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Ethics
Understanding News
Gathering News
Writing News
Writing News 2
100
The Journalist's responsibility.
What is to report the truth?
100
A breaking news story.
What is hard news?
100
Non-reputable internet sites.
What is .com?
100
All articles need this.
What is the focus statement?
100
The guiding principles of writing news.
What is the focus question and focus statement?
200
Guide journalists in the pursuit of truth.
What is the need for ethics?
200
Human interest stories.
What is soft news?
200
Two reputable internet sites.
What is .gov and .edu?
200
Breaking news is written in this style.
What is the inverted news pyramid?
200
Rick Bragg writes in this style.
What is narrative style?
300
Printing false statements about someone.
What is libel?
300
News must be fact, but not all facts are news.
What is the first point of news definitions?
300
A list that contains a contact in every major category.
What is a beat lists?
300
The type of news lead that goes with inverted news pyramid or modified inverted pyramid.
What is news summary lead?
300
The type of news lead that goes with narrative stories.
What is soft or indirect news lead?
400
Journalist's never ending balancing act.
What is the balance between fact and entertainment?
400
Two facts necessary to news, interest and importance, are not always synonymous.
What is the final point in the news definitions.
400
The three main ways that journalists gather news.
What is in person, on the internet, and beat lists?
400
The most common article structure.
What is lead, transition, quote, transition, quote, closing?
400
Every word of the article should go along with this.
What is the focus statement?
500
The four topics discussed in newsroom planning processes.
What is analyze potential, consider angles, decide on sources, evaluate bias?
500
Rick Bragg's Tornado story.
What is both hard and soft news?
500
Four tips for conducting a successful interview.
What is dress professionally, look someone in the eye, do not ask yes or no questions, and be personable?
500
How the modified pyramid is different than the inverted news pyramid style.
What is beginning with the news summary lead and then stepping back to fill in background information?
500
The number one thing you must be careful of in writing news.
What is bias?