Ch8 Researching & Evaluating Sources

What is considered an essential tool of journalism along with curiosity, skepticism, and collaboration?

• Research

• Writing

• Editing

• Interviewing

What are the purposes of preliminary research?

Check all that apply

• Prepare interview questions

• To discover the scope of the story

• To publish the story

• Find avenues for further research

• Find potential angles for the story

What is included in the list of research tools?

• Only a question list

• Only a list of sources

• Collection folder, question list, and list of sources

• Only a collection folder

Who should you talk with during the collaboration process?

• A junior writer

• A graphic designer

• An editor or senior writer

• A marketing specialist

What are the three criteria your editor uses to decide if a story has potential?

• Reliable, Interesting, Significant

• Reliable, Boring, Insignificant

• Unreliable, Interesting, Significant

• Reliable, Interesting, Unimportant

What is hearsay?

• Information you know to be true

• What you hear someone say but do not know to be true

• A reliable source of information

• A type of scientific evidence

What are unreliable sources?

• Sources you trust completely

• Sources you do not trust enough to quote in a story

• Sources that are always accurate

• Sources that are government-approved

What should you remember when you desire to scoop the story first?

• People forget who got it wrong, they remember who got it first

• People forget who got it first, they remember who got it wrong

What should you always tell your audience in deeper research?

• The length of your research

• The cost of your research

• What your sources are

• The number of interviews conducted

What is a recommended way to use Wikipedia according to the learning material?

• As a verified source

• As an unverified source

• As the only source

• Without any verification