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Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
What is the difference between SLANDER and LIBEL?
Slander is spoken; libel is written
ONLY slander can damage a person’s reputation
Libel is spoken; slander is written
Defamation only applies to famous people
What is defamation?
Determining whether something is moral
Act of damaging someone’s good reputation
Intrusion into someone’s personal life
Use of works protected by the law
Writing an article about a fight that never occurred violates which two principles?
Factual reporting/Libel
Photo Ethics/Libel
Copyright infringement/Veil of Ignorance
Invasion of Privacy/Accuracy
A story inside a newspaper is called what?
A source
A citation
A headline
An article
What does biased mean?
A full presentation of the facts
A preference for one view of side
A fair balance of all opinions
What type of stories belong on the front page of the newspaper?
The story about the most popular students
The story that happened the night before
The editor’s favorite story
The story that is most relevant and newsworthy.
What makes something newsworthy?
Proximity
Impact
Timeliness
All of the above
What was the first newspaper printed?
Publick Occurrences
New York Times
Boston Globe
Boston Herald
What does it mean for a paper to be published “with authority”?
The writers knew what they were talking about
The paper had the government's approval
The government told the paper what to write
Why were the penny press newspapers called “penny press”?
You could buy one for five pennies
They all ran pictures of Abraham Lincoln
The first publisher was named Penny
They cost 1 cent
Journalists who investigated corruption, social institutions, and politics and promoted social responsibility were called what?
Yellow journalists
Muckrackers
Editors
Newsies
__________ 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.
William Heart
Dorothea Lange
Andrew Hamilton
Nellie Bly
The inverted pyramid style of journalism puts the __________ facts in the first paragraph.
First
Most important
Names and dates of
Least important
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 __________.
Journalists
Sources
Staffers
Gaffers
What was the first lasting US radio network?
ABC
CBS
NBC
FOX
Editors, producers, publishers, and other managers who filter the information they obtain from reporters are called________________.
Correspondents
Gatekeepers
Key Masters
Mean
________ refers to the prevention or attempted prevention of printing or broadcasting materials that are considered by some people to be objectionable.
Plagiarism
Censorship
Editing
Libel
What did the first newscast broadcast in 1916?
World Series
Presidential Debate
Super Bowl
Presidential Elections
A line indicating who wrote the story. Oftentimes, this will also include the writer's title.
Caption
Byline
Headline
Dateline
A recurring opinion-based article.
Column
Hard News
Jumpline
Lead
A line of text that states where the story was physically written.
Caption
Headline
Jumpline
Dateline
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.
Dateline
Jumpline
Lead
Byline
The top of the newspaper that includes general information about the newspaper. The masthead will typically contain the newspaper name, publisher, date, and more.
Headline
Sub Headline
Op/ed
Masthead
What is a "quotation"?
dialogue which has these symbols ' ' around it
the lead of the story
another name for the headline of the article
dialogue that has these symbols " " around it
What is a Lead in a news article?
Answers the questions who, what, where, and when
is a long introduction to the article
has quotations from witnesses
contains who wrote the article
The five W's are Who, What, When, Where, and _______
whether
which
why
whenever
Which quotation has a proper attribution?
"Hybrid learning is the best because I can make bank working extra hours at my job," Felix Anderson said.
"Hybrid learning is the best because I can make bank working extra hours at my job," sophomore Felix Anderson said.
"Hybrid learning is the best because I can make bank working extra hours at my job," said Felix Anderson.
"Hybrid learning is the best because I can make bank working extra hours at my job," said sophomore Felix Anderson.
Which freedom prevents the government from interfering with the distribution of information and opinions?
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of the Press
Freedom of Assembly
Freedom to Petition the Government
What is Muckraking?
Investigative, socially conscious reporting
Manual labor
Political stereotypes
Bias in the news
What we call "Fake News" now was once called
Tabloids
Gossip
Red journalism
Yellow Journalism
An open-ended question is a question that…
Encourages the source to give more information or an opinion.
Requires a lot of listening.
Does not give more information.
Follows the source’s response to another question.
A follow-up question is a question that…
Encourages the source to give more information or an opinion.
Requires a lot of listening.
Does not give information.
Follows the source’s response to another question.
What does byline mean?
A line indicating who wrote the story.
A line of text that states where the story was physically written.
A recurring opinion-based article.
Breaking news
What is a masthead?
The top of the newspaper that includes general information about the newspaper
The first sentence
Text formatted in a large type setting
The section of the newspaper that contains stories and news related to sports
What does dateline mean?
A line of text that states where the story was physically written
The section of the newspaper that contains stories related to entertainment.
An article in a newspaper that presents opinions of the newspaper, publisher, editor, or editors.
Breaking news
What type of stories belong on the front page of the newspaper?
The story about the most popular students
The story that happened the night before
The editor’s favorite story
The story that is most relevant and newsworthy.
Which of the following match this description?
The who, what, when, where, and why of a story.
Lead
Background Information
Interview
More Information
Conclusion
Which term refers to a conversation with a person in order to obtain information, where the interviewee is the person being interviewed?
Interview
Reporter
Opinion Column
Current Events
______ is known as the news structure that is a modification of the inverted pyramid. This form of writing is good for beginner journalist.
L-Q-T-Q
L-T-Q-T
L-Q-T-T
L-T-T-Q
_ add (s) details to a story.
lead
transitions
direct quote
headline
Making a false spoken statement damaging to a person’s reputation.
Slander
Libel
Prior Review
Chilling Effect
false published words or pictures that attack a person’s good name or damages a person’s, company’s, or organization’s reputation.
Slander
Libel
Prior Review
Chilling Effect
A written set of guidelines for ethical behavior established by the group they guide.
Code of Ethics
Oath
Guideposts
Principals
Use "A" "an" "the" in headlines.
Do
Don't
