Profile Stories
One essential goal of a profile story is to ______?
Develop a 'visual picture' of the person you're writing about.
Where should attributions go in broadcast writing?
Attributions should go first in a lead sentence.
Cultural __________ in media encompasses the representation of different cultural, ethnic, and social groups across various media platforms.
diversity
A false statement that harms the reputation of a person, business, or organization. It's a civil wrong, and the person who is defamed can sue the person who made the defamatory statement.
What is libel?
People who give reporters information but do not allow the publication of their names
What are anonymous sources?
When interviewing someone for a profile you should be ______?
Diplomatic but probing.
In broadcast writing, each sentence should be brief and contain only ________ idea
one
___________ refers to the way media outlets and content creators unfairly or disproportionately represent or portray women and men, often perpetuating stereotypes and reinforcing societal inequalities.
Gender bias
A type of intellectual property law that protects original works of authorship.
What is copyright law?
The inverted pyramid is the favored form for ________ stories because the main idea is in the lead for the first few paragraphs.
What are online stories?
When writing a profile it is import to look for ______?
The experiences in a subject's life that make them unique.
Most broadcast stories have to fit into ________ (how many) seconds.
30, 60, or 90 seconds
Language that creates sexual stereotypes or implies that one gender is superior to another is often called _______?
Sexist
Copyright law protects the way works are expressed, including ___________
What are literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works? This includes books, plays, music, lyrics, paintings, sculptures, video games, movies, sound recordings, and software.
Brief, simple sentences of less than 10 words preceding a story are called _________?
What are headlines?
When writing a profile story, you should avoid writing the story in a _________ format or structure. i
Chronological
Broadcast writing style should be ________?
Conversational
What is the mission of multiculturalism in media writing?
To critically investigate the powerful and give voice to the powerless.
A spoken or verbal statement that seeks to harm and individual's reputation is _________?
What is slander?
Research suggests that ___________ hyperlinks when writing online stories help readers because they can return to story after they are done.
What is embedding?
The most effective profile stories are written ________?
Nonlinearly: Your approach should be a discontinuous portrayal of dramatic events that the audience can piece together.
What are the four Cs of Broadcasting writing?
Multiculturalism is a the normative concept that includes ___________.
An appreciation of cultural diversity.
A written defamation of a person's character, reputation, business, or property rights.
What is libel?
All forms of media writing should answer the __________?
What is the " why " we should care?