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Journalism Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Journalists must meet deadlines.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

What's a deadline?

2.

What do you do when you analyze the news?

a)

Examine others opinions to know what they think.

b)

Listen to what news sources tell you so you are well-informed.

c)

Gather information to draw your own conclusion.

d)

Stand on your head while balancing a hula-hoop.

3.

Which question is an open-ended question?

a)

How much does it cost?

b)

Can you believe that we are really in a pandemic?

c)

What are your expectations for next semester?

d)

Who did you vote for?

4.

Which organizational structure would be best for an article about a tornado?

a)

Sequential

b)

Inverted Pyramid

c)

Hourglass

d)

Compare and Contrast

5.

Which of the following are ways that reporters gather information?

(check all that apply)

a)

Interview

b)

Background Information

c)

Observation

d)

All of the above

6.

The news reports that Justin and Haley Bieber are getting a divorce. This is an example of...

(Check all that apply.)

a)

Conflict

b)

Prominence

c)

Proximity

d)

Relevance

7.

Hard news articles might be written in the following tone...

a)

Encouraging

b)

Objective

c)

Celebratory

8.

If a reporter shares their opinion in the news story, they are being...

a)

Objective

b)

Trustworthy

c)

Biased

d)

Credible

9.

When details are organized from most important to least important, the journalist is using ___________________ to write their article.

a)

Inverted Pyramid

b)

Sequential

c)

Hourglass

10.

The parts of an article go in the following order...

a)

Background, Lead, Byline, Pullquote, Headline

b)

Headline, Lead, Explanation, Source, Background

c)

Headline, Byline, Explanation, Background, Source

d)

Headline, Byline, Lead, Explanation, Background

11.

What's the difference between a news analyst and a news reporter?

a)

Nothing, they do the same job.

b)

Analysts are not on television.

c)

Analysts share their opinion.

d)

Reporters share their opinion.

12.

Another word for an investigative journalist is...

a)

Editor-in-Chief

b)

Detective

c)

Interviewer

d)

Researcher

13.

Interviewing someone who witnessed a car crash would be an example of a...

a)

secondary source

b)

primary source

c)

credible source

d)

biased source

14.

Bias can include...

a)

omitting/leaving out facts from an article

b)

using pictures/music/camera angles that skew the truth

c)

headlines that provide a slanted or negative light

d)

all of the above

15.

Which sentence is written in active voice?

a)

The tree was cracked by the wind.

b)

My homework should have been done.

c)

The money has been stolen by them.

d)

John hit the ball over the fence.