Journalism Today

What is Journalism?

• News from all over the globe.
• A journal.
• The writing of thoughts and ideas to persuade others of what is going on in the world today.
• An activity or profession of writing for newspapers or magazines of broadcasting news on radio or television.

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 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