Intro to Multimedia Storytelling

Anything can be news, but not everything is _______.

• a good story

• newsworthy

• in the news

• interesting

Select all that applies. A good story is about what the audience decides is ______ or _______.

• impartial

• interactive

• interesting

• important

The public is exceptionally ________.

• divergent

• divers

• diverse

• adverse

True or false: Though people may share certain characteristics or beliefs, they have an untold similarity of concerns and interests.

• True

• False

The basic function of news is to distribute or pass on pieces of ________ to the readers, viewers, or listeners.

• information

• evidence

• gossip

• argument

A good story does more than inform. It adds ______ to the topic.

• flavor

• sense

• opinion

• value

Creating a _______ means finding and verifying important or interesting information and then presenting it in a way that engages the audience.

• multimedia story

• news story

• good story

• boring story

According to writing coaches, Roy Peter Clark and Chip Scanlan, effective newswriting can be found at the intersection of what? Select all that applies.

• accuracy

• civic clarity

• literary grace

• literary function

• information that citizens need to function

What do journalists often fail to do? Select all that applies.

• Storytelling is predictable.

• Relevancy is assumed.

• Limited use of digital media.

• Character is missing.

• Stories lack meaning

What problem does this solve?

"The idea is to follow a character through a complication and show how they resolve it."

• Stories lack meaning.

• Time is frozen.

• Character is missing.

• Relevancy is assumed.