This system of covering news is used to increase coverage from all potential sources.
What is a beat?
100
Having the obligation to report the happenings of society to the entire public.
What is responsibility?
100
Bringing an issue or person to life.
What is the primary role of a feature story?
100
"The best defense is a good offense."
What is a sports cliche?
100
In a news summary lead, these two Ws are considered the most important.
What are what and who?
200
There are 10 elements of news, but this one is the most essential.
What is timeliness?
200
Making up facts in a story.
What is fabrication?
200
This type of writing form, which presents facts in descending order from most important to least important, is rarely used in feature writing.
What is the inverted pyramid?
200
A story about student coaches working with younger kids and how their advice is helping players on and off the field.
What is a human interest, sports feature?
200
This type of lead describes the story's setting.
What is a descriptive lead?
300
One of these is an example of a primary source used in news writing:
a newsmagazine
a credible Website
an anonymous source
an eyewitness
What is an eyewitness?
300
This court case allowed student publications to be censored based on violating any one of eight standards.
What is Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier?
300
Capturing a central focus of someone's life that others might find interesting.
What is a profile?
300
A story about fans who were arrested at a school hockey match.
What is a sports news story?
300
This type of lead speaks directly to the reader by using the second person pronouns "you" or "your."
What is a direct address?
400
This type of news is less concerned with timeliness.
What is soft news?
400
Printed communication that exposes a person to shame, public hatred, ridicule or disgrace, damaging a person's reputation in the community or injuring the person's livelihood.
What is libel?
400
Gives readers information about ordinary topics that they may deal with each day, in and outside school.
What is an informative feature?
400
A type of story that asks, "What's gone on over the last month and why?".
What is a trend story?
400
Beginning a story by juxtaposing ideas such as then and now; yesterday and today; macro to micro; Asian to European; liberal to conservative.
What is a comparison or contrast lead?
500
Using this type of question during interviews will increase the information a reporter receives and makes it easier to ask follow-up questions.
What is an open-ended question?
500
This court case determined that students and teachers do not lose their rights of free expression once they enter the schoolhouse door.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
500
Feature stories often begin with this type of lead which utilizes storytelling followed by the nut graph.
What is the vignette lead?
500
Knowing sports well, observing accurately, interviewing coaches and players to establish relationships
What are characteristics of a good sports reporter?