Interviewing
The News Anatomy
News Determinants
The Lead
100

What is the first step in interviewing? 

What is Determining the purpose of the interview

100

A line indicating who wrote the story

What is a Byline

100

A term that is used to determine whether a topic is interesting enough for people to want to or need to know about it.

What is Newsworthiness

100

the opening to your news story

What is the Lead

200

In preparing for an interview you should make a list of this...

What is Questions to ask

200

Breaking news stories that contain timely and relevant information

What is hard news

200

The act of determining which stories are news worthy

What is GateKeeping

200

The W's

What is Who, what, where, when, and how

300

While in the interview you should be

What is taking notes and writing answers

300

A brief description underneath a photo that explains what is happening in the photo

What is a Caption

300

How recent the news event is

What is Timeliness

300

After you’ve written the lead, you’ll include secondary important information

What is how and why
400

The name of this involves a shape and helps your organize information for your news story

What is an Inverted Pyramid

400

A continuation line that appears at the end of a story on a page that directs readers to the rest of the story on another page

What is a jumpline

400

Stories that directly impact or affect your readers have significant news value

What is Consequence/Impact

400

The lead should

What is hook the readers and make them interested in the story

500

When preparing to write your news story, this is something you should write word for word

What is Quotes

500

The top of the newspaper that includes general information about the newspaper. It will typically contain the newspaper name, publisher, date, and more

What is the Masthead

500

Events closer to home are more newsworthy than events taking place far away

What is Proximity

500

Information found at the bottom of the Inverted Pyramid

What is Least Important information

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