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WorksheetsJournalism: Publishing Across Media-Semester B Final
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Leads containing the five W’s are also called ____ leads.
a)
summary
b)
folo
c)
developing
d)
inverted
2.
When crafting a memorable narrative lead, it is ethical to fabricate inconsequential details, like the color of
your subject’s boots.
your subject’s boots.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
A reporter writing a breaking news story should avoid ____, or keep her opinions out of the story.
a)
soft news
b)
editorializing
c)
gatekeeping
d)
identifiers
4.
Invading someone’s privacy is an example of violating journalistic ____, a term that relates to the rules and standards journalists apply to questions about their conduct and the work that they publish.
a)
ethics
b)
trivia
c)
behavior
d)
obligations
5.
When an editor calls together a reporter, a photographer, a page designer, and audio and video engineers to
plan a story package, they are using the ____.
plan a story package, they are using the ____.
a)
maestro concept
b)
general news process
c)
narrative approach
d)
nut graf method
6.
Formal presentations and journalistic writing both require careful proofreading and ____
a)
clear handwriting
b)
attention to accuracy
c)
use of technology
d)
teacher approval
7.
Creative writers, such as novelists and journalists, perfect their work through a series of ____.
a)
fictions
b)
rules
c)
guesses
d)
revisions
8.
Journalists should try to include their own emotions in their stories.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
As a journalist, your audience’s ____ is your most important asset.
a)
money
b)
trust
c)
loyalty
d)
attention
10.
Reporters must determine all five of the W’s before publishing any breaking news story.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
A code of ethics for your publication will help you make your ____.
a)
deadlines
b)
budget
c)
decisions
d)
quotas
12.
A student journalist who writes, “In my opinion, the principal took an illegal bribe” is safe from a libel
judgment, even though the principal did not take a bribe.
judgment, even though the principal did not take a bribe.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
An effective way to find out what matters to students on your campus is to ____.
a)
listens to conversations
b)
takes surveys
c)
interview people
d)
all of the above
14.
In addition to their audience, journalists must consider their ____ when reporting.
a)
sources
b)
advertisers
c)
subjects
d)
all of the above
15.
A journalist who strives to keep his personal feelings and opinions out of his reporting and writing is being
a)
transparent
b)
honest
c)
unbiased
d)
cowardly
16.
Journalists do not need editors to check their work.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
In order to promote clarity, efficiency and the trust of readers, writers of print headlines should avoid ____.
a)
contraction
b)
proper names
c)
editorializing
d)
all of the above
18.
Compared to writing breaking news, writing general news stories requires more creativity in the lead.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
A journalist who has a personal interest in some aspect of a story can be said to have a conflict of ____.
a)
ideas
b)
perception
c)
assignment
d)
interest
20.
In breaking news, how is often unknown and therefore unlikely to be answered.
a)
True
b)
False
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