Print, broadcast or digital?
Story structure
Media miscellany
Photo finish
Media law & ethics
100

The Albuquerque Journal, a newspaper.

What is print?

100

It is the first paragraph of a news story.

What is the lead?

100

This is an opinion piece that is written from the official viewpoint of the newspaper.

What is an editorial?

100

This type of lens allows the photographer to get a shot from a long distance.

What is a zoom lens?

100

This is the main federal law that protects the freedom of the press from government interference.

What is the First Amendment?

200

CNN, a 24-hour news channel available on cable or satellite.

What is broadcast?

200
In most cases, the first couple of paragraphs of a news story contain these six items (known by their initial letters).

What are the five W's and one H?

200

If you use a feature lead, you should try to include essential info and context in this paragraph.

What is a nut graf?

200
When a powerful light source emanates from behind the subject of a photo, it is called this.

What is backlighting?

200

It is the best defense against a libel lawsuit.

What is the truth?

300

"Over the Back Fence," a news talk show on the radio station KFUN-KLVF.

What is broadcast?

300

The typical news story is structured like this shape.

What is the inverted pyramid?

300

A story that is written before a major sporting event or other planned activity is called this.

What is an advance (or a preview)?

300

Sports photographers increase this setting on their cameras to capture fast-paced action.

What is shutter speed?

300

It is the value giving all sides of a story a chance to be heard.

What is balance (or fairness)?

400
The website APNews.com, run by The Associated Press.

What is digital?

400

It's where the most important information of a news story is placed if the inverted pyramid is used.

What is the top (or the beginning)?

400

This is an opinion piece that is written by the same author, usually published on a regular basis, and may include various topics.

What is a column?

400

When a crime suspect being walked to and from either jail or court hearings, it's called this by opportunistic news photographers.

What is a perp walk?

400

Open meetings acts and inspection of public records acts are examples of this type of law, named for how it brings light to darkness.

What are Sunshine Laws?

500

Time.com, an online version of Time magazine.

What is digital?

500

Other than the body of the story itself, a news story can be told using one of these page elements.

What are the headline, the lead paragraph, photos/graphics and cutlines? 

500

This type of internet-based talk show borrows from the world of broadcasting.

What is a podcast?

500

Using a digital video to capture an event and posting the video as it's taking place is called this.

What is live-streaming?

500

This is a type of source that declines to be identified for a story.

What is an anonymous source?

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