WorksheetsIntro to Multimedia Storytelling
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 6mins
Anything can be news, but not everything is _______.
a good story
newsworthy
in the news
interesting
Select all that applies. A good story is about what the audience decides is ______ or _______.
impartial
interactive
interesting
important
The public is exceptionally ________.
divergent
divers
diverse
adverse
True or false: Though people may share certain characteristics or beliefs, they have an untold similarity of concerns and interests.
True
False
The basic function of news is to distribute or pass on pieces of ________ to the readers, viewers, or listeners.
information
evidence
gossip
argument
A good story does more than inform. It adds ______ to the topic.
flavor
sense
opinion
value
Creating a _______ means finding and verifying important or interesting information and then presenting it in a way that engages the audience.
multimedia story
news story
good story
boring story
According to writing coaches, Roy Peter Clark and Chip Scanlan, effective newswriting can be found at the intersection of what? Select all that applies.
accuracy
civic clarity
literary grace
literary function
information that citizens need to function
What do journalists often fail to do? Select all that applies.
Storytelling is predictable.
Relevancy is assumed.
Limited use of digital media.
Character is missing.
Stories lack meaning
What problem does this solve?
"The idea is to follow a character through a complication and show how they resolve it."
Stories lack meaning.
Time is frozen.
Character is missing.
Relevancy is assumed.
What problem does this solve?
"Often, just a little more reporting can provide the kinds of details that avoid stereotypes and provide an interesting dimension to the people who inhabit your stories."
Relevancy is assumed.
Limited use of digital media.
Stories lack meaning.
Character is missing.
What problem does this solve?
"Tell your audience why the world works the way it does, why a certain trend is happening, why an event is or isn’t taking place."
Relevancy is assumed.
Time is frozen.
Storytelling is predictable.
Stories lack meaning.
_________ should be proven, not assumed.
Innocence
Redundancy
Relevancy
Arguments
What problem does this solve?
"Veer away from the usual inverted pyramid and telling stories."
Storytelling is predictable.
Stories lack meaning.
Character is missing.
Limited use of digital media.
Describe your Multimedia Storytelling instructor. Select all that applies.
COMPASSIONATE
HANDSOME
SMART
Strict
Boring
