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100 SECRETS TO GREAT EDITING

100 SECRETS TO GREAT EDITING. JUST ONE SECRET TO GREAT EDITING. Be the reader. Know your audience. Accept - nay, rejoice - that you are they. What do they do? What do they need? The dinner table exercise

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100 SECRETS TO GREAT EDITING

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  1. 100 SECRETS TO GREAT EDITING

  2. JUSTONE SECRET TO GREAT EDITING

  3. Be the reader • Know your audience. Accept - nay, rejoice - that you are they. • What do they do? What do they need? The dinner table exercise • Who’s in your news coverage? Who’s NOT in your news coverage? Newsroom critiques*

  4. The strategic plusses • More useful content • More complete coverage • More effective use of limited resources • Better morale

  5. The practical plusses • Better triage, long term & on deadline - Develop in-house priorities / Top 3 exercise - R-E-C-E-S-S model* • Better story “listening” • Sharper language & content editing

  6. As a reader & for the reader … • Make visuals a part of the information process, not an afterthought. • Think Web even if you’re not going to the Web. Why? What do interactivity, immediacy, color, sound & motion have in common?

  7. As a reader & for the reader … • Trust infrastructure, not intentions.

  8. “I can get it done in time, no prob.” • “Yep, I’m sure that’s how she spells her name.” • “Fred told George to get that photo.” • “I had the late reporter give the front page a good look before sending it to press.”

  9. As a reader & for the reader … • Editors: Coach. Don’t edit. • Reporters: Be coached. Don’t be edited.

  10. The cost/benefit analysis

  11. The payoff • Better relationships: 10 things* • Better everything: A self-training & collaborative training environment- EditTeach.org- ACES, copydesk.org- Poynter’s NewsU.org • Better writing ...

  12. Be the reader • Edit for engagement What does this mean to me? •  Edit to find the holes If I’m going to do X, what’s missing? •  Edit for tighter, stronger writing How does that word add to my understanding?

  13. Oz County Board of Education members are expected to consider a change in the current drug and alcohol policy in the county school system during their meeting planned for 5 p.m. today at the Emerald Tower building. If approved on second reading, this change in policy will allow principals to administer drug tests to students whom they have good reason to suspect are under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

  14. Dorothy Gale, 36, 1234 Kansas Way, Apt. 3G, was arrested following her indictment by an Oz County grand jury. She is accused of purchasing tablets that contained pseudoephedrine on seven occasions on April 25, July 30, Oct. 6, Oct. 15, Nov. 3, Nov. 10 and Nov. 23.

  15. “The grant fund from the Hull-York Lakeland RD&D (HYL RC&D) will supplement the matching funds counties are required to provide under EWP,” said Phillip Dixon, NRCS District Conservationist in Clay and Jackson County. “EWP will assist these counties in repairing infrastructure and performing debris removal in creeks and waterways. Removing debris along the creeks and waterways will prevent the debris from clogging bridges during the next heavy rain.”

  16. Five men have applied to be Oz’s next stormwater manager and codes enforcement officer and all live within an easy drive of City Hall.

  17. Oz Mayor Sam Wizard has announced that offices under his supervision will be closed on Thursday.

  18. Oz County is currently on a list to receive more salt used to combat icy road conditions, according to Highway Superintendent Fred Munchkin.

  19. Oz County schools will be closed Thursday because of the winter snowstorm.

  20. Up to an inch of snow reportedly fell across portions of Oz County Wednesday night.

  21. Oz County schools will be closing two hours early today due to concerns about another round of snow coming this way.

  22. It was into midday before calls for help subsided somewhat.

  23. The snowstorm slammed into the county with a vengeance Monday and canceled some classes in the Oz County school system.

  24. Piggybacking on elections that are already being held would save thousands of dollars in those costs.

  25. City Engineer Archie Wizard said testing is currently underway on the first stretch of sewer line laid as part of the Brick Road project, and additional planned work recently received a federal funding boost.

  26. The attorney made a verbal motion that the trial have a change of venue and be moved to Oz due to all the publicity that has surrounded the case. Also, he stated that due to the courthouse facilities, Oz would be better suited for the needs of a jury.

  27. Sparks debuts new spot for Hometown Farmer's Market The annual Hometowne Farmer’s Market kicked off for the summer on Thursday evening in Sparks with a new location and setup the city hopes will emphasize a family atmosphere. About 80 vendors set up in Victorian Square Plaza in front of the downtown's movie theaters, a spot that's a few blocks west of the market's longtime spot in previous years, along Victorian Avenue closer to Pyramid Way.

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