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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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 ___.

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 ___.

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.

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

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 ___.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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