Press Conferences
Social Media
Writing for the web
Fun with photos
Covering a Beat
100
Before going to a press conference, you should always do this.
What is research?
100
This social media tool helps you to write tightly.
What is Twitter?
100
When writing for print, communication is one way -- from reporter to reader, but online it's this way.
What is two-way communication?
100
Photo captions are mini-stories about photos and are also known as this.
What are cutlines?
100
These are three examples of beats a reporter might cover.
What are sports, crime and education?
200
This is where you should sit at a press conference.
What is the front of the room?
200
To avoid spreading rumors, do this before retweeting stories.
What is fact checking?
200
For print, important stories may be lengthy to accommodate in-depth coverage. But for online, stories are shorter and have these.
What is additional information, stories in hyperlinks?
200
A caption should use present tense for the background information and this tense for the action in the photo.
What is past tense?
200
When assigned a beat, you should do research, which includes talking to this person.
Who is the reporter who covered the sport previously?
300
This is the main disadvantage of a press conference for journalists.
What is it's difficult to get an exclusive story?
300
Use voice and personality when posting to social media but avoid this.
What is opinion?
300
Newspapers are published on a regular schedule, and writers have a set deadline for stories. For online, the deadline is this.
What is 24/7?
300
These lines identify the person who shot the photo.
What is the photo credit?
300
In addition to meeting the movers and shakers on your beat, you should introduce yourself to these people.
Who are clerks, secretaries, the "little people" on your beat?
400
This is the main advantage of a press conference for the journalists.
What is they don't miss a story?
400
Studies show that these types of tweets generate better responses.
What are longer tweets?
400
In print, the inverted pyramid story structure dominates. On the web, this type of story structure dominates.
What is the inverted pyramid?
400
Using these will take your photo captions to the next level.
What are direct quotations?
400
You should write for these people, not the experts on your beat.
Who are the readers?
500
After the press conference, you should try to get this if possible.
What is an exclusive interview?
500
If you make a mistake on social media, you should do this as soon as possible.
What is correct the error?
500
In print, writers sometimes use literary techniques to enhance stories. Stories are mostly written paragraphs. This is a device used in online stories to give readers information fast.
What are bullets or lists?
500
In journalism, it's not OK to pose people; they should be this
What is documentary?
500
You shouldn't get too friendly with the sources on your beat because this could happen.
What is they may expect favorable coverage if something bad happens?
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