Deck 3: Focus on Skills and Tools: The Editor in the Newsroom

Question 1

In order to ensure accuracy, editors must be vigilant, focused and have a familiarity with a variety of ___ where facts can be checked.

Answer 1

resources

Question 2

On the web, stories are usually organized in ___, small linked pieces that users can navigate in a sequence that fits their interests.

Answer 2

layers

Question 3

Editors have developed a shorthand way to indicate corrections and revisions on paper. These simple markings, called ___ can show when words, phrases or sentences should be moved, changed, inserted or deleted.

Answer 3

copy-editing symbols

Question 4

All news stories have to give readers a short summary of what the story is about and why they should care at some point. Stories not in the inverted-pyramid form do that in what is called ___.

Question 5

Some stories, called ___, use alternative story forms that focus more on describing a compelling human drama rather than listing the basic facts.

Question 6

The first sentence of an inverted-pyramid story summarizes the facts, but it also should reach out to the audience to show the story's appeal. In other words, it "tells" the story but it also tries to "___" the story.

Question 7

The first sentence of an inverted-pyramid story that answers the basic news questions is called a ___.

Question 8

What is the format of most news stories, whether for print publication or for the web? ___

Question 9

The best way to approach copy editing a story is to work from the story's overall ___ to its details of grammar and style.

Question 10

Digital technology can make it easier for editors to make errors because of the ___ the medium demands.

Question 11

The best way to approach copy editing a story is to work from the story's overall ___ to its details of grammar and style.

Question 12

What is the format of most news stories, whether for print publication or for the web? ___

Question 13

The first sentence of an inverted-pyramid story that answers the basic news questions is called a ___.

Question 14

The first sentence of an inverted-pyramid story summarizes the facts, but it also should reach out to the audience to show the story's appeal. In other words, it "tells" the story but it also tries to "___" the story.

Question 15

Some stories, called ___, use alternative story forms that focus more on describing a compelling human drama rather than listing the basic facts.

Question 16

All news stories have to give readers a short summary of what the story is about and why they should care at some point. Stories not in the inverted-pyramid form do that in what is called ___.

Question 17

On the web, stories are usually organized in ___, small linked pieces that users can navigate in a sequence that fits their interests.

Question 18

Digital technology can make it easier for editors to make errors because of the ___ the medium demands.

Question 19

The best way to approach copy editing a story is to work from the story's overall ___ to its details of grammar and style.

Question 20

What is the format of most news stories, whether for print publication or for the web? ___

Question 21

The first sentence of an inverted-pyramid story that answers the basic news questions is called a ___.

Question 22

The first sentence of an inverted-pyramid story summarizes the facts, but it also should reach out to the audience to show the story's appeal. In other words, it "tells" the story but it also tries to "___" the story.

Question 23

Some stories, called ___, use alternative story forms that focus more on describing a compelling human drama rather than listing the basic facts.

Question 24

All news stories have to give readers a short summary of what the story is about and why they should care at some point. Stories not in the inverted-pyramid form do that in what is called ___.

Question 25

Editors have developed a shorthand way to indicate corrections and revisions on paper. These simple markings, called ___ can show when words, phrases or sentences should be moved, changed, inserted or deleted.

Question 26

On the web, stories are usually organized in ___, small linked pieces that users can navigate in a sequence that fits their interests.

Question 27

Digital technology can make it easier for editors to make errors because of the ___ the medium demands.