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Common (eh, Comma) Knowledge
100

One of three SOJC professors teaching Reporting 2 in the winter. 

Who is Peter Laufer/Scott Maier/Damian Radcliffe?

100

The part of a feature story that comes after the nut graph but before the kicker.

What is the exposition?

100

In his story about the 40th anniversary of Animal House, Dylan Darling of the Register-Guard writes about how the UO was the site of this fictional college.

What is Faber College?


100

She was questioned by the U.S. Senate regarding allegations she made against Brett Kavanaugh. 

Who is Christine Blasey Ford?

100

The kid was born on September 3, 1989 to a mom and dad who were endlessly happy. 

What is a missing comma after 1989?

200

The country where Juan-Carlos Molleda emigrated from.

What is Venezuela?

200

That's an appositive.

What is a noun or noun phrase that is situated near another noun and provides added information?

200

He is the anchor of the ABC Evening News. 

Who is David Muir?

200

The number of US senate seats that the Republicans now control. 

What is 53?

200

"We'll eat dinner," said the president, "We always eat when the moon hits the sky like a big pizza pie."

What is the comma after president should be a period? 

300

A portion of the the first amendment -- the part where it speaks of Congress not making a "law abridging..the freedom of the press" -- can be seen in this part of Allen Hall. 

What is above the entrance to Allen near the School of Design?

300

The author of a richly reported story about Dylan Roof, which won a Pulitzer Prize. 

Who is Rachel Ghansah?

300

In October the UO broke ground on this building. 

What is the Black Cultural Center?

300

Number of people killed in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. 

What is 12?

300

J.K. Rowling who was born in 1965 is the author of the Harry Potter series. 

What is needing a comma after Rowling and after 1965?

400

Peter Laufer, one of the SOJC profs teaching Reporting 2 next term, recently published a book on this topic. 

What are turtles?

400

Some of the reasons a writer would use a quote? 

What are 

  • Quotes insert real people into your stories
  • They enliven and humanize stories
  • They add opinion and emotion.
  • They add detail and drama
  • Adds credibility. It is not the reporter saying something; it is someone who supposedly knows what he or she is talking about.
400

The program that Mike Wallace appeared on for more than four decades. 

What is 60 Minutes?

400

Kate Brown was reelected governor of Oregon by winning this percentage of the popular vote. 

What is 50.8 percent?

400

“The premise of the bill is that our criminal justice system at the federal level is unfair and that sentences are unfair” Republican Sen. John Kennedy said. “To me, the premise has not been proven.”

What is you need a comma after unfair?

500

This series brings in guest speakers to discuss issues critical to the study of journalism. 

What is Demystifying the Media?

500

Her reporting exposed some really bad things about Harvey Weinstein. 

Who is Jodi Kantor of the New York Times?

500

The editor of the Washington Post when "Jimmy's World" was published.

Who is Ben Bradlee?

500

The company that recently said it would stop selling mango, fruit, creme and cucumber pod flavors in stores.

What is Juul? 

500

Later, at a Christmas-themed rally in Biloxi, where Trump emerged on the stage from a chimney, he said that Democrats want to impose an, “extreme job-killing agenda” and that a vote for Espy would be a vote for a, “Democrat agenda of socialism and open borders”. 

What are you have to remove the comma "an" and the comma after 'a', and move the period inside the quote mark?

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