WorksheetsRole of Journalist
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
All EXCEPT one are ways to receive the news:
News App
Newspaper
Radio
Watching my thumb
TV
To be accurate means...
To be trustworthy
To be correct
To have minimum mistakes
To be intelligent
To be credible means to...
To fake information
To miss my deadlines
To be trustworthy
To interview people
The role of a journalist is...
To only provide one side of the story.
To interview their friends.
To only focus on one group or topic.
To provide accurate information on a wide variety of topics.
What do journalists do?
Research, verify, interview, report.
Research, verify, report.
Research, verify, interview, report, publish
Research, hope, report, publish.
Why is texting not journalism?
It does not reach the mass audience.
Texting IS journalism.
Texting only provides one side of the story.
How does social media relate to journalism?
It's fun!
Everything you read is true.
It allows you to find story ideas.
How does research relate to journalism?
It provides facts for your news story.
It's boring.
A research paper is only for the teacher or class, not the mass audience.
Who is our audience for the school newspaper?
Mr. Ray
My Parents
The teachers
Students, teachers, parents.
To be a strong journalism class, we must...
Write about all sorts of topics and only use our online school newspaper.
Cover a variety of topics and events and include print, online, TV, and podcasts to publish our stories.
Cover the same people, topics, events, over and over again.
Eat more pizza and watch more YouTube.
Where are the student/class supplies?
Underneath the yellow and white posters.
There are none.
In the closet in the back of the room.
Where are the pencils and pencil sharpener?
Underneath the yellow and white posters.
On the table underneath the BIG tv.
On the first column of shelves, the fourth one down from the top.
What is Ms. Mendez's favorite color?
Pink
Turquoise
Purple
Pink, turquoise, purple, and green.
