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Journalism
Research
Reporting
Story Structures
Grammar
100
These are five qualities that make a story newsworthy.
What are timeliness, proximity, unusual nature, human interest, conflict, impact, helpfulness, celebrities, entertainment, issues or problems, trends.
100
Journalists can use information that has already been published in news stories. Any information that has already been published is called this.
What is a secondary source
100
The greatest quote you gather during the reporting process should be used as what in your news story.
What is the lead quote
100
The most common hard news story structure
What is the inverted pyramid
100
"The little girl screamed at the library at her mother." This sentence contains this grammatical error.
What is a misplaced modifier
200
This protects the rights of a free and independent press in the U.S.
What is the First Amendment to the Constitution
200
Primary sources can be human sources or documents. This is one of many examples of primary source documents.
What are data, budgets, real estate records, tax records, police records, government meeting minutes, fire department records, court records, military records, corporate records, etc.
200
The doctrine of fairness in news reporting requires journalists to do this.
What is seek multiple sides of a news story and give people the opportunity to defend themselves against accusations.
200
A type of lead that explains how readers will be affected by an issue
What is an impact lead or the "you" lead
200
"The Humane Society is sponsoring a pet walkathon Sunday, walkers need not bring a pet to participate." This sentence contains this grammatical error.
What is a comma splice
300
These are the three pillars of a sound and solid news story.
What are accuracy, objectivity and fairness
300
This term describes how journalists identify the source of their information in an article.
What is attribution
300
A story source might say this during an interview. This phrase means you cannot use the information in your article unless you verify it with another source.
What is "off the record"
300
Hard or breaking news leads try to answer which five questions?
What is "who, what, when, where and why?"
300
"The Council filed their report this morning." This sentence contains an error and should be written this way.
What is "The Council filed its report this morning."
400
A type of participation by people who are not journalists in the gathering and reporting of news (made possible by social media)
What is citizen journalism
400
These are the four basic steps involved in news writing.
What are the four Cs: conceive, collect, construct, correct
400
Direct quotes should only be used when
What is the writer cannot write it better himself/herself. Or the quote contains controversial, accusatory or emotional language.
400
Descriptive or narrative leads are often used to introduce this type of story.
What is a soft news story or a feature story.
400
"Give the information to Steve or myself." This sentence contains an error and should be written this way.
What is "Give the information to Steve or me."
500
This term is used to describe how media companies now use multiple platforms for reporting stories. Thanks to this development, journalists need to learn how to present information in print, broadcast and online media.
What is media convergence
500
In online news stories, journalists use these to allow readers to directly access their online sources.
What are hyperlinks
500
News writers are expected to leave personal bias out of their news articles to achieve this standard.
What is objectivity
500
This story structure begins with an anecdotal lead that illustrates the larger story.
What is the Wall Street Journal formula.
500
"Preston says nobody seems to know who to call for information." This sentence contains an error and should be written this way.
What is "Preston says nobody seems to know whom to call for information."