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JOURNALISM POP QUIZ

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the difference between hard and feature news?

a)

Hard news is deep, feature news is shallow

b)

Hard news informs, feature news evokes emotion

c)

Feature news informs, Hard news entertains

d)

Hard news is a narrative, Feature news is outcome driven

2.

__________is the foundation of all great feature stories

a)

Interviewing

b)

Reporting

c)

Writing

d)

Research

3.

What is the most critical question to help you write a focus statement?

a)

WHERE IS THE STORY GOING TO TAKE PLACE???

b)

HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL I INTERVIEW???

c)

WHAT IS THE STORY REALLY ABOUT???

d)

WHO WILL BE IN MY STORY???

4.

What is the purpose of a journalist's blog?

a)

To provide a space to talk about their personal lives.

b)

To give readers a behind the scenes look at news.

c)

To entertain readers about something the journalist is into besides news.

d)

To inform readers about the most talked about thing at their newsroom.

5.

What do blogs allow us to do?

a)

Go deeper in detail, engage audience, and give a platform

b)

Share our personal thoughts, feelings, and opinions on something that happened in the news

6.

How often should you blog ideally?

a)

Every other day

b)

Once or twice a day

c)

Once a week

d)

Once a month

7.
One story inside a newspaper is called a...
a)
source
b)
headline
c)
citation
d)
article
8.
The title of a newspaper article is called a...
a)
source
b)
headline
c)
citation
d)
article
9.
The place or person where you get inspiration and information is your...
a)
source
b)
headline
c)
citation
d)
article
10.
If you reuse a photo from your source you should make a ____ to protect you from plagiarism.
a)
source
b)
headline
c)
citation
d)
article
11.
When writing in journalistic style, you should always report on  ______ first in the article.
a)
the least important story details
b)
what the photograph is
c)
who the author is
d)
the most important story details
12.

collecting, writing and editing news stories for newspapers, TV, radio and magazines

a)

Editorials

b)

Inverted Pyramid of News

c)

Journalism

d)

Bias

13.

A formal meeting similar to a conversation

a)

Interview

b)

Interviewee

c)

Interviewer

d)

I don't know. I forgot.

14.

The person who asks the question during an interview

a)

Interviewee

b)

Interview

c)

Interviewer

d)

I can't remember

15.

The person who answers the question during an interview.

a)

the reporter

b)

Interview

c)

Interviewer

d)

Interviewee

16.

Questions that do not require a yes or no response; needs an explanation

a)

interview questions

b)

Open-ended questions

c)

Essay questions

d)

bias questions

17.

It is wrong to be____________ when interviewing or writing an article about something or someone (do not choose sides)

a)

sad

b)

happy

c)

sick

d)

bias

18.

a view, judgment or belief about something

a)

fact

b)

vision

c)

opinion

d)

a dream

19.

the act of communicating information to a large audience

a)

public speaking

b)

talking aloud

c)

performance

d)

none of the above

20.

an article written by an editor that gives opinions and includes facts about a topic

a)

news article

b)

newspaper

c)

magazine

d)

editorial

21.

In an editorial, the title is known as the _______

a)

lead

b)

inverted pyramid of news

c)

headline

d)

closing

22.

The pizza pyramid is called ________

a)

the pyramid

b)

the inverted pyramid of news

c)

the upside down triangle

d)

a news pyramid

23.

The first sentences of an editorial that includes the who, what, where, when, why is the ___________.

a)

lead

b)

headline

c)

newstory

d)

introduction

24.

What are some ways to receive news?

a)

CNN

b)

Instagram

c)

Youtube

d)

All of the above

25.

a thing that is known or proved to be true

a)

fact

b)

opinion

c)

a fairy tale

d)

i don't know