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News And Mag Editing Basics
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1. Collective noun

2. A statement of purpose that identifies the specific editorial focus of the magazine - who the intended readers are and a definition of its personality

3. Where should attribution go?

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

5. 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.

6. Credibility by telling exactly what witnesses see - experts say - etc. - Enliven and dramatize - Reveal personality

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

8. Lists (step-by-step; recipes are SJ) - Subheads - Blurbs - Sidebars and boxes - Charts and graphics

9. Indefinite pronouns

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

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

12. Public editor

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

14. Internal - External - Both provide entry points to story

15. Editors must be able to idenify this in stories that can result in imnbalance or offensive langugage.

16. More historical context and common ground for opposing views.

17. Web sites must be easy to...

18. Concept - Structure - Reporting - Style (creativity) - Presentation - Was it worth saying? Is there relevance/timeliness?

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

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

21. Loopwhole journalism

22. 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

23. Brings news to you

24. How broadcasters write stories. Leads are shorter in length and they are in the present tense.

25. Whites will soon make up...

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