Dirty 30
News Source Abbreviations
Famous SMAD Alums
Journalism Movies
Famous News Shows
100
If you have ever ran a business, you know how long the hours can be.
What is ran should be run (a "have, "has" or "had" puts it in the "past-plus" tense)
100
CNN
What is CABLE NEWS NETWORK
100
This alum went from "The Sports Machine" to "Sportscenter".
Who is Lindsay Czarniak.
100
Ron Burgundy is San Diego's top rated newsman in the male-dominated broadcasting of the 70's, but that's all about to change for Ron and his cronies when an ambitious woman is hired as a new anchor.
What is Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
100
A morning news television show on ABC.
What is Good Morning America.
200
Despite what people think, there's plenty of students who have never cheated.
What is there's should be there are (this cures a singular-plural disagreement "there is" is singular; "students" is plural)
200
NEWS
What is NORTH EAST WEST SOUTH
200
This alum started off in SMAD wanting to be the next big thing in radio. He's now CNN's senior White House correspondent.
Who is Jim Acosta.
200
Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance in this Orson Welles film.
What is Citizen Kane
200
Late-night television news program broadcasted by ABC that covers in-depth reporting on today's major news stories.
What is Nightline.
300
They've been close since they met as roommates their freshmen year.
What is freshmen should be freshman (Freshman is a singular noun OR an adjective that can apply to a million people. Freshmen is a plural noun, only.)
300
ABC
What is AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANY
300
For 30 years this SMAD grad stalked the sidelines of the world's major sporting events taking pictures for Sports Illustrated, The Sporting News and the New York Times.
Who is Bob Leverone.
300
The true story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was found he had fabricated over half of his articles.
What is Shattered Glass
300
CNN television news show that touches on the host's take on the world and media and offers in-depth coverage of justice, politics, health, and pop culture.
What is Anderson Cooper 360 (AC360).
400
Her mother phoned the Smith's house to see if her daughter was there.
What is Smith's should be Smiths'. (first make it plural, then make it possessive. It's not one Smith's house, it's all the Smiths' house.)
400
CBS
What is COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM
400
This Pulitzer Prize winning Philadelphia Inquirer reporter graduated from JMU in 1982.
Who is Jeff Gammage.
400
A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.
What is Frost/ Nixon
400
This show was the first of its genre on American television and in the world, and is the fifth-longest-running American television series.
What is the Today Show.
500
He showed his trainees the color coded wires and pointed out the high voltage line. (2)
What is color coded should be color-coded and high voltage should be high-voltage (any two or more words that together modify the same noun should be hyphenated.)
500
BBC
What is BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION
500
SMAD grad Jason McIntyre '00 created this blog that was later bought by USA Today for a reported 30 million dollars.
What is "Big Lead Sports".
500
When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the congressman, his old college friend.
What is State of Play
500
American Sunday morning political interview show on the CBS television network.
What is Face the Nation.
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