NTDaily Trivia
These are the sections featured in the NTDaily.
What are News, Arts & Life, Dose, Sports and Opinion?
The first sentence of a hard-news story.
What is a lede?
What category does this fall under?: Never plagiarize. Always attribute.
What is seek truth and report it?
He was the publisher of the New York World, and he was known as the best yellow journalist.
Who was Joseph Pulitzer?
How do you write a percentage in an article?
What is the word percent spelled out?
The year of the NTDaily's first publication.
When is 1916?
A reporter's specialized area of coverage based on geography or topic.
What is a beat?
What category does this fall under?: Take responsibility for the accuracy of their work. Verify information before releasing it. Use original sources whenever possible.
What is Seek Truth and
Report It?
What was one of the biggest, influential African-American newspapers?
What is "The Chicago Defender?"
How would you refer to the University of North Texas in an article? As if you are writing for the NTDaily.
What is the university?
The host's of thr NTDailys "Daily's Dose" podcast.
Who are Samantha Thornfelt and Maddie Moore?
Reporting all relevant sides of an issue and presenting them equally.
What is fairness and balance in journalism?
What category does this fall under?: Balance the public’s need for information against potential harm or discomfort. Pursuit of the news is not a license for arrogance or undue intrusiveness.
What is minimize harm?
In the mid 19th century, Benjamin Day founded the "New York Sun" and sold it for a penny. Others soon imitated this new type of paper; which was filled with news, achieved a mass audience, and carried advertising.
What is a Penny Press?
What is used as a joiner mainly to avoid ambiguity or to form a single idea from two or more words.
What is a hyphen?
The original name of the NTDaily.
What is The Campus Chat?
A sensationalized style of reporting practiced by Pulitzer and Hearst in the late 1890s.
What is yellow journalism?
What category does this fall under?: Avoid conflicts of interest, real or perceived. Disclose unavoidable conflicts.
What is act independently?
This group was founded in 1848 as a non-profit news-gathering entity.
What is the Associated Press (AP)?
What comes before names and titles that are more than five words when attributing a quote?
What is said?
This story was featured on the front page of the first spring 2023 edition of the NTDaily.
What is UNT bans TikTok on campus?
The amount of total space available after an advertisement has been blocked out in print journalism.
What is a news hole?
What category does this fall under?: Explain ethical choices and processes to audiences. Encourage a civil dialogue with the public about journalistic practices, coverage and news content.
What is be accountable and transparent?
What were two of the largest Hispanic newspapers?
What are "El Diario-La Presna" in New York City, and "Diario Los Americas" in Miami?
An abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word.
What is an acronym?