News
He's the premier of Newfoundland & Labrador.
Who is Andrew Furey?
The writing style bible used for this course and the journalism program.
What is the Canadian Press (CP) style guide?
What are the Five 'Ws?
This "timely" story structure is best suited for stories that follow a chronology?
What is the hourglass (structure)?
It's the capital of Nigeria.
What is Lagos?
He's the MHA for Lake Melville who keeps getting into trouble.
Who is Perry Trimper?
A handy book or on-line source for finding great words to replace dull words.
What is a thesaurus?
It's the opposite of an open-ended question.
What is a close-ended (or closed) question?
A boy catching a record-breaking catfish would be an example of this kind of story.
What is a human interest story?
It's an unconscious error in logic and thinking that is irrational and affects all of us.
What is cognitive bias?
She is the Chief Medical Officer for Newfoundland and Labrador.
Who is Janice Fitpatrick?
It's when you write about your own thoughts, beliefs and perspectives for a newspaper.
What is an opinion column? (OR: What is opinion writing?)
He is the brilliant but somewhat dry, veteran Canadian journalist who wrote the book on interviewing and now works for ESPN.
Who is John Sawatsky?
It's when the shape of the story makes it easy for an editor to cut the story from the bottom.
What is the inverted pyramid story form?
When you seek out information that confirms your opinion and dismiss information that questions it.
What is 'confirmation' bias?
This close friend and former lawyer for Donald Trump has tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 36 hours.
Who is Rudy Giuliani?
Timeliness, Consequence, Conflict, Human Interest, Prominence, Proximity, Progress, Suspense, Singularity.
What are examples of news pegs or hooks?
He's the obnoxious (note spelling) fellow who used to work for CNN, and is now a TV broadcasting "journalist" in UK. "More....or LESS?"
Who is Pierce Morgan?
A reporter going LIVE on the radio outside a house fire that started within the last hour or so is this kind of news.
What is 'hard' news? (Could be breaking).
What Mike was missing.
What is his head?
It's the number of new Covid-19 cases reported in Newfoundland and Labrador yesterday.
What is four?
Getting it right, being 100 % correct about the facts, revising and double checking every sentence. One of the most important attributes for a journalist.
What is accuracy?
While interviewing a mother who lost her son in train crash you feel her emotional agony while she answers your questions.
What is empathy?
It took months of sifting through documents and speaking to dozens of witnesses before finally getting lawyers to approve this series of exclusive stories.
What is investigative journalism?
It's the time of day next week that both of Anthony's exams start next week?
What is 9:30 AM?