She walked (TOWARD, TOWARDS) the burning building.
What is TOWARD?
100
The movie is (TITLED, ENTITLED) "Marvel's The Avengers."
What is TITLED?
100
This New York Times writer failed to engage in ethical actions when reporting and was fired for it. He later wrote a book about the experience.
Who is Jayson Blair?
100
This is a falsehood that is published and distributed causing harm to a person's reputation.
What is libel?
100
This is an alternative name for public relations, because public relations has a public relations problem.
What is strategic communications?
200
There were (OVER, MORE THAN) 500 people at the rally.
What is MORE THAN?
200
This is the reason you use a singular pronoun when describing a group, the faculty or a team.
What is a collective noun?
200
This reporter for The New Republic made up stories and was fired. He later wrote a book about the experience and called it a novel.
Who is Stephen Glass?
200
This is what public figures, public officials, celebrities, prominent private citizens and public figures for limited purpose must prove to win a libel case.
What is actual malice?
200
This news value trumps all others when writing for broadcast.
What is timeliness?
300
Because of this rule you never follow an organization's name with an acronym of that name in parentheses.
What is avoiding awkward constructions?
300
She is going (THEIR, THERE, THEY'RE.) to see an adviser.
What is T-H-E-R-E?
300
Minimizing harm, acting independently, being accountable, and seeking the truth and reporting it.
What are the four basic concepts in the SPJ Code of Ethics?
300
This is the lower standard for proving libel in a case involving a private person.
What is negligence?
300
When someone says something unique. When someone says something memorable. When someone important says something important.
What is when to use a direct quote?
400
For double digit numbers you always use numerals in reporting.
What is the fundamental rule on numbers?
400
He answered a question on people (THAT, WHO) own at least three exotic animals.
What is WHO?
400
As an ethicist, you are concerned with the end results of your actions. If you get the desired result, whatever steps you took were ethcially OK.
What is a teleological ethicist?
400
Samuel Warren and Louis Brandeis first described this in an article in the Harvard Law Review in 1890.
What is the right to privacy?
400
Name spelling, addresses, birth date, visitation, funeral time and occupation are among these items.
What are the items to verify when writing an obituary?
500
This is the reason a name is set off by commas in copy.
What is a nonessential clause?
500
Be sure you (CITE, SITE, SIGHT) your source.
What is CITE?
500
Describe the ethicist whose biggest concern is in adhering to your duty.
What is a deontologist?
500
This claim under the right to privacy was ruled unconstitutional in Colorado in the Denver Publishing Co. vs. Bueno case in 2002.
What is false light?
500
Journalists can use this schematic to analyze and resolve ethical problems.