Journalism I First Semester Exam Review

When writing in journalistic style, you should always report on  ______ first in the article.

• the least important story details
• what the photograph is
• who the author is
• the most important story details

Journalists who do investigative reporting on major corporate or government misconduct, corruption, and unethical practices are known as ...

• paparazzi

• correlators

• citizen journalist

• muckrakers

Our freedom of press is protected by the ______________.

• 2nd Amendment

• Bill of Rights

• First Amendment

• Declaration of Independence

A news or sports story should be written in which format?

• Inverted Pyramid

• Regular Pyramid

• Block

• Five Paragraph

The copy that describes a picture.

• Folio

• Dominant

• Caption

• Gutter

A type of story which serves to express an opinion and encourage the reader to take some action

• Hard News

• Caption

• Editorial

• Inverted Pyramid

Exactly what the person said and appears inside quotation marks.

• Direct Quotation

• Hard News

• Editorial

• Inverted Pyramid

The beginning of the story which serves to summarize the story and/or grab the reader's attention.

• Lead

• Caption

• Hard News

• Editorial

Large type designed to summarize a story and grab the reader's attention

• W5H

• Headline

• By-line

• Hard News

Indicates who wrote the story; often includes the writer's title

• By-line

• Fact

• Editorial

• Ethics