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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
"News Judgment" is ...
When students in journalism class judge each other's writing skills.
ability to determine stories that are interesting to target audience.
To judge the people in the newsroom.
When a judge hands down a verdict.
Delivering news and information effectively is part art, part science.
True
False
How do we know what readers/viewers want?
If we like it, they should like it.
We ask them, we watch them
It shouldn't matter what they want.
One of 3 lessons that Jenny learned is:
You spend 10% chasing a story and 90% writing it.
You spend as much time chasing and writing a story.
It takes 20% more to write the story.
You often spend 90% of your time chasing a story, and just 10% writing it.
At most newspapers/news the writers are:
Photo Editor
Circulation Manager
General and Beat Reporters
The Editor
Who covers topics like politics, education, sports, movies?
Sales Team
City Editor
Beat Reporter
Page Designer
What's an expression that is used when your story won't be published?
pin
spiked
skated
closure
If your story is too long, it's called a
holy cow
dog-runner
goat-choker
killed
Parts of a story: Opening of a story - key facts are condensed.
(a)
Parts of a story: Someone's exact words, usually spoke to the reporter during the interview.
(a)
The (a) is the big type, written by the copy editors that summarizes the story.
Reporter's Temperament: I'm more curious than most people I know
Yes
No
Talent: I enjoy reading. I consume a lot of books and magazines.
Yes
No
Talent: I'm tech-savvy enough to shoot video, download files, post pictures.
Yes
No
Talent: I can organize my ideas and write quickly when I need to.
Yes
No
