Quotes and attribution

Which quotation is properly punctuated and optimally structured for news style?

• Riya Lyon said, "I'll be protesting this crazy law by staying in this tree."

• "I'll be protesting this crazy law by staying in this tree," Riya Lyon said.

• "I'll be protesting this crazy law by staying in this tree," said Riya Lyon.

• "I'll be protesting this crazy law by staying in this tree" said Riya Lyon.

Which information would be appropriate to put as a quotation in your article?

• The City Council discusses the question on Monday, Jan. 14.

• The airplane lost its left engine about two hours into the flight.

• I can't believe the mayor would approve such an expensive program.

• all of these

Which statement is correct?

• You should never allow quotes to make up the majority of an article.

• Quotations should come within the first two sentences.

• The lead-in to the quotation should echo/summarize the quote.

• Quotations should start a new paragraph.

You need to always get permission before using someone's quote.

• True

• False

Which of the following is an indirect quotation?

• University President Charles Karr said the campus should be completely smoke-free.

• "We should be making this campus smoke-free," Karr said.

• UAH President Charles Karr said there's "no doubt" the campus should be smoke-free.

• A plan is in place to make the campus smoke-free.

Which of the following is a partial quote?

• University President Charles Karr said the campus should be completely smoke-free.

• "We should be making this campus smoke-free," Karr said.

• UAH President Charles Karr said there's "no doubt" the campus should be smoke-free.

• A plan is in place to make the campus smoke-free.

What kind of information generally makes for poor quotes?

• Opinion

• Predictions

• Statistics

• Feelings

What's the problem with this?

The Department of Homeland Security says it plans to revise the travel warnings.

• "Department" shouldn't be capitalized

• You shouldn't quote/attribute information to buildings or organizations

• A direct quote would have been more appropriate

• Who cares about travel warnings?!?!

In what order should you put your direct quotes?

• Speaker, Verb, Quote

• Verb, Speaker, Quote

• Quote, Verb, Speaker

• Quote, Speaker, Verb

Your original stories will have great quotations because.....

• You will be a skilled interviewer

• You will pick the most emotional and telling statements for direct quotes.

• You will paraphrase the things that are too boring or convoluted to quote directly.

• All of these