Student Journalism & Media Literacy - Rosen

Newswriting involves

• generating story ideas

• interviews

• deciding what's newsworthy

• selling advertising

Features are meant to appeal to emotions and as such they are said to be

• human interest pieces

• investigative reporting

• editorials

• humor columns

Great columnists are also great

• people.

• observers.

• ballers.

• teachers.

These writers cover an important part of the high school experience for a large segment of the entire community.

• sports

• academics

• building updates

• scholarships

Editorials to be effective must be

• based in fact

• logical

• clearly stated

• timely

--------- should be compelling, poetic, and representative of the piece.

• story copy

• captions

• headlines

• bylines

Yearbook copy is different from newspaper copy because

• it will become a historical record

• it's longer

• the writing quality is better

• interviews drive the copy

Proofreading & Editing are the same thing.

• True

• False

------ are trained professionals who seek to best portray the idea of a news event in graphics to help the public understand the situation.

• Writers

• Photojournalists

• Copy Editors

• Business Managers

This piece of writing should include the when, who, why, where, and how of an image.

• caption

• headline

• byline

• editorial