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Ch. 1Newspaper

History

Ch. 2Legal & Ethical

Ch. 3What’s

News

Ch. 6Leads

Ch. 7Stories

Ch. 1 Newspaper History

Newspapers sold for only a penny


Answer: What is the penny press


Digging up dirt on people/companies


Answer: What is muckraking


One of the two ways Nellie Bly created her own articles


Answer: What is going around the world in 72 days -or- entering an

insane asylum


The first technological advancement to hurt newspaper status.


Answer: What is the radio


The full name of the person who had a trial about libel that led to the first amendment, the freedom of speech

and press


Answer: Who is John Peter Zenger

Ch. 2 Legal and Ethical Responsibilities

An example of how newspapers follow the political function


Answer: What is the watchdog of the government, print wrongdoings,

explain where money is going, etc.


The definition of libel


Answer: What is printed false defamation - hurts someone’s

reputation


Definition of objectivity when dealing with the ethics of a journalist


Answer: What is staying neutral - not putting your own views/feelings in

the article


The winner of the Hazelwood decision - the later court case we

talked about dealing with teen pregnancy


Answer: Who is the school authorities


The definition of the Sentry function of a journalist


Answer: What is what is likely to happen tomorrow

Ch. 3 Deciding what is news

Name of the method used to determine if something is news


Answer: What is the “Who Cares?” method


Number of people to poll in order for it to be accurate


Answer: What is 50 or the entire group


The word that means the “newsworthiness” -or- importance of

a person or group


Answer: What is prominence


The name of the question you ask first in a poll/survey


Answer: What is a filter question


Questions to avoid in a poll/survey (must have at least 2)


Answer: What is loaded (make them answer one way because the other

sounds bad), ambiguous (too vague or too many questions in one topic),

one just to be “cool”

Ch. 6 News story leads

The most important part of an article


Answer: What is the lead


The word that means giving credit to someone for a quote or information


Answer: What is attribution


One problem in a lead


Answer: What is grammar & length


The name of the diagram used in writing leads and news stories


Answer: What is the inverted pyramid


The 4 components of the basic lead formula


Answer: What is news, attribution, verb, time

Ch. 7 Writing news stories

An example of a transition word


Answer: What is then, later, and, but, or, also, finally, in general,

nevertheless, likewise, however, for example, therefore, thus, in addition,

meanwhile


The information that comes at the end of the article


Answer: What is least important facts/a closing


What is the word that means overworked, overused, old

expressions

Example:


Answer: What are cliches


The definition of jargon


Answer: What is the inside language of a group


The most common place for repetition to occur in an article


Answer: What is around quotes

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