Vocabulary
History of Journalism
Theme & Voice
Interviewing
News & Feature Stories
100

Journalism that crusades for social justice or to expose wrong doing.

What is muckraking?

100

This guarantees freedom of the press in the United States.

What is the First Amendment?

100

The cover, title page, and divider pages are all where this component of a yearbook are seen.

What is the theme?

100

You should write roughly this many questions when preparing for an interview.

What is 7 to 10?

100

Describe the difference between a news report and a feature story.

What is news reports what happened in a timely manner, but features focus on the personal and are less timely?

200

A service that provides, for a fee, news from around the world to publications that subscribe to it.

What is wire service?

200

The first television broadcast was in this year:

What is 1920?

200

Define theme

What is the verbal and visual design which sets the scene for the story of the year?

200
You should only ask this type of question in an interview.

What is open-ended?

200

"A dog bit a man" is a headline from this type of story.

What is news?

300

Early American newspapers that aligned themselves with one political party.

What is partisan press?

300

The famous female editor of the Boston Transcript

Who is Cornelia Walter?

300

These elements help develop the theme of the yearbook each year.

What is photos and graphics, color, font, and story content?

300
Researching and developing questions are key parts of...

What is preparing for an interview?

300

"First aid tips for treating dog bites," and "Dog attacks are on the rise, why?" are headlines for this type of story?

What is feature?

400

A sensational brand of journalism given to hoaxes, altered photographs, screaming headlines, frauds, and endless promotions of the newspapers themselves.

What is yellow journalism?
400

The name of the first newspaper ever published in the United States.

What is Publick Occurrences?

400

The yearbook’s attitude or personality.

What is voice?

400

Which of the following is an example of an open-ended question?

  • Do you like to play football?
  • Describe how it felt when you made the winning touchdown?
  • Where do you live?
  • Where do you want to go to college?

What is 

  • Describe how it felt when you made the winning touchdown?
400

A lifestyle story covers these topics.

What is issues and trends affecting the mind and body?

500

Define Penny Press:

What is newspapers, from the mid-19th century, that were filled with news and read by a mass audience, included advertising, and sold for a penny?

500

This principle of libel law was established through the case of John Peter Zenger

What is truth is not libel?
500

The theme must be these two things:

What is unique to the school and unique to the year?

500

Which of the following is an example of a closed-ended question?

  • Explain your thought process when you are preparing for a concert?
  • Who is your inspiration and why?
  • What instrument do you play?
  • How are you adapting to life in the spotlight?

What is 

  • What instrument do you play?
500

Diet, exercise, and medical advice are covered in this type of feature story.

What is health?

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