news reporting and writing – Flashcards
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convergent journalism is a new trend
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today's journalists do not have as many deadlines for preparing news as they used to
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FALSE
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journalists need to monitor bloggers, tweets and other readers input to stay on top of breaking news
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journalists today need to become comfortable with a wide range of technologies
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the term attribution refers to the number of readers or viewers of a given story
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FALSE
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the first amendment of the US constitution guarantees press freedom from government control
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blogging is one element of what is termed "user-generated content"
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one reason convergence has happened is that the large media companies are buying up the smaller ones
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greater internet bandwidth has had no impact on convergence
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one of the new media's defining moments was live coverage and immediate audience input during the 9/11 attacks
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what are the 5 w's
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who, what, where, when, why
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a key role of journalists is to inform the public and help them make good decisions
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true
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television news is the best new medium for exploring complex topics
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determining if something is newsworthy to be covered depends on
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what medium-tv, radio, print or internet- you are writing for. how much space and time you have to present the story. knowing if and how a given story has been covered by another news outlet
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editorial judgement also sometimes called new judgement involvles determining if a story is worthy of coverage
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true
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the news value of "impact" means that it is important to cover stories about well-known people
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the news value of proximity refers to how many people in your audience are affected by an event
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false
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the statesboro herald, the george-anne and the slyvania telephone would be considered agenda setting media
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one aspect of newspaper journalism that has changed recently is the return to greater coverage of local events and opinion
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true
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if a competing media outlet in your town reports an important story before you do, your response should be
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run your version of the story, updated with new information
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using email to conduct an interview is never a good idea
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when conducting an interview you should ask
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a mix of open ended and closed ended questions
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plagiarism can be a problem for journalists. it is, in fact, a firing offense. one of the most common forms of plagiarism journalists commit if failing to cite their sources from internet research
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a large number of news stories are based on press releases
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true
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police records, court records and property records are not good reliable sources of information for stories
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recorders should not be used in interview situations
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email interviews are sometimes the only viable way to get information. they are good because
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sometimes people do not speak your language and email makes them able to better organize their thoughts. distance time zones sometimes make telephone or face to face interviews very difficult
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what does the term open-ended question mean?
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a question that allows the interviewee to talk at a length on a subject
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when conducting an interview you should
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focus on the subject's major points. listen for and write down good quotes
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what is meant by the invisible web.
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web sites like databases within universities and government that do not show up on ordinary google searches
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to paraphrase is to reword a quote without changing the meaning
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a delated lead summarizes what happened, but hold specific information for later grafs
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multiple element stories have more than one important or interesting angle. when writing a multiple element story, the reporter chooses one of those angles and does not mention the others.
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the body copy of a news story is:
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the text that comes after the lead and the nut graf- if there is a nut graf
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when quoting an interviewee the reporter must:
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use the exact words of the interviewee
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one of the benefits of the delayed leads is that it allows the reporter to easily update the story as more facts are known
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very few news stories reporters write for newspapers are hard news
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at any point in a news story, the information already presented is
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more important than what follows
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its best to write two stories if a multiple element story contains more than two main themes
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a delayed lead is also known as
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a feature lead and soft lead
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when a story is more interesting or unusual than important, it is most likely treated as a feature rather than hard news
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descriptive feature leads paint a sensory picture for the reader that gives a sense of what the person or event is like
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nearly all feature leads are followed by a nut graf
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an anecdotal lead is one where the writer opens with only statistical information
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the most often used structure for feature stories was originated by the denver post
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a short, usually funny or happy feature is known as a
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brite
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an anecdotal lead is one in which the writer opens a short example or story
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a trend story is about
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changes occurring in society
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a personality profile gives the reader a glimpse into the life of an interesting or unusual person
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human interest stories about how people deal with life changing events
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headlines for online news stories should longer than for print stories
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a blurb goes between the headline and lead and should offer more information than the headline
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sometimes online stories need to be broken into smaller blocks of text. one way to do that is to use blurbs
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long lists of items like names can be simplified by using bullet points
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the use of hyperlinks should be avoided in online stories
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a subhead is a short phrase that helps break the story into bite-sized chunks.
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a blog, as used by a reporter, is used to provide the back-story to the news
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shovelware is copy generated for print that is placed online without any modification.
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it is appropriate to use hyperlinks in an online story to provide definitions for unusual or obscure terms
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hyperlinks should be worked into online copy smoothly so they flow with the story. i.e.; avoid the use of phrases like, "click here"
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