines
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

14. Should complement the picture - Should connect the picture to the story and get readers to read the story
Photo captions
Contemporary news value
Fairness - ethics - decency
Infinitives - participles and gerunds

15. Shouldn't be able to put a dollar bill on a page and not see some type of blurb
Dollar bill rule(magazines)
Bias
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank
Kinds of blurbs

16. They are direct (chance for sources to connect w/ readers) - They are nuanced (spokesmen say things particularly)
Mission statement (magazines)
Why quotes are important
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
Links letters or words together

17. Basic situations in Invasion of privacy
Anyone - either ususally singular
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
What quotes add to a story

18. Policy on accusers in sex crimes

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19. What's an efficient approach to copy editing?
Feature well (magazines)
Feeds/wire
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Internal blurbs (magazines)

20. Publisher/Manager

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21. What's the exception to the order of attribution?
Passive voice
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution
Contemporary news value

22. Used in broadcasting. it frames a story by telling viewers and listeners what to expect.
Active voice
Set up lead
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play
Kinds of blurbs

23. Hypen
Links letters or words together
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Anyone - either ususally singular
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)

24. Whites will soon make up...
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
Verbals
Truth.

25. What are the standards of a copy editor?
Criteria to evaluate stories
Bias
Cliche
grammar and style

26. 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)
Fact checking
Bias

27. Execution (technique - creativity - etc.)
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
If they're relevant to the story
Main person who oversees newsroom personnel (print and online)
How well does it say it?

28. Groups 'pull' you to the discussion at a shared site.
Active voice
If they're relevant to the story
Pull
External blurbs (magazines)

29. Why are accuracy problems magnified at the local level?
Attribution
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
Links letters or words together
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase

30. Credibility by telling exactly what witnesses see - experts say - etc. - Enliven and dramatize - Reveal personality
Why quotes are important
When the pronoun is the object of the verb or phrase
Fairness - ethics - decency
What quotes add to a story

31. 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
Principles of service journalism
Conversation model
General rules about direct quotes
For nonessential (non-restrictive) clauses set off by commas & adds details

32. What's the order for attribution?
Protects the media in reporting what people say in governmental meetings
A collection of people or things behaving as a single unit. They take singular verbs.
Noun verb. Ex: Jayne said
Devices and techniques for service journalism

33. When is 'that' used?
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Layering
Creative Titles (magazines)
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

34. Style
Set up lead
Feeds/wire
A broader set of guidelines to establish consistency in use of capital letters - abbreviations and variant spellings
First degree words

35. Teaser headlines to shock buyers - usually use numbers to suggest value
Before end-quotation marks. If a quotation goes longer than one paragraph - do not put quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph.
Set up lead
Explanatory approach
Coverlines

36. Editors must be able to idenify this in stories that can result in imnbalance or offensive langugage.
Feature well (magazines)
Most editors don't identify the accusers; the policy is under scrutiny
Bias
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable

37. Timeliness - Proximity - Prominence - Consequence - Rarity - Human Interest
Service journalism
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
Characteristics of news
Set up lead

38. What are the types of verbals?
Front of book (FOB - magazines)
Infinitives - participles and gerunds
Link equal elements but always come in pairs
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.

39. Reputation is...

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40. Do not change anything inside quote marks (Exception: punctuation and spelling) - Never put quote marks around indirect quotes
4 elements of covers (magazines)
General rules about direct quotes
An example of grassroots journalism in the online community
Second day stories

41. 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
Anyone - either ususally singular
Niche
Internal blurbs (magazines)
A long title description of the speaker is included in attribution

42. Has everything to do w/ branding a magazine - Sense of focus - readers - personality (MS)
How well does it say it?
Devices and techniques for service journalism
Covers (magazines)
Verbals

43. Absolute privilege
working from large blocks to smaller blocks
Given to public officals so they are free to speak their minds freely during official proceedings
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

44. Where do commas and periods go in quotes?
Photo captions
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.
How to critique articles

45. Loopwhole journalism
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
Conversation model
1. sense of balance/diversity 2. economics of balance 3. sense of place 4. sense of depth
News reports that just barely stay inside the boundaries of accuracy but fall short of fair play

46. Emerging style for journalism on local communities.
Metaphor
overlapping media because of the blurring of media by the web and 24/7 cable
Criteria to evaluate stories
Civic journalism

47. 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.)
Lists the stories - photos and graphics for the day's paper or newscast and helps editors organize coverage of a major event
Oversees personnel for broadcast stations
Table of contents (TOC - magazines)
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.

48. Audiences respond to these words because they convey a precise relationship to their concepts- words like office rather than facility.
For essential/restrictive clauses - which is integral to the meaning of the sentence
First degree words
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Race

49. Coordinating conjunctions
Only one attribution and after the first sentence
Pull
grammar and style
Link sentence elements of equal grammaical status or rank

50. When should the time element appear?
Distinct tone and identity
Small portions of copyrighted material may e freely used for informational purposes and commentary - such as use of brief quotations
Verbals
Early in the story to let the audience know when the even occurred. Positioning is important for clarity and smoothness.