Chapter 4

News stories usually originate from all of the following EXCEPT:

• events that are sudden and unpredictable.

• events that are unknown to the news media.

• events that are scheduled and predictable.

• news releases alerting the media to noteworthy events or topics.

Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of every reporter?

• selecting sources for relevance

• checking sources for accuracy

• balancing sources for fairness

• providing sources to other reporters

The more sources you use, the better your reporting will be in terms of:

• depth, context and reliability.

• context, reliability and validity.

• reliability, validity and depth.

• validity, depth and context.

Which of the following is NOT an Internet search engine that is used frequently by reporters?

• www.google.com

• www.govinfo.com

• www.yahoo.com

• www.webcrawler.com

Newsgroups are:

• Internet logs that dispense opinion.

• online bulletin boards organized by topic.

• a great way to conduct an online interview.

• usually very reliable sources of factual information.

During an interview, you should do all of the following EXCEPT:

• ask people to slow down if you are falling behind in your notes.

• avoid asking the interviewee dumb questions.

• look around and note what you see.

• use silence as a tactic.

Which of the following is NOT a convention for interviewing?

• on the record

• off the record

• on background

• off background

Which of the following are commonly used quote styles?

• direct quote, paraphrase, partial quote, dialogue

• paraphrase, partial quote, dialogue, indirect quote

• partial quote, dialogue, indirect quote, direct quote

• dialogue, indirect quote, direct quote, paraphrase

Which of the following should be used at the beginning and end of direct quotes?

• double quotation marks

• single quotation marks

• parentheses

• italics

Which of the following should be used for quoted statements inside other quoted statements?

• double quotation marks

• single quotation marks

• parentheses

• italics