News Value
Media Law & Ethics
Proving and Defending Libel
Journalist's Rights
Photojournalism
100
Newness of an event.
What is timeliness?
100
Verbal defamation of a person's character
What is slander?
100
Proof of a compromised character.
What is proof of defamation?
100
Granted by the First Amendment.
What is the freedom of speech and press?
100
Not too cluttered.
What is keep it simple?
200
The closeness of an event.
What is proximity?
200
Written defamation of a person's character.
What is libel?
200
Information was accurate.
What is defending with accuracy (truth)?
200
Journalists are given the right to this, which allows them to appeal any action that compromises their First Amendement rights.
What is due process?
200
Using this rule allows you to eliminate extra space in the photo.
What is fill the frame?
300
Obama is seen playing basketball in New York City.
What is prominence?
300
The tarnishing of a person's reputation.
What is defamation?
300
Producing the offending publication.
What is proving with publication?
300
This Amendment grants a journalist the right to Due Process.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
300
A telephone pole that seems to be coming out of your subject's head.
What is awkward mergers/cuts?
400
A donkey was seen running wild through the halls of PHS.
What is oddity?
400
The Forum Press purposely publishes an article which defames specific teachers despite a written request to NOT print, and the knowledge that the information was false.
What is actual malice?
400
Information was printed without further and adequate investigation.
What is proving with fault?
400
This Amendement prevents the state from taking action against a journalist's First Amendment rights.
What is the 14th Amendment?
400
Shooting the swim team in the pool.
What is enhanced posed shots?
500
The main water supply to Paramus citizens has been tainted by a gasoline spill.
What is consequence?
500
True or False: Private figures need to prove actual malice to win a libel case.
What is false?
500
Besides truth, these two things can be used as a defense to a libel case.
What is privilege and fair comment/opinion?
500
Besides speech and press, the First Amendment also grants these rights to all citizens of the United States. (Bonus Question - not on exam)
What is religion, peaceful assembly, and the right to petition the government?
500
Allowing the reader to fully understand the context of the photo; avoiding putting a subject in front of a white wall.
What is giving meaning to the image?