Easy
How do you define the word Reporting?
Finding information and getting that information out to the public
Whats the four different types of questions commonly asked by journalists..?
Close-ended questions
Open-ended questions
Questions for information
Questions for emotion
True or False: Journalists have to report the news fairly and accurately
TRUE
MOST NEWSWORTHY INFORMATION
Name at least 4 different kinds of stories that use the Inverted pyramid.
CRIME
CRASHES
FINES
COURT VERDICTS
ELECTION RESULTS
SPORT RESULTS
BREAKING NEWS
BUSINESS ANOUNCEMENTS
How do you define the word interviewing?
Asking questions and finding out the answers
There is informational types of questions and ___ questions.
Emotional
True or False: Journalists report the news chronologically
FALSE BAHHAHAA
Whats in the middle of the inverted pyramid?
IMPORTANT DETAILS
What is attribution in a news story?
Information tied to a reliable source
What do u need to be a good interviewer?
Curiosity
Why is news reported by journalists?
To share information with people who cant be there to witness it..
Whats the name of the structure that Journalists use when writing stories?
Inverted pyramid
Whats the bottom of the inverted pyramid about??
OTHER BACKGROUND DETAILS
Which kind of lede begins with an interesting example that demonstrates the story's theme and then follows it up with the nutgraph?
DELAYED
Ledes should be a maximum of of how many words?
25 WORDS
Ledes should always include which three "W" questions?
What?
When?
Where?
Why do journalists use quotations in their stories?
Quotes add authority to a story and personality features
When writing a suspense lede, how soon after the lede should you relieve your readers suspense?
The next sentence
True or False: Its important to always include complete proper names of news subjects in the ledes
FALSE
What the definition of transcription?
The process of converting spoken language into text
True or False: When doing an interview, you don't have to let the subject know your recording
FALSE
List 5 tips for transcription that we discussed in class
Use headphones
mark quotes
break audio into sections
rewind and check for accuracy
questions in bold
transcribe accurately
What do u put in the middle of the inverted pyramid?
Quotes, statistics, things that add substance to the story
What do you put in the top of the inverted pyramid?
What? When? Who? Why? Where? How?