WorksheetsKey Terms: Chapter One
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
accountable
Journalists are answerable for the accuracy, fairness and balance of what they publish.
To provide an additional benefit.
Membership in, or connection with, an organization or movement.
To mentally take something apart.
content
Background and setting surrounding an event.
Information and ideas reported in journalistic reporting.
The exclusive right to reproduce a creative work.
The quality of being believable.
context
One of the seven news values.
Background setting surrounding an event.
A written set of guidelines for ethical behavior.
A familiar and much-used description.
implicit bias
One of the seven news values.
Not favoring one side over another.
Attitudes and stereotypes we hold unconsciously, which affect our actions, understanding and decisions without conscious knowledge.
The result of creative work.
intended audience
The eyewitness account from a reporter at the scene of a news event.
A newsroom leader with direct responsibility to guard the integrity of a news publication or broadcast.
A point of view.
The people you hope will view, listen to or read your work.
unintended audience
The eyewitness account from a reporter at the scene of a news event.
A newsroom leader with direct responsibility to guard the integrity of a news publication or broadcast.
People you did not necessarily expect to read or view your publication.
The people you hope will view, listen to or read your work.
Journalism
One of the seven news values.
The discipline of collecting, verifying, reporting and analyzing information regarding current events.
An online publishing format that follows journalism ethics and standards.
A news story that adds information to previously reported stories.
media
The primary headline of a news story.
A website that is directory to other websites.
A tool used to store or deliver information; Organizations and their employees and contributors that intend to deliver content publicly to a large number of people.
A story, either true or fictional.
