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WorksheetsJournalism Knowledge Check
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 17mins
Our freedom of press is protected by the ______________.
2nd Amendment
Bill of Rights
First Amendment
Declaration of Independence
What is the definition of ethics?
A system of moral principals
A published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation
The action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation
Permitting a person criticized in a story to respond to that criticism in the same story
In Journalism, which term best describes the name of the first paragraph of an article?
Introduction
Lead
Headline
Attribution
What is Journalism?
Journalism is the activity or profession of writing for newspapers, magazines, or news websites or preparing news to be broadcast.
Journalism is the activity or profession of writing books for public entertainment.
Journalism is a special hobby that some people take up to increase their writing and interviewing skills.
News stories are organized using the ____ style, in which information is presented in descending order of importance.
Base news
hard news
inverted pyramid
soft news
A spoken false statement
defamation
slander
libel
A published, false written statement
libel
slander
plagiarism
The action of damaging the good reputation of someone.
libel
defamation
slander
Match the question word to the meaning.
Who
person
What
thing
Where
place
When
time
Why
reason
What is attribution?
the best quality of a news story
the description of what a photo is about
giving a source credit for a quote
a mistake for which a reporter may be sued
Prohibiting the inclusion of certain elements in a publication or broadcast.
prior restraint
prior review
public forum
underground
Review of a publication by officials before the publication is printed, broadcast or posted online.
prior restraint
prior review
public forum
underground
In what landmark Supreme Court decision do you find the sentence "It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate"?
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
Bethel School District v. Fraser
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
True or False? Ethics and law are exactly the same.
true
false
If a detail or event in your news story has an effect on or concerns your readers' lives, the news value it demonstrates is:
human interest
Reader impact
prominence
currency
If a news story is describing a long-running civil war in Sierra Leone between rebel forces and the government, what news value does it necessarily include?
proximity
currency
novelty/rarity
conflict
A great example of which news value...
promience
weight
novelty
timeliness
"Central Florida veteran donates thousands to Wounded Warrior Project"
Conflict
Prominence
Timeliness
Human Interest
