Publishing
History
Format
Writing
News In A Click
100
the person, site, document, or book you got your information from.
What is a source
100
she entered an asylum undercover and created a new kind of news writer
Who is Nellie Bly
100
where all the important publication information about the newspaper is printed
What is a masthead
100
giving credit to the person who supplied you with information (typically in quote form)
What is attribution
100
the poll question currently on the NIAC website
What is "What is your favorite thing to do on Valentine's Day?"
200
rules for a newspaper’s use of grammar, punctuation, and usage
What is AP style
200
Refers to sensational stories and "scare" headlines
What is yellow journalism
200
a large headline that extends across a page, used for very important information
What is a banner
200
process of going through a story word for word, line by line, looking for mistakes
What is proofing
200
this is News In A Click's first tweet
What is "Hello Twitter! This is the official account for the @FLVS student newspaper, News In A Click. Visit our website at http://niac.flvs.net."
300
the act of looking up the names of specific people and places and anything else you are presenting as fact to be sure you are stating the truth
What is fact-checking
300
James Gordon Bennett created the New York Herald and, in turn, coined this term
What is penny press
300
an explanation of a photo or other graphic
What is a cutline or caption
300
the opening sentence or paragraph
What is a lead/lede
300
this is where you'll find the author of a story
What is byline
400
preparing an article for publication by looking for errors, altering content, and checking for plagiarism
What is editing
400
Published in 1690, it was considered America's first newspaper
What is Publick Occurances
400
a story that expresses an opinion
What is an editorial
400
how you approach the story
What is angle
400
all the means of mass communication
What is media
500
reporting, gathering, writing, editing, and presenting news
What is journalism
500
One of the two most prolific newspaper publishers at the turn of the 20th century
Who is William Randolph Hearst or Joseph Pulitzer
500
a different style of article, typically done with interactive content and/or graphics
What is an ASF/Alternative Story Format
500
The format used to write news articles, where all the important information is up front
What is the inverted pyramid
500
These items impact the quality of a news story and help determine the reader interest
What is impact, timeliness, proximity, prominence, unualness / bizarre, conflict, and currency
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