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Q1 Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the difference between SLANDER and LIBEL?

a)

Slander is spoken; libel is written

b)

ONLY slander can damage a person’s reputation

c)

Libel is spoken; slander is written

d)

Defamation only applies to famous people

2.

What is defamation?

a)

Determining whether something is moral

b)

Act of damaging someone’s good reputation

c)

Intrusion into someone’s personal life

d)

Use of works protected by the law

3.

Writing an article about a fight that never occurred violates which two principles?

a)

Factual reporting/Libel

b)

Photo Ethics/Libel

c)

Copyright infringement/Veil of Ignorance

d)

Invasion of Privacy/Accuracy

4.

A story inside a newspaper is called what?

a)

A source

b)

A citation

c)

A headline

d)

An article

5.

What does biased mean?

a)

A full presentation of the facts

b)

A preference for one view of side

c)

A fair balance of all opinions

6.

What type of stories belong on the front page of the newspaper?

a)

The story about the most popular students

b)

The story that happened the night before

c)

The editor’s favorite story

d)

The story that is most relevant and newsworthy.

7.

What makes something newsworthy?

a)

Proximity

b)

Impact

c)

Timeliness

d)

All of the above

8.

What was the first newspaper printed?

a)

Publick Occurrences

b)

New York Times

c)

Boston Globe

d)

Boston Herald

9.

What does it mean for a paper to be published “with authority”?

a)

The writers knew what they were talking about

b)

The paper had the government's approval

c)

The government told the paper what to write

10.

Why were the penny press newspapers called “penny press”?

a)

You could buy one for five pennies

b)

They all ran pictures of Abraham Lincoln

c)

The first publisher was named Penny

d)

They cost 1 cent

11.

Journalists who investigated corruption, social institutions, and politics and promoted social responsibility were called what?

a)

Yellow journalists

b)

Muckrackers

c)

Editors

d)

Newsies

12.

__________ was the pen name of a journalist who pretended to be mentally ill and was committed to New Yorks’ Blackwell Insane Asylum in order to write a story about the poor conditions of the asylum.

a)

William Heart

b)

Dorothea Lange

c)

Andrew Hamilton

d)

Nellie Bly

13.

The inverted pyramid style of journalism puts the __________ facts in the first paragraph.

a)

First

b)

Most important

c)

Names and dates of

d)

Least important

14.

The reports, editors, photographers, producers, and camera crews who sift through the many happenings of a day to tell you whats important or interesting are called __________.

a)

Journalists

b)

Sources

c)

Staffers

d)

Gaffers

15.

What was the first lasting US radio network?

a)

ABC

b)

CBS

c)

NBC

d)

FOX

16.

Editors, producers, publishers, and other managers who filter the information they obtain from reporters are called________________.

a)

Correspondents

b)

Gatekeepers

c)

Key Masters

d)

Mean

17.

________ refers to the prevention or attempted prevention of printing or broadcasting materials that are considered by some people to be objectionable.

a)

Plagiarism

b)

Censorship

c)

Editing

d)

Libel

18.

What did the first newscast broadcast in 1916?

a)

World Series

b)

Presidential Debate

c)

Super Bowl

d)

Presidential Elections

19.

A line indicating who wrote the story. Oftentimes, this will also include the writer's title.

a)

Caption

b)

Byline

c)

Headline

d)

Dateline

20.

A recurring opinion-based article.

a)

Column

b)

Hard News

c)

Jumpline

d)

Lead

21.

A line of text that states where the story was physically written.

a)

Caption

b)

Headline

c)

Jumpline

d)

Dateline

22.

A continuation line that appears at the end of a story on a page that directs readers to the rest of the story on another page.

a)

Dateline

b)

Jumpline

c)

Lead

d)

Byline

23.

The top of the newspaper that includes general information about the newspaper. The masthead will typically contain the newspaper name, publisher, date, and more.

a)

Headline

b)

Sub Headline

c)

Op/ed

d)

Masthead

24.

What is a "quotation"?

a)

dialogue which has these symbols ' ' around it

b)

the lead of the story

c)

another name for the headline of the article

d)

dialogue that has these symbols " " around it

25.

What is a Lead in a news article?

a)

Answers the questions who, what, where, and when

b)

is a long introduction to the article

c)

has quotations from witnesses

d)

contains who wrote the article

26.

The five W's are Who, What, When, Where, and _______

a)

whether

b)

which

c)

why

d)

whenever

27.

Which quotation has a proper attribution?

a)

"Hybrid learning is the best because I can make bank working extra hours at my job," Felix Anderson said.

b)

"Hybrid learning is the best because I can make bank working extra hours at my job," sophomore Felix Anderson said.

c)

"Hybrid learning is the best because I can make bank working extra hours at my job," said Felix Anderson.

d)

"Hybrid learning is the best because I can make bank working extra hours at my job," said sophomore Felix Anderson.

28.

Which freedom prevents the government from interfering with the distribution of information and opinions?

a)

Freedom of Speech

b)

Freedom of Religion

c)

Freedom of the Press

d)

Freedom of Assembly

e)

Freedom to Petition the Government

29.

What is Muckraking?

a)

Investigative, socially conscious reporting

b)

Manual labor

c)

Political stereotypes

d)

Bias in the news

30.

What we call "Fake News" now was once called

a)

Tabloids

b)

Gossip

c)

Red journalism

d)

Yellow Journalism

31.

An open-ended question is a question that…

a)

Encourages the source to give more information or an opinion.

b)

Requires a lot of listening.

c)

Does not give more information.

d)

Follows the source’s response to another question.

32.

A follow-up question is a question that…

a)

Encourages the source to give more information or an opinion.

b)

Requires a lot of listening.

c)

Does not give information.

d)

Follows the source’s response to another question.

33.

What does byline mean?

a)

A line indicating who wrote the story.

b)

A line of text that states where the story was physically written.

c)

A recurring opinion-based article.

d)

Breaking news

34.

What is a masthead?

a)

The top of the newspaper that includes general information about the newspaper

b)

The first sentence

c)

Text formatted in a large type setting

d)

The section of the newspaper that contains stories and news related to sports

35.

What does dateline mean?

a)

A line of text that states where the story was physically written

b)

The section of the newspaper that contains stories related to entertainment.

c)

An article in a newspaper that presents opinions of the newspaper, publisher, editor, or editors.

d)

Breaking news

36.

What type of stories belong on the front page of the newspaper?

a)

The story about the most popular students

b)

The story that happened the night before

c)

The editor’s favorite story

d)

The story that is most relevant and newsworthy.

37.
Look at the red circle.  This is an example of  ___
a)
Talking
b)
Headline
c)
Weather
d)
Photography
38.

Which of the following match this description?


The who, what, when, where, and why of a story.

a)

Lead

b)

Background Information

c)

Interview

d)

More Information

e)

Conclusion

39.

Which term refers to a conversation with a person in order to obtain information, where the interviewee is the person being interviewed?

a)

Interview

b)

Reporter

c)

Opinion Column

d)

Current Events

40.

______ is known as the news structure that is a modification of the inverted pyramid. This form of writing is good for beginner journalist.

a)

L-Q-T-Q

b)

L-T-Q-T

c)

L-Q-T-T

d)

L-T-T-Q

41.

_ add (s) details to a story.

a)

lead

b)

transitions

c)

direct quote

d)

headline

42.

Making a false spoken statement damaging to a person’s reputation.

a)

Slander

b)

Libel

c)

Prior Review

d)

Chilling Effect

43.

false published words or pictures that attack a person’s good name or damages a person’s, company’s, or organization’s reputation.

a)

Slander

b)

Libel

c)

Prior Review

d)

Chilling Effect

44.

A written set of guidelines for ethical behavior established by the group they guide.

a)

Code of Ethics

b)

Oath

c)

Guideposts

d)

Principals

45.

Use "A" "an" "the" in headlines.

a)

Do

b)

Don't