Journalism- The Year: Final Test

Why is it important to have freedom of the press?

• Free press provides information to voters about the workings of the government

• Free press helps hold those in power accountable for their actions

• Free press enables citizens to stay informed about what is happening in their country

• ALL OF THE ABOVE

What is journalism?

• The activity or profession of writing for newspapers, magazines, or news websites or preparing news to be broadcast.

• things that are written down in a journal

Generally, a news story is written in what structure?

• pyramid

• chronological order

• inverted pyramid

• narrative form

The lead of the story is:

• The theme of the story

• The tone of the story

• the first paragraph or first few paragraphs

• The conclusion

A basic news lead which gives the reader the most important information in a capsulized statement is called a/an:

• novelty lead

• graphic lead

• narrative lead

• summary lead

The following lead features which of the Ws or H?

In haste to get to the bedside of his dying mother this morning, Walter Davis, a truck driver with Southern Gas Company, was critically injured when his sedan crashed into a parked car at Fourth Street and Flowers Ave.

• who

• why

• when

• where

The following lead features which of the Ws or H?

By flunking every course and missing 62 days of class, Bubba Snively gravely endangered his eligibility for high school basketball.

• how

• where

• why

• who

The following lead features which of the Ws or H?

Mounting fears that Asia's crisis is spreading to the USA's back yard in Latin America rocked Wall Street Thursday.

• where

• how

• why

• what

The inverted pyramid created a journalist's style of writing that can be described as

• Only 2-3 sentences.

• The most important information at the top of the story

• The most important information at the end of the story

• a Novel

Headline

• Title of the Newspaper 
• Title of the Article 
• Author's Name
• Caption