These are five qualities that make a story newsworthy.
What are timeliness, proximity, unusual nature, human interest, conflict, impact, helpfulness, celebrities, entertainment, issues or problems, trends.
100
Journalists can use information that has already been published in news stories. Any information that has already been published is called this. Hint: You know this from English class too.
What is a secondary source
100
The best quote you gather during the reporting process should be used as what in your news story.
What is the lead quote
100
The most common hard news story structure
What is the inverted pyramid
100
"She handed out brownies to the children stored in tupperware." This sentence contains this grammatical error.
What is a misplaced modifier
200
This protects the rights of a free and independent press in the U.S.
What is the First Amendment to the Constitution
200
True or False: It is OK to edit quotes from sources if the quotes contain inflammatory information or grammatically incorrect language.
What is true.
200
Printing false or damaging information that can be legally prosecuted.
What is libel.
200
A type of lead that explains how readers will be affected by an issue
What is an impact lead or the "you" lead
200
"The Humane Society is sponsoring a pet walkathon Sunday, walkers need not bring a pet to participate."
This sentence contains this grammatical error.
What is a comma splice
300
Two main types of leads.
What is Summary and Delayed
300
This term describes how journalists identify the source of their information in an article.
What is attribution
300
A story source might say this during an interview. This phrase means you cannot use the information in your article unless you verify it with another source.
What is "off the record"
300
Hard or breaking news leads try to answer which five questions?
What is "who, what, when, where and why?"
300
"The Council filed their report this morning."
This sentence contains an error and should be written this way.
What is "The Council filed its report this morning."
400
Jargon for news that has happened recently and is thus worth publishing.
What is timeliness
400
The three basic components of the "inverted pyramid" news model.
What are lede, nut graf, attribution
400
Direct quotes should absolutely be used when
What is the writer cannot write it better himself/herself. Or
the quote contains controversial, accusatory or emotional language.
400
Descriptive or narrative leads are often used to introduce this type of story.
What is a soft news story or a feature story.
400
"Give the information to Steve or myself."
This sentence contains an error and should be written this way.
What is "Give the information to Steve or me."
500
A type of news that is deliberately biased or slanted toward one viewpoint
What is propaganda
500
True or false: The contents of hard news should consist mainly of attributed material from sources.
What is true
500
News writers are expected to leave personal bias out of their news articles to achieve this standard.
What is objectivity
500
The name of the type of lead that tells a story.
What is an anecdotal lead
500
"Preston says nobody seems to know who to call for information."
This sentence contains an error and should be written this way.
What is "Preston says nobody seems to know whom to call for information."