History of Journalism
Editing Marks
Layout
Newspaper Sections
Interviewing
100
This is the name of the first American newspaper.
What is Publick Occurrences?
100
This editing mark means to add a space between two letters.
What is a slash between two letters?
100
This contains a newspaper's name and important publishing information.
What is a masthead?
100
"Dear Abby" would be found here.
What is the advice section?
100
These two types of questions should always be avoided.
What are yes/no and "est" questions?
200
This is the year that the first American newspaper was published.
What is 1690?
200
Use this mark to indicate that a letter should be made lower case.
What is a slash through a letter?
200
The information posted to the left and right of a newspaper's title is referred to as these.
What are ears?
200
An article about your city's new garbage contract would be found here.
What is the local news section?
200
These are the four stock questions.
What is "How did you start?" "What were your goals?" "What were your obstacles?" "How did you finish? or "What's next?"
300
This is the name of the newspaper that carried the "by authority" tag.
What is the Boston Newsletter?
300
Use this mark to indicate that a letter should be capitalized.
What is a set of three lines under a letter?
300
Photographs in newspapers are often referred to as these.
What are cuts?
300
This is where you can find great deals on Mediterranean cruises.
What is the travel section?
300
This is the only time when information is officially considered "off the record."
What is when the journalist agrees to it being off the record?
400
The trial of John Peter Zenger established that truth is a defense against this.
What is "libel"?
400
Use this mark to indicate that a gap between two words or letters should be deleted.
What is a set of horizontal brackets?
400
Captions are often referred to as these.
What are cut lines?
400
This is the section where you would find editorials and letters to the editor.
What is the opinion section?
400
These are the two ways to get the most accurate information during an interview.
What are develop a short-hand note-taking system and use a tape recorder (not recommended in most situations)
500
The First Amendment strips congress of this.
What is the right to prohibit an individual's free speech?
500
This mark means that text should be deleted?
What is a line with a curly-Q?
500
The center spread of a newspaper is called this.
What is a truck?
500
This section is where you can find a piece on National League batting averages.
What is the sports section?
500
This is the most important question to answer in a personality profile interview.
What is "Who is this person?"
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