History
Principles of Journalism
Vocabulary
Elements Of The News
Extra Credit
100
This German inventor improved on the printing press and his version contributed to The Protestant Reformation and The Scientific Revolution.
Johannes Guttenberg
100
This first principe of Journalism states: journalists should be as transparent as possible about sources and methods…
The obligation to the truth.
100
Advertising revenue
Money made from selling advertisements.
100
An article reporting about an event three weeks after it has happens isn't very...
Timely
100
The relationship between an out let's circulation/unique hits/ratings and its advertising revenue can be described as__________.
Codependent
200
This cheap type of newspaper allowed information to be more accessible to the working class.
The Penny Press
200
Whom must journalist always be loyal to?
Their readers.
200
Circulation
The number of copies of a print publication sold.
200
Smaller unknown outlets are sometimes able to offer more information about an event than large outlets because of their...
Proximity
200
Twitter was the first outlet to report coverage about this country's revolution.
Egypt
300
One of two countries credited with first creating movable type.
China or Korea
300
Each journalist must use their own?
Conscience or morality
300
Journalese
The style of writing with the characteristics of newspapers.
300
Michael Jackson's death was covered by so many media outlets because of his_________ as an entertainer.
Prominence
300
Which two departments within a media outlet are kept separate?
Advertising and writers
400
A type of prehistoric communication which is considered to be the earliest form of journalism.
Cave drawings
400
Why is it important that facts be verified?
To insure they are true.
400
Jargon
The language used for a particular activity or by a particular group of people.
400
A story which effects thousands of people is said to be a story of ___________
Consequence
400
FOXNEWS is an example of a media outlet with what?
A bias-it often reports a conservative point of view.
500
Which legal document grants various legal rights to journalists
The First Amendment
500
What do people mean when they say journalists are watchdogs?
They are able to call attention to wrong doing and illegal activities.
500
demographic
the study of changes (such as the number of births, deaths, marriages, and illnesses) that occur over a period of time in human populations; also : a set of such changes
500
A story centered around ordinary people is said to be this type of story.
Human interest
500
What is a unique hit?
A term used to identify individual visits to a website.