News gathering vocab

The process of determining that information is supported by evidence, verified, fact-checked.

• Confirmation

• computer-assisted reporting

• on deep background

• novelty

The building blocks for developing interview questions: who, what, where, when, why, and how.

• database

•  5W and 1H

• attribution

• quote

What is the main goal of fact-checking in the reporting process?

• To create headlines

• To increase word count

• To verify the accuracy of information

• To add more opinions

Which question would NOT be part of the '5W and 1H' framework?

• Which?

• How?

• When?

• Who?

Information spoken by a source that is paraphrased within a story, not word for word.

• Data

• Attribution

• Direct Quote

• Indirect Quote

Information provided with expectation that it will not be printed.

• Off the record

• Attribution

• Data

• Sources

This is the process journalists use to determine what is newsworthy based on eight factors or news values.

• Attribution

• Data source

• News judgement

• New quality

Exact wording provided by a source and used in print. Quotation marks required.

• Sources

• Quote

• Indirect Quote

• Direct Quote

This news value represents a story in which two or more forces are in opposition to each other. 

• Sources

• Conflict

• Attribution

• Data

Also known as oddity or rarity, this news value focuses on a story that is unusual and highly interesting.

• Novelty

• Currency

• Timeliness

• Proximity