Journalism Skills
What are the "five senses" you should use when writing a newspaper article?
Sight, smell, taste, touch, and sound.
The line of text that titles an article with big, eye-catching font.
What is "headline"?
Jeff Bezos owns this newspaper primarily servicing the DMV area.
What is The Washington Post?
What is wrong with this sentence:
"I don't want to go camping", said Tiffany.
What is the comma?
These are the five "W" questions you should answer in an article.
What is Who, What, Where, When, and Why. (Don't forget "How" as well!)
A way to describe a news story that is still developing.
This New York City-based newspaper was founded in 1851.
What is The New York Times?
What's wrong with this sentence:
The Boston Globe has won a total of twenty-seven Pulitzer Prizes.
What is The Boston Globe not being italicized?
A regular article in a publication that covers a certain topic.
What is a "column"?
The Sun and The National Enquirer are half-broadsheet in size and cover more sensationalized, pop-culture topics. They are examples of newspapers known as this word beginning with the letter T.
What are "tabloids"?
This comma is the second comma in a list of three:
"I like dogs, cats, and horses."
NOT "I like dogs, cats and horses."
What is the Oxford comma?
Be quick and get this exclusive story! (I.e. this is what an exclusive story is called).
What is a "scoop"?
A type of article that is opinionated and presents a point of view.
What is "editorial"?
This Boston-based newspaper has a spherical name!
What is The Boston Globe?
Use showing, not telling, to change this sentence from passive voice to active voice:
Richard was angry.
[Student response]
Ethical journalism remains neutral and factual; it lacks this type of prejudice.
What is "bias"?
What is a "byline"?
This Chicago-based newspaper tried going to a half-broadsheet for newsstands, but caved under backlash.
What is The Chicago Tribune?
What should be corrected in this sentence? (More than one thing!)
I go to the park everyday, there are swans in it's lake.
I go to the park every day; there are swans in its lake.