1st Amendment/ Ethics/ Interviews
True or False
Giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation is not a form of plagiarism.
False
True or False
A news lead is one way to start a feature story.
False
A feature story should have an indirect lead.
What is the difference between news and feature writing?
Lead
Direct Quotes
Conclusion
Third Person
Features have a conclusion.
Writing that has no bias.
What is Objective writing?
True or False
The movie Citizen Cane was Joseph Pulitzer.
False
It was William Randolph Hearst
A written/recorded documentation meant to harm the reputation of another.
What is Libel?
True or False
All of the information for a story should come from the quotes and sources, not the writer.
True
The writer is just the medium used to pass on the information given by the sources.
What acronym can be used to ensure a good feature story?
GQ STUDD
Great Quotes
Strong Lead
Transition/Quote Formula
Unique Angle
Description- Show, don't tell
Details
The beginning of a story in Journalism that draws in the reader.
What are Leads (Leddes)?
Who owned the New York World in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
Joseph Pulitzer
Making something a person did legally theirs.
What is Copyright?
It ties the end of the news story back to the lead.
What is Clincher?
A summary of what the feature story is going to be about, why it is important.
What is the Nut Graph.
Writing as though from outside the story, using words such as he, she, they, etc.
What is 3rd Person Point of View?
What medium can be considered the TV of the 1920s?
Radio
A paper with questions to be handed out to a large group of people for surveys or stories.
What is a Questionnaire?
A paragraph that helps keep the story flowing. They can be facts or indirect quotes keeping the story going from one quote to the next.
What are Transitions?
Bonus and x2 question:
Name the six types of leads used for a feature story.
Narrative
Descriptive
Direct Quote
Startling Statement
Twist
Compare/ Contrast
What was the significance of Grover's Mill?
It was the town feature in Orsen Welles radio play War of the Worlds.
During WWII, it was acceptable by the people not to get the Whole Truth.
True
People knew how bad the war was, so they didn't need to hear all of it.
What is the difference between an open and closed forum?
Open- cannot be censored from an outside source.
Closed- can be censored from an outside source (such as the principal)
What is the magic number of words for a paragraph?
17
Bonus:
Describe the steps involved in writing a feature story, along with details of each step.
Indirect lead
Nut Graph
Quote/ Transition formula
End with either a strong quote or going back to the lead.
Bonus:
Describe the types and ways in which news was provided during the 1920s to the 1950s that differed from the past.
(essay question)
Radio was the TV of the 1920s.
Newsreels were presented at the theaters before the movies.
What was the Fireside Chat?
A radio show FDR did every Sunday to address the nation about the New Deal.