Journalism Test- March 6, 2023

Writing which seeks to add extra information to explain, or better describe the people and events of a particular topic.

• Broadcast journalism

• Investigative journalism

• Tabloid journalism

• Yellow journalism

Why are news reports written?

• to inform the world of the terrible stories that lead to unfortunate events

• to inform citizens of events which are happening in the world locally and internationally

• to make sure people have jobs

• to give people something to do in the morning when they drink their coffee

Where should the most important information go in a newspaper article?

• 1st paragraph

• 3rd paragraph

• 2nd paragraph

• Conclusion

To be objective in your writing is to:

• write in 1st person

• focus on the goal you have

• to not have any bias or opinion

• to use strong vocabulary

The order of an article is...

• lead, headline, byline, and body paragraphs

• headline, body paragraphs, lead and byline

• headline, byline, lead, and body paragraphs

• headline, body paragraphs, byline and lead

Information about the publisher and owner of the newspaper

• headline

• by-line

• caption

• masthead

When you find a good website to use as a resource, you should:

• copy/paste it into your article

• summarize it in your own words, and say where you got it

• steal it

• ignore it

This contain the other information regarding the journalistic test.

• headline

• byline

• lead

• body

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• It's a run-on sentence
• It's has fragments
• It has misspelled words
• It's unethical to publish.

What is the byline?

• the title of the article

• contains the name of the place where the story took place

• the secondary heading of the article

• contains the name of the person who wrote the article