interviewing
feature writing
1st amendment
general
legal issues
100
What is an open-ended question?
a question where the person has to supply more than a one-word answer
100
Name three different types of features
informative, historical, personality profile, human interest
100
What is the purpose of a free press media system?
make money
100
What is the difference between a news and a feature article?
News more timely, affects a large group of people, informs about a notable, recent event or happening
100
What does something have to be for it to be considered libelous?
published, false, identity, harm reputation
200
How should an attribution be written the first time you mention a source?
title or position first name last name said
200
What is the order for a feature article?
lead, quote, information/transition, quote, information/transtion, etc., end
200
Which type of media system is completed controlled by the government?
Authoritarian
200
What makes a good quote?
Something descriptive, something unique, opinion
200
Tell me three things that contribute to a journalist's bias.
advertisers, owners, personal interest, public, regulations
300
What makes a topic newsworthy?
consequence, timely, proximity, and factual
300
What should be included in a feature lead?
an attention getting device and at least three ws and h
300
When does the government have the right to stop publication of material?
“Fighting Words”, Speech that creates a clear and present danger, Speech that presents a clear and immediate threat to national security, Speech that violates a person’s right to a fair trial
300
What is the difference between a partial, direct, and indirect quote?
direct - word for word indirect - paraphrase partial - part word for word; part paraphrase
300
What does the public's right to know mean?
the public has the right to know about events that are happening in their society and affect them
400
Name three ways background information helps a reporter?
develop an angle, develop a line of questions, answer several ws and h
400
What should be included in an effective feature ending?
sum up article, circle back to beginning
400
What does the 1st amendment guarantee
the right of free speech and press
400
What criteria makes something obscene?
When the average person, applying contemporary community standards, finds a work, taken as a whole…  to appeal to prurient interests (unwholesome; lustful)  to lack serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value  to depict or describe, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by applicable state law.
400
What is the right to privacy?
The law recognizes that everyone has — under certain circumstances — a legal right to simply be left alone.
M
e
n
u