JOURNALISM REVISION 1&2

News is something that is

• new

• old

• current

• historical

2. Which of the following is NOT true about journalism today?

• A journalist needs a great deal of money to start a new news organization.

• Journalists have a wider choice of career paths than in the past.

• The journalism industry is evolving as people get their news in new ways.

• Creative ideas for journalistic content and delivery systems are springing up every where

3. Which of the following is NOT true about journalism today?

• Stories created for one medium are likely to be found in other media.

• Few people nowadays rely on journalists for information about important events.

• The techniques for researching and writing stories continue to be important.

• The tenets of good journalism—critical thinking, clear writing and organized presentation—remain the same.

Citizen journalism is the practice of

• preparing stories that will help citizens vote in elections.

• publishing only those stories that are of interest to politically active citizens.

• collaborating with nonprofit organizations to prepare news stories.

• inviting readers and viewers to participate in the creation of news content.

The dateline on a news story indicates the

• time when the story occurred.

• place where the events described in the story took place.

• date when the story was written.

• date when the story should be published.

The tools and technologies that are available to journalists today have changed forever the basic principles of journalism.

• True

• False

Technology makes it more difficult to keep up with news today than in the past because it is difficult to keep up with all the information.

• a. True

• b. False

A byline is two or three words that uniquely describe a story, which are placed in the top left hand corner of the first page of copy.

• a. True

• b. False

A subheadline will always follow a headline

• True

• False

Which of the following is not necessary to be included in a news story?

• headline

• byline

• location

• dateline