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WorksheetsReview Quiz on Basic Journalism
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 12mins
News is break from a normal flow of events, an interruption of the unexpected.
True
False
Timeliness came from the Latin word "diornaliz".
True
False
This element of news refers to the nearness of the event to the place of the readers or its closeness to their personal affairs.
(a)
This element of news refers to thee unusualness of things. News story is about rarity or the occurrence of an unsual event.
(a)
This element of news refers to the physical or mental struggle.
(a)
News stories must appeal to human interest, emotion, and instinct.
True
False
News breakout from anywhere and anytime.
True
False
Check out the two sources of news.
Actual coverage
Hearsay
Rumor
Written Documents
Reporters must be skilled and resourceful when assigned to a certain beat.
True
False
This type of gathering of news is used when newspapers still continue to use the story until such a time that the editors believe the readers are losing interest on it.
(a)
This type of news gathering technique is a common practice in news publication where a reporter rewrites an old story published earlier by other rival paper.
Advancer Story
Calendar Story
Jazzed-up Story
Reaction Story
_____ structure is when the information is arranged from the most important to the least important ones.
Inverted pyramid
Pyramid
Basic news
Check out ALL the advantages of using the "most important- least important" structure.
Facilitates reading
Helps newspaper layout artists
Facilitates headline writing
This type of lead raises a question in the hope of inducing the reader to read on.
Freak Lead
Cartridge Lead
Question Lead
This type of lead stresses out the tone or moral of the story.
Epigram Lead
Freak Lead
Figurative Lead
These questions are used in the summary lead.
5Ws and 1H
To whom and for whom?
So what?
News must always be direct to the point.
True
False
Redundancy is allowed in news writing.
True
False
