Journalism/Creative Writing Midterm

Libel

• False Criticism

• The stirring of rebellion

• The action or fact of complying with a wish or command

• The action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation

Sedition

• The action or fact of complying with a wish or command

• Conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch

• False criticism

• The stirring of rebellion

Inverted Pyramid

• Story structure where the most important information is presented first

• Story structure where the most important information is presented last

• American English grammar style and usage guide created by American journalists working for or connected with the Associated Press journalism

• Cheap, tabloid-style newspapers mass-produced in the United States from the 1830s onwards

Yellow Journalism

• Set a standard for fairness and accuracy in reporting, a standard that its peers have tried to equal to this day

• First 10 amendments to the constitution ratified in 1791

• Elements of a story are tucked down into the details, obscured by less important, distracting information

• Unethical, irresponsible brand of journalism involving hoaxes, altered photographs, headlines, and endless self-promotions by papers

How did the British colonial authorities react to the paper?

• The British colonial authorities supported the paper

• The British colonial authorities suppressed the paper

• The British colonial authorities allowed the papers to be small

• None of the above

What role did the press play in the Revolution?

• The press did not play a role in the revolution

• Backed the Revolution and printed the cries to battle that rallied the rebels

• The press hindered the revolution by printing the cries to battle that rallied the rebels

• Backed the Revolution and printed the cries to battle that rallied the loyalists

News-writing and news coverage began to change in 1861, when reporters at Civil War battle sites made use of the (invented 18 years before)

• Penny Press

• Telegraph

• Telephone

• Radio

What did the telegraph NOT do for news?

• It halted the use of the inverted pyramid format

• It inspired the inverted pyramid format

• It resulted in news gathering services because news was spreading faster

• It made news more concise

Which of the following is NOT a feature of the inverted pyramid?

• The most important information is presented first

• The who, what, when, where and why appear at the start of a story

• Elements of a story are tucked down into the details, obscured by less important, distracting information

• Supporting details and background information comes later

Following the Sun was the New York Morning herald, which, despite selling for two cents, continued the newsy ways of the Sun. Similar were sold in Boston, Baltimore, Philly, and other cities

• Nickel Press papers

• Dime Press Papers

• Papers

• Penny Press Papers