Editorial Processes - Lecture Notes - Prof Ross Collins

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Section One

Reading One: Editors and how they work.

Reading Two: Why editing is important.

Reading Three: A view of reality.

Reading Four: An editor's constraints.

Reading Five: Editing nuts n' bolts.

Reading Six: Proofreading, grammar. Also read The best of AP Style.

Reading Seven: Word clutter.

Reading Eight: Using quotations.

Reading Nine: Clichés.

Reading Ten: Leads, active voice.

Reading Eleven: Writing concisely.

Reading Twelve: The big picture.

Reading Thirteen: Editing for the web.

Section Two

Reading Fourteen: Writing headlines.

Reading Fifteen: Using type.

Section Three

Reading Sixteen: Handling photos and illustrations.

Reading Seventeen: Dummy sheets and copy control.

Reading Eighteen: Instructor's basic guide to InDesign software for editors. 

(Altnernative: basic guide to PageMaker, )

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Learned Experts and Internet - Their Influence growing or diminishing?

Andrew Keen gives the opinion that internet is undermining the authority of learned experts. Is it? It may have undermined the incomes of some of the currently successful media businesses. But has it enabled large number of learned people to communicate with larger number of people and thus enhanced their ability to serve more people with their knowledge? Yes it certainly helped large number of faculty members of top institutions to publish their output and make it accessible to global audience. This enabled many people who are searching for answers to find more useful answers. The print media operated under constraints and hence could not provide opportunity to large number of learned people to convert their ideas into accessible products. Digital media is much more economical and hence it provided the opportunity to much larger people and the society really benefited from it.


Read the book: The Cluetrain Manifesto and the 95 theses

Andrew Keen's Interview on the Cult of Amateur
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Read the comment by David Weinberger
August 2007

Article by Keen on Dark Side of Digital Media April 2007

Digital Vertigo - Another view by Andrew Keen
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Related

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cult_of_the_Amateur

http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?TheCultOfTheAmateur

http://www.gmj.uottawa.ca/0901/v2i1_antoine.pdf

http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2007/09/the-cult-of-the.html

Citizen Journalism - Videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58iZpMRclwI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrJH6TYVfmk

Journalism - Basics - Videos

Part 1

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5izTUVZ3GIE

 

eight parts are there

 

Mediastandards trust 76 videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syZMnIwij0s&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syZMnIwij0s&feature=related

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knol - 5164

Why Journalism Matters? Why News Matters? How do They Help Society?

August 2010

http://mediastandardstrust.org/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2010/08/Why-Journalism-Matters-Alan-Rusbridger.pdf

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 12 Parts Playlist of Video Lectures by Alan Rusbridger

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeRSTJu_-hA&playnext=1&list=PLE73606652DBB8F13

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June 2010

http://camillaschickova.com/2010/06/14/why-journalism-matters/

Why News Matters?

First Chapter of Book News about News

http://www.poynter.org/uncategorized/4293/the-news-about-the-news/

Knol
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao/why-journalism-matters-why-news-matters/2utb2lsm2k7a/5165#view

Law Thinkers and Law Makers - Different Roles

Democratic societies have parliaments or legislatures for making laws. The laws makers or legislators are elected persons. There are aptly called representatives of people and their job is to represent the desires of people. The desire for a law emanates from people and the legislatures pool the thoughts of a large number of people through the discussions of various members in the legislatures and craft the final piece of legislation.

Most of the times, the legislators are not the original thinkers of the laws. The original thinker may be somebody and the thought spreads among people for quiet sometime before it becomes visible as the desire of significant number of people and reaches the legislator as an issue to be evaluated for further action. Legislators can't tell not to think about the law and requirement of a new laws or repeal of old laws. Law is not the exclusive prerogative of legislators.

This issue came to the surface recently in India, in the case of anti-corruption law. There is movement demanding enactment of anti-corruption law in the form a "Lokpal" institution and the people spearheading the movement created a draft law. The legislators felt offended and said law making is their prerogative. Yes, law making is their prerogative. But not thinking about the need for new laws and for the repeal of old laws. Law thinkers come from people and they present their case though various channels. It is no doubt the law makers through the power delegated to them through the voting process enact the final laws.

The issue now comes up to the fore in USA in the context of SOPA and PIPA bills. The people who are advocating for the passing of these bills seem to be content creators and publishers of the content. Most importantly it is the publishers of the content who are making a plea for such acts. But as we see in the various social networks, bulk of the people are against laws. Are law thinkers against such laws in USA as well as all over the globe. Internet made millions of people content creators and brought in new publishing platforms. The existing business models of publishing are losing their relevance and laws to continue these outdated publishing models are not desired by people.

Related material

Guide to Natural law and Natural Rights

FirstPost.Com - Digital Journalism Site

 

 

A new digital journalism venture

 

http://www.firstpost.com/
http://www.indiatimes.com/

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A thought

Digital Content Producers and Distributors

Producers of digital media should not feel aggregators are exploiting their content. They are distributing content and providing visitors for your sites. Even in digital media, you need distributors. Only difference is that in digital world, there are many self appointed distributors for your content and this may make your developing the distribution chain more easy. Why not appreciate them through a comment or commendation.

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25.8.2011
Firstpost is a digital journalism initiative from TV18 group of India. It has the trending topics of the day at the top.

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First Post Categories of News

Politics	Technology	Sports

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Interesting Stories from FirstPost and Some other Websites

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Corporate News - India

 

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Corporate News - Global

 

7.9.2011

Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz fired on the phone

http://www.firstpost.com/business/yahoo-ceo-carol-bartz-fired-on-the-phone-77812.html

 

 

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Government and Political System

 

7.9.2011

Delhi Blast

How the Delhi blast occurred

http://www.firstpost.com/politics/how-the-delhi-blasts-occured-78071.html

PM at Dhaka - Statement

http://www.firstpost.com/politics/we-will-never-succumb-to-the-pressure-of-terrorism-pm-78285.html

 

31.8.2011

Prakash Karat's Four point plan to tackle corruption
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/left-out-post-anna-not-so-fast-says-prakash-karat-73972.html

28.8.2011

Celebrations in India - Anna ends fast.
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/thousands-gather-in-india-gate-to-celebrate-annas-win-71732.html

Opinion - what we gained and lost due to Lokpal bill movement
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/what-we-gained-and-what-we-lost-with-the-anna-movement-71673.html
27.8.2011

Anna Hazare announced that he will end his fast at 10 am. tomorrow (28.8.2011).
He requested all persons doing fast to end it and come to Ram Lila ground at 10 am.
He described the resolution in Parliament as half victory.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/We-have-won-only-half-the-battle-Anna-Hazare/articleshow/9760547.cms

Varun Gandhi made an eloquent speech in Parliament
It is the people that must govern and rule.
It is our duty to reflect public opinion.
http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2011/aug/27/liveupdates.htm

7.00 pm
Voting at 8 pm expected

http://www.firstpost.com/politics/anna-live-will-hazare-call-off-his-fast-today-70788.html

 

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Investing

What are FIIs thinking?
http://www.firstpost.com/investing/what-are-fiis-thinking-70378.html

 

 

 

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Sports

 

12.9.2011

Djokovic vs Nadal - Final US Open

http://www.firstpost.com/sports/us-open-to-see-a-repeat-a-djokovic-nadal-final-81045.html

31.8.2011
Tennis
Djokovic ruthless
http://www.firstpost.com/sports/djokovic-ruthless-as-li-falls-early-73749.html
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Technology

 

Steve Jobs Success Story - Some Facts

 

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Blogs of Media Persons

 

September 2011

Is social networking building Internet’s caste system?

http://www.firstpost.com/blogs/is-social-networking-building-internet%e2%80%99s-caste-system-76240.html

 

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Success of Los Angeles Times in Digital Journalism Venture

www.latimes.com


latimes.com is a big success in digital journalism initiative.



Sources

29.8.2011
http://en.wikinoticia.com/world-and-economy/Marketing/95560-the-digital-version-of-los-angeles-times-a-success

19.8.2011
http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2011/08/19/how-the-la-times-is-winning-with-social-media/

16.8.2011
http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/08/traffic-report-why-pageviews-and-engagement-are-up-at-latimes-com/

2008 Documentary about Columbia Journalism School

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U6qpIWBjkg

I visited the Columbia university in 2007. Went in search of Benjamin Graham's  memorial place. Could not find any.

Journalism - Websites for Reference

http://www.concernedjournalists.org/

http://ijnet.org/

http://www.journalism.org/

http://www.mediahelpingmedia.org/


Digital Journalism

http://digitaljournalist.org/

http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/papers/harper.html

http://socialmediaclassroom.com/digitaljournalism09/

http://www.ojr.org/

http://orielladigitaljournalism.com/

http://mdj.ie.edu/    Masters in digital journalism

http://journalism.nyu.edu/undergraduate/concentrations/computational-and-digital-journalism/

http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/page/628-tow-center-for-digital-journalism/426

http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/digital-transform/

http://www.sae.edu/en-us/course/4452/Digital_Journalism

http://www.forbes.com/sites/lewisdvorkin/2011/08/15/the-future-of-digital-journalism-is-transactions/

http://castlondon.com/courses/digital-journalism/

http://www.djhandbook.net/

http://digitaljournalism.org/
Digital journalism Articles, Ideas and Links


First posted in
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao/journalism-websites-for-reference/2utb2lsm2k7a/5162#view

Journalism - Effective Interview Process

Prepare for the interview

Thinks about the requirement of the medium for which are doing the interview

Write your questions

Find a good location for the interview

After you ask a question, endure awkward silence

Related web pages

http://matadornetwork.com/bnt/13-simple-journalist-techniques-for-effective-interviews/

Ten tips

http://www.concernedjournalists.org/ten-tips-better-interview

http://www.tigweb.org/youth-media/panorama/article.html?ContentID=453

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/37333/tips_for_journalist_how_to_conduct.html

http://ijnet.org/stories/5-interview-tips-every-journalist-needs

First posted in
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao/journalism-effective-interview-process/2utb2lsm2k7a/5161#view

Authoritative Journalism Adopting Instant News Tools of Social Media

New Article Page from Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/lewisdvorkin/2011/08/10/forbes-update-our-new-article-page-for-the-era-of-social-media-is-now-live/

Social media changes our jobs
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2011/0808/opinions-lewis-dvorkin-brief-word-social-media-changes.html

 

Monitoring Change in Journalism

http://www.ifj.org/en/pages/ifj-global-monitoring-change-in-journalism-2

 

News - Changes in Journalism

http://www.ifj.org/en/articles/monitoring-change-in-journalism-news


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2006

Using Blogs to make newspapers reporter more relevant

Interview of Mike Sando in OJR - Online Journalism Review: Focusing on the Future of Online Journalis.
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/060615niles/

In the interview, Sando he was spending 2 hours out of 12 hours workday for blogging.