Rules of the Road
The Boston Globe
Online Journalism/
National News
Miscellaneous
Harvard Trivia
100
Unless a source specifies otherwise, what they say is _________________.
What is on the record?
100
Which of the Globe's competitors uses its printing presses to print their newspapers?
What is The Boston Herald?
100
Which national news company on the wall is online only?
What is Buzzfeed?
100
Name two adjectives that describe how news writing should be?
What is objective/non-biased/direct/simple?
100
Who is Harvard's rival school?
What is Yale?
200
At The Crimson, we use a source's _________,__________, and __________ on first reference.
What is first name, last name, and middle initial?
200
Name one of the stories discussed for the front page of the Globe in yesterday's meeting?
What is deflategate/Boston Public Market/Olympics?
200
Name one way in which a newspaper could promote itself online?
What is use social media?
200
What do we call an opinionated piece in a newspaper?
What is an editorial?
200
Harvard's mascot is _________.
What is The Crimson?
300
If you cannot print what a source says, but you can use it to gather other information, then what they say is _______________.
What is on background?
300
Who won The Boston Globe's most recent Pulitzer Prize/why did they win it?
Who is the entire newsroom for coverage of the Boston Marathon Bombings?
300
Name one way that a newspaper can make money?
What is advertising/charging for the paper?
300
The Crimson is the only college newspaper in the country to own its own __________.
What are printing presses?
300
Who is the president of Harvard?
Who is Drew Faust?
400
How many sources should be quoted in each news story?
What is at least 2?
400
The owners of The Boston Globe also own what?
What are the Red Sox?
400
Name one news publication that is entirely online.
What is the Huffington Post/Yahoo News/Business Insider?
400
How many Pulitzer Prizes has The Crimson won?
What are zero? :(
400
Name two of Harvard's graduate schools.
What is the Law School/the Medical School/the Business School/the School of Public Health/the Dental School/SEAS/the Graduate School of Education/the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences?
500
What is a source not allowed to do at The Crimson?
What is review their quotes?
500
What city is The Globe's headquarters in?
What is Dorcester?
500
What national newspaper is The Crimson modeled after?
What is The New York Times?
500
What are two components of a newspaper that are just as important as the text?
What are pictures and headlines?
500
Harvard's football team was the only Division I football team in the country to be this last year.
What is undefeated?