1st Amendment
This amendment protects freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition
What is the First Amendment?
Journalists should report the truth and verify information before publishing.
What is accuracy?
Asking questions to gather information directly from people.
What is interviewing?
Journalism that reports facts about current events.
What is news reporting?
Publishing false information that harms someone’s reputation.
What is libel?
This First Amendment freedom allows journalists to publish news without government censorship
What is freedom of the press?
Treating all sides of a story fairly without favoritism.
What is objectivity (or fairness)?
The five basic questions every news story should answer.
What are who, what, when, where, and why?
This type of story gives background and details rather than breaking news.
What is a feature story?
Using someone else’s work without permission or credit violates this law.
What is copyright?
Answer: This freedom allows journalists to criticize government leaders and policies.
What is freedom of speech?
Using unnamed sources requires journalists to do this extra step.
What is verify the information?
Confirming information with more than one source.
What is fact-checking?
Journalism that expresses opinions or viewpoints.
What is editorial or opinion journalism?
Journalists can usually report more freely about these people.
What are public figures?
The First Amendment restricts this level of government, not private individuals or organizations
What is the government (or Congress)?
An ethical problem that occurs when a journalist’s personal interests could influence their reporting.
What is conflict of interest?
Sources who are not directly involved in an event but provide analysis or context.
What are secondary sources?
Journalism that interprets and explains the meaning or impact of news events.
What is interpretive journalism?
The legal standard public figures must meet to win a libel case.
What is actual malice?
A Supreme Court ruling that strengthened press freedom by limiting government censorship during wartime.
What is New York Times v. United States?
Publishing information that is true but causes unnecessary harm violates this ethical principle.
What is minimizing harm?
The reporting technique of confirming information through independent sources.
What is verification?
Journalism that combines in-depth reporting with storytelling techniques.
What is long-form or feature journalism?
A landmark Supreme Court case that established the “actual malice” standard.
What is New York Times v. Sullivan?