Loquitur procedures - ledes
Which lede for your news story is preferred?
A. If news, a direct lede that tells what happened or the important thing that was said or done.
B. If news, a broad intro that introduces the topic and eventually leads into what exactly happened.
If news, direct:
Public safety officials fined 10 students for bringing booze to a Cabrini picnic.
Not: Due to the fact that Cabrini picnics can be fun, we are seeing more of them. But if you bring the wrong items, some people could get into trouble.
Which is an acceptable headline and why:
1. Cabrini winning 4 victories
2. Cabrini tackles social injustice on campus
3. Cabrini was awash in colors in the fall
2. Cabrini tackles social injustice on campus.
It is in present tense, completes a sentence and is active.
Upon filing a RTK request, a public agency has this many days to respond to you.
5 days
It can ask for a 30-day extension, but a response must come after five working days.
Name two punctuation mistakes:
On the way to the park we decided to pick up trash along the road but we changed our minds.
- after intro clause
-before independent clause
On the way to the park, we decided to pick up trash along the road, but we changed our minds.
As a photojournalist, you aim to:
- Take pictures of people close enough to get facial expression, emotion.
- You want to pose your subject right in the middle of the frame, looking right at you - for a journalism photo.
- You want to capture something happening, capture a moment
Avoid centering a subject right in the middle. If it's a news story, try to get a picture of someone doing something, in a way where you can capture the action and the facial expression.
Posing a subject in the middle of your frame - is NOT advised. (unless you can convince me of its artistic value.)
Name these two terms:
Term for the kind of feature lede that begins with a narrative lede or a mini story to exemplify a larger issue:
Term for the part of the story that tells us why we should care, the impact and the point of the story. Should be at least three or four graphs into the story.
anecdotal lede
nutgraph
Name 3 things wrong:
During the interview Jame Smith was quoted as saying "I don't proofread my stories".
You need a comma after intro clause
Never explain that someone was quoted.
Punctuation goes inside quotes
True or False: (must review both statements)
1. When making a RTK request, you should also ask questions.
2. Records are only paper documents
Both False
You ask for records or documents related to a government transaction or activity. Be specific. Most requests are shot down because citizens ask questions, instead of asking for documents.
Records: papers, letters, maps, books, tapes, photographs, film or sound recordings, information stored or maintained electronically, and data-processed or image-processed documents. Note that e-mails can also be a form of public records, subject to any exceptions.
Change from passive to active:
The boy was screaming all the way to the hospital after he was told by doctors that there was some bad news.
The boy screamed all the way to the hospital after his doctor told him the bad news.
subject - verb
The big Right to Know change that occurred in 2008 that made it easier for the citizens to access public records.
Before 2008, citizens requesting public records were burdened to prove those documents should be public.
In 2008, Gov. Rendell, n a move to promote greater transparency, shifted that burden to government agencies.
Now agencies must provide them, unless officials with the government agency can prove they SHOULD NOT b public under 30 exemptions. Essentially, all records are assumed public, unless the government denies a request based on 30 acceptable exemptions.
Name three top editors and what positions they hold for The Loquitur.
Sophia Gerner- Exec Editor
Matt Rutherford - managing editor
Sydnee Reddy - multimedia editor
Name 3 AP/grammar mistakes:
About 9 students who were in class October 13 were heard saying that they were all new to Cabrini university.
Oct.
Nine - spelled out
University - part of proper noun
Which of these 4 records are NOT public:
Death records: Cause of death
Evidence that police are using to solve a active investigation
Public Teachers' salaries or salaries of county workers.....
Proof that someone was charged with a crime or arrest/charging documents
NOT Public.
Of the 30 exemptions to this law, this is one of them.
Evidence gathered or witness testimony during an ACTIVE or ONGOING police investigation is not public.
Fix this evil comma splice: (you have options)
Sam Smith didn't go to school, he went to work.
Sam Smith didn't go to school; he went to work.
Sam Smith didn't go to school. He went to work.
Sam Smith didn't go to school, but he did go to work.
If a Right To Know request is denied by a government agency, there is nothing you can do.
False:
You can appeal it with the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records. By the way, all appeals, along with their final determinations, are public records and you can search them. Cool stuff, right?
True or False:
I must take photos for my own stories or pull them from one of the free photo sites on the Loquitur manual. If I don't, I may be committing a copyright violation.
True
Content Question: In a news story, which sentence is acceptable:
A. Professor Smith was arrested for fabricating test scores, and she was clearly in the wrong.
B. Smith was fired for her actions. Maybe now, she'll learn her lesson.
C. Smith said she was crushed by her dismissal.
Smith said she was crushed by her dismissal.
The other two offer opinion. Not allowed in news stories.
The federal law that requires certain public records to be open.
The Pa. state law that requires government agencies make their records public.
Freedom of Information Act.
Right To Know
When covering a NEWS speech or event this MUST be in the lede.
- The time, date and year.
- a biography of the speaker and where he/she is from
- the most important thing that was said or happened
The most interesting or impactful news to be delivered. What was said or what happened.
True or False:
In AP Style, periods and commas are always used within quotation marks?
True
Once inside wordpress I must file my story and do all, BUT:
- Add the story to a category -- Add a photo -- write a headline that is a complete sentence with an active verb --- Make sure to conclude my story with my opinion on all stories --- include three sources
Don't conclude with your opinion - unless perspectives.
The only section of stories that allows for using first-person and is primarily highlighting your opinion on a subject.
What is perspectives or editorial?
What was the Philadelphia Inquirer and Pittsburgh-Post Gazette able to learn through its RTK pursuit of its transactions with Amazon?
That is was secretly using public money and millions in incentives to lure the company to the region.
FYI: It didn't work.
What is the acceptable cutline:
The boy feeding his baby sister.
A young boy feeds his baby sister.
This photo shows a boy feeding his sister.
A young boy feeds his baby sister.
What is the Content Management System you use every time you file a story for the Loquitur?
It is also the platform that enables all of you to create a free site in Mass Com.
WordPress