Journalism Final

This style of journalistic writing allows you to include the least important details at the bottom of the article:

• Opinion/Editorial
• Feature
• Hourglass
• Inverted Pyramid

In journalism, the writer needs to avoid which of the following?

• Concise writing
• Understandable language
• Long, complicated  sentences and paragraphs
• Quoting sources directly

What does the newspeg of Proximity refer to?

• Something close by or near 
• Something that affects many people
• Someone very important is involved
• A strong human emotion is created

Which of the following stories would be a HARD NEWS story, more than the others?

• A burglary in your neighborhood
• A neighborhood beach party
• A neighborhood bicycle rally for charity
• A neighborhood grocery store is closing

What is a byline?

• title of an article
• name of a person who wrote article
• the words under a photo
• name of newpaper

A reporter who follows one particular genre would be covering a:

• Beat
• Wire
• Banner
• Feature

Another word for a photo caption that journalists use:

• Byline
• cutline
• deadline
• nightline

Printed information that is false is known as:

• Slander
• Libel
• Retraction
• Wire

Which is the most important aspect of being a good reporter?

• Demonstrating your opinion
• Writing down every single thing a source says
• Making accuracy your goal
• Writing beautiful complex sentences

Which of the following is an open-ended question?

• How much did the renovations cost?
• Who is in charge of the group?
• Why were the renovations necessary?
• When was the decision made?