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journalism

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name

Class

Date

What is journalism?

Reading

Editing

The writing of newspapers, magazines, and news to be broadcast.

Violent news story.

What do you need to avoid when writing a story?

Clear concise writing

A lead

Using second or third person

Long paragraphs

What is a lead?

The conclusion

Most important part of a story

The people named in your story

You are are the lead as the writer

What is the definition of ethics?

A system of moral principals

A published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation

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

Permitting a person criticized in a story to respond to that criticism in the same story

An empty area of a spread that is not covered by type or pictures. ________ is generally kept on the corners of a spread.

Caption

White Space

Bleed Photo

Pica

What is fabrication?

To make a top notch writing effort

To make up the details in your writing

To protect someone's image

To make a top notch writing effort

What is slander?

This crime occurs when someone spreads falsehoods about others

Spoken words that can do harm to a person's reputation

Malicious gossip which destroys all credibility

All of the above

What is libel?

A type of label

A way to write an article

A false statement

Legal charge for writing & publishing damaging statements

High school journalism students are exempt from having to follow the rules of ethics because students are not actual reporters.

True

False

10.

What is the difference between SLANDER and LIBEL?

Slander is spoken; libel is written.

Libel is spoken; slander is written.

ONLY slander can damage a person's reputation.

Defamation only applies to famous people

11.

What is defamation?

Determining whether something is moral

Intrusion into someone's personal life

Act of damaging someone's good reputation

Use of works protected by the law

12.

Joseph Pulitzer realigned his mission in 1904 to focus on which of the following journalistic approaches?

sensational journalism

yellow journalism

public service journalism

tabloid journalism

13.

News agencies devote more space in print, broadcast, and digital media to news stories than to advertising.

FALSE

TRUE

100 %

journalism

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 3mins

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