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Journalism

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

publication that contains information about current events, features on different topics and advertisements

a)

Newspaper

b)

Penny press

c)

Inverted pyramid

d)

Muckracking

2.

newspapers that were named after the cost, 1 cent

a)

Penny Newspaper

b)

Penny journalism

c)

Penny press

d)

1 cent press

3.

mid-1890s journalism that represented sensationalism, screaming headlines and cheap melodrama

a)

Muckraker

b)

Yellow journalism

c)

Lying

d)

News

4.

journalism style that puts the most important facts in the first paragraph

a)

News Outlet

b)

Extroverted Pyramid

c)

yellow journalism

d)

Inverted Pyramid

5.

the beginning of investigative journalism; journalists took on the role of promoting social responsibility investigating corruption, especially in big business, social institutions and politics

a)

Muckraking

b)

Muckraker

c)

Exodusters

d)

Investigative Journalist

6.

Amendment to the Constitution, which provides the rights to free speech and free press

a)

1st Amendment

b)

2nd Amendment

c)

21st Amendment

d)

4th Amendment

7.

the prevention, or attempted prevention, of printing or broadcasting materials that are considered by some to be objectable

a)

Mass media

b)

Exploiting

c)

Censorship

d)

Exploitation

8.

refers to all the channels of communication that reach a large audience

a)

Mass media

b)

Entertainment industry

c)

Mass production

d)

News outlets

9.

a group of stations that broadcasts the same programs at the same time

a)

Online sources

b)

Network

c)

Channels

d)

Sites

10.

merging of media and platforms

a)

Connection

b)

Collaboration

c)

Converting

d)

Convergence

11.

refers to the 1930s when Americans listened to radios for music, drama, comedy

, variety shows and news

a)

Harlem Renaissance

b)

1930 Renaissance

c)

Golden Age of Radio

12.

the news organization has both a print publication and an Internet site; media through which consumers obtain news, such as through newspapers and news magazines, television, radio, and the Internet

a)

Different platforms

b)

Multiple Platforms

c)

Iceage

13.

may include print, broadcast and Internet; adding audio and video elements to a print story

a)

Multiple Media

b)

Mass media

c)

Mass production

d)

correct answer

14.

A reporter is known as a

a)

a reporter

b)

news anchor

c)

Paparazzi

d)

Informative

15.

the moral principals that govern the appropriate conduct for individuals and organizations

a)

Morales

b)

Ethics

c)

Business ethics

d)

Moral obligations

16.

getting all the facts right and always seeking the truth

a)

Accuracy

b)

Most correct statement

c)

Majority rules

17.

laws requiring certain proceedings of government agencies to be open or available to the public

a)

10 commandments

b)

Branches of government

c)

Judicial Laws

d)

Sunshine Laws

18.

a methodology that involves providing substantial information to the managers in an organization to help them make business decisions

a)

Collaborating

b)

Enterprise Reporting

c)

Entrepreneur

d)

Global reporting

19.

language that pertains to one's business

a)

Jargon

b)

English

c)

Italian

d)

Spanish

20.

a composing machine producing lines of words as single strips of metal, used chiefly for newspapers; now rarely used

a)

Stenography

b)

Morse code

c)

Roman 12

d)

Linotype