Journalism Review

What is Journalism?

• Journalism is the practice of making videos.

• Journalism is writing fiction stories.

• Journalism is writing for newspapers, magazines, or news websites or preparing news to be broadcast.

• Journalism is a class to take if you don't want to do a lot of projects.

What are the 3 main types of Journalism stories? (Mark 3 correct answers.)

• fiction stories

• news stories

• feature stories

• editorial stories

Match the types of journalism stories with their definition.

• News

• focuses on current events; written in straightforward, unbiased style

• Feature

• presents the opinion of the editor, publisher, or writer on a topic

• Editorial

• focuses on human interest topics (like interesting people & events); written in an in-depth, more creative style

TRUE or FALSE: An evergreen story is a story that is relevant and interesting at any time.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is the title of an article called?

• caption

• cover line

• by-line

• headline

What do we call the following questions: Who/What/When/Where/Why?

• question words

• 5 Ws

• inverted pyramid structure

• lead

When an author uses 4 of the 5 Ws in the first paragraph, this is called __________.

• 4 Ws

• pyramid structure

• inverted pyramid structure

• journalism structure

Tags

CCSS.W.8.2A

CCSS.W.8.4

What do we call the beginning (first sentence) of an article that grabs the reader's attention?

• selling line

• caption

• attention-grabber

• lead

Where you find the author of the story

• by-line

• author line

• cover line

• headline

Where should the most important information go in a news story?

• 1st paragraph

• 3rd paragraph

• 2nd paragraph

• Conclusion