History of Journalism
Photography
Writing Styles
Reporting
News Careers
100
Johann Gutenberg
Who invented the Printing Press?
100
The basic composition rule that uses an imaginary grid to divide a photo into four cross points.
What is the Rule of Thirds?
100
A journalist style of writing that exposes political corruption, business fraud, and dangerous labor conditions.
What is muckraking?
100
Responsible for identifying story ideas and writing the script that matches the video images.
Who is the Television News Producer
200
The first woman to co-anchor a national evening news broadcast. No, it's not Veronica Silverstone from AnchorMan.
Barbara Walters
200
The dimension of objects and the spatial relationship between them.
What is Perspective?
200
A style of writing that distorted and exaggerated its content in order to create controversy and increase sales.
What is Yellow Journalism
200
A guide for journalistic writing and considered the standard in the field.
What is AP (Associated Press) Stylebook and Reference Guide?
200
A journalist or reporter who sells his or her stories to publications but is not bound by contractual employment.
Who is a Free Lance Writer?
300
Popularized Yellow Journalism and Mudracking in his paper The New York World.
Who is Joesph Pulitzer
300
Similar to a pupil in a human eye, what camera functions dilate to allow more light?
What is aperture?
300
A journalist writing story that uses both the narrative and inverted pyramid formats.
What is the Hourglass approach?
300
Applies to information acquired from court documents, police reports, and other sources considered public record.
What is Absolute Privilege?
300
Responsible for the overall production of the broadcast including camera assignments, reporters on set, and camera shots.
Who is the News Director
400
An undercover reporter who posed as a mentally ill patient to expose the horrible conditions and abuse in a New York asylum.
Who was Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Jane Cochran)?
400
Credited as being the first female photojournalist for her famous photograph, "The Migrant Mother" taken to portray the desperation of the Great Depression.
Who was Dorothea Lange?
400
Common Sense by Thomas Paine and Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville.
What are two examples of Political Journalism?
400
Indicating the source of the information of a news article.
What is Attribution?
400
Responsible for ensuring all spelling, punctuation, and grammar are accurate and that writing maintains a consistent style.
Who is a Copy Editor?
500
Famed reporters who uncovered the WaterGate Scandal, (illegal tactics that were employed by members of President Richard Nixon's re-election campaign) that lead to the resignation of President Nixon in 1974.
What are Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein famous for?
500
Digitally altering a photo by removing and/or adding elements to the original image.
What is the definition of unethical manipulation of images?
500
The first few sentence or paragraphs of a news story that is well-written and critical for attracting the reader's attention.
What is the LEAD?
500
A technique used to stimulate ideas and reduce writer's block involves writing for a set of time about any subject as quickly as possible.
What is Freewriting?
500
A journalist who publishes his or her opinion of a specific event or issue. His or her stories have their own section and must be labeled.
Who is the Editor or journalist who writes Editorials?