Journalism

What is newsworthiness?

• news provided through online media

• information not previously known to someone

• reports on recent or important events

• determining what
  makes something news

What type of newsworthiness is the following example?

If it’s happening now, happened recently or is happening soon, it’s _____.

• proximity

• timely

• present

• current

What type of newsworthiness is the following example?

Journalists are interested in things that impact their communities.

• timeliness

• proximity

• human interest

• prominence

These stories can be less timely than news stories. The topics of these stories are usually more lighthearted or casual than the topics of news stories.

• columns

• opinion

• features

• editorials

They typically remain unsigned because they represent the voice of the entire publication, not a specific person.

• editorial

• news

• opinion

• reviews

These stories aim to dig deeper or uncover the truth about a specific person, subject, or event.

• human interest

• investigation

• sports

• reviews

These stories center around things that readers may eventually want to try, such as restaurants, activities, movies, books, video games, etc.

• timeliness

• proximity

• reviews

• editorials

What is the order, from top to bottom, for The Inverted Pyramid?

• lead, body, tail

• who, what, when, why, where

• lead, when, where, tail

• facts, story, conclusion

The Hourglass writing method combines

• information you want to cover but could not by just using the hourglass method

• extra information taken from the inverted pyramid

• information that expands on the topic from the inverted pyramid

• elements from the inverted pyramid and forms a narrative-style writing

What is the order of writing for the L-Q-T-Q model for news features?

• Lead

  Additional Information

  Direct Quote

  Transition

  Direct Quote

  Transition

• Lead

  Quote

  Transition

  Quote

• Lead

  Direct Quote

  Transition

  Direct Quote

  Transition

• Lead

  Additional Information

  Direct Quote

  Direct Quote

  Transition