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Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Accountability means
reliability
neutrality
biased
Accuracy means
politically incorrect
concise and correct
biased
Credibility means
believability
unreliability
political correctness
Defamation
Slander, libel
compliment
Tinker vs. Des Moines
Ethics in journalism
truthfulness, accuracy
fairness, balance, neutrality
all of the above
Infotainment means:
news designed to inform and entertain
hard news
political satire
Liability means:
flexibility
a legal risk
defamation of character
Journalistic responsibility is
seeking the truth
telling the story accurately, fairly and with neutrality
all of these
Transparency means
no secrets, no lies, tell the full story
opaque
secrecy
JOU End of Course exam is
June 1
April 19
May 1
World famous female journalist from the 1800s, known for building newspaper circulations with her daring exploits.
Barbara Walters
Jane Grey Swisshelm
Nellie Bly
Sally Fields
This famous newspaper man hired Nellie Bly. He is the namesake of the world's highest journalsim award.
Joseph Pulitzer
Walter Kronkite
Mahammed Ali
John Peter Zenger
First female to cover Congress
Nellie Bly
Jane Grey Swisshelm
Lois Lane
Cornelia Walter
Founder of the New York Sun, which was 1-page and sold for 1 penny.
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Day
Benjamin Harrison
Ben Dover
In the 1700s, journalists were put in jail for printing anything negative about any member of the government. The charge was called:
sedition
slander
libel
defamation
This journalist changed the sedition laws:
John Peter Zenger
John Adams
John Quincy
Nellie Bly
John Peter Zenger was jailed for reporting that a government official cheated during an election. He hired attorney:
Johnny Cochran
Andrew Hamilton
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Anderson
