1st Semester Journalism Study Guide

The beginning of television news introduced the idea of breaking news.

• True

• False

What are different ways people can get their news?

• They can ask people.

• Get it from newspapers.

• Get it from sovcial media.

• All of the above

What is citizen journalism?

• Citizens spreading rumors

• Other people around the city help out.

• When non-professionals report or spread news, often based on firsthand, eyewitness accounts.

• none of the above

What is a heading?

• A title of a magazine or book.

• A title of a movie.

• The name of a person making a book.

• none of the above

A prejudice or preference to one thing over another is bias

• true

• false

Ethos isn't an appeal to trust and credibility.

• true

• false

What is journalism?

• things that are written down in a journal

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

What is plagiarism?

• copying your own work.

• making your own ideas

• the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.

How do you avoid plagiarism?

• use other peoples thoughts

• use other peoples work

• Paraphrase or quote from your sources (and add your own ideas).,Credit the original author in an in-text citation and reference list.Keep track of the sources you consult in your research.

What is Journalism? Is it what you thought it would be when you saw this class on your schedule? Select all that apply.

• It's a study of the various methods/mediums by which people receive their news.

• It's a course in which we are required to write creatively, but responsibly.

• It's a course that was put on my schedule and I had no idea what the class entailed.

• It's a course whereby students typically create and publish the school newspaper, literary magazine and yearbook. Students are responsible for attending school events, taking pictures, creating layouts and writing news stories, captions and headlines.