Which of the following is *NOT* one of the interviewing best practices we discussed?

Ask accusatory questions to put your interviewee on edge

Which of the following is *NOT* something you'd expect a journalist to know?

How to sell advertisements for their publication

Which of the following is *NOT* a part of the SPJ code of ethics?

Get the largest audience possible

What famous line starts the Journalist's Creed?

I believe in the power of journalism

Which of the following is *NOT* a part of news principle #1?

Whatever it takes to get the info out quickly

What's prior restraint?

The government telling a newspaper they can't publish

What's the definition of journalism Mr. M gave you?

Collecting, verifying, reporting & analyzing info for a broad audience

Which of the following was *NOT* one of the ethics codes we talked about?

International Association of Journalism Publishers

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A quiz for my intro to journalism students covering what is journalism, who are journalists, journalism law, and interviewing.

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1
Which of the following is *NOT* one of the interviewing best practices we discussed?
Ask simple questions
Ask accusatory questions to put your interviewee on edge
Ask more open-ended questions than close-ended ones
Ask follow-up questions
2
In order to avoid Hazelwood, what should high school papers consider themselves as?
Private publishers
School-sponsored speech
Individual student expression
Limited public forum
3
Which of the following is *NOT* something you'd expect a journalist to know?
How to sell advertisements for their publication
Journalism law
How to interview
Extensive background knowledge about the area they cover
4
Which of these court cases was bad for student journalists?
Dean v. Utica
Times v. Sullivan
Tinker v. Des Moines
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
5
Which of the following is *NOT* a part of the SPJ code of ethics?
Get the largest audience possible
Seek the truth and report it
Minimize harm
Act independently
6
What level of education is usually considered required to become a journalist?
High school diploma
Bachelor's degree
Master's degree
PhD
7
What famous line starts the Journalist's Creed?
Newspapers are essential to the functioning of democracy
I believe in the power of journalism
Journalism is the best job anyone can have
Journalists should get paid more
8
Which of the following is an open-ended question?
Who did you arrest?
How did the arrest go down?
When and where did you arrest them?
Was the suspect arrested for murder?
9
Which of the following is *NOT* a part of news principle #1?
Whatever it takes to get the info out quickly
Reliable information
Audience needs or wants
Mass communication
10
Which of the following is *NOT* one of the big three elements of newsworthiness?
Proximity
Usefulness
Impact
Timeliness
11
Which of the following is *NOT* a stage of journalism we talked about when discussing journalism law?
Post-publication
Publishing
Newsgathering
Pre-publication
12
The 1st amendment says "congress shall make no law ________ the freedom of the press"
Removing
Censoring
Abridging
Strengthening
13
Which of the following should you NEVER do in an interview?
Shake your interviewee's hand
Arrive slightly early
Ask for a quote
Ask them to clarify something you don't understand
14
What's prior restraint?
Editors telling journalists their story can't be printed as-is
Journalists agreeing not to record people in public
The government telling a newspaper they can't publish
When a citizen gets a court order protecting them from a journalist
15
Which of the following is *NOT* an element of newsworthiness?
Oddity/novelty
Conflict/Complication
Number of people interviewed
Celebrity/human interest
16
What's the name of the court case that grants journalists exceptional latitude in post-production?
Obergefell v. Hodges
Brown v. Board of Education
Times v. Sullivan
Plessey v. Ferguson
17
What does it mean to write in an accurate and unbiased manner? (News principle #4)
Journalists take themselves out of the story
Journalists don't use the word "I" in stories
Journalists write about events, not about their reaction
All of these are true
18
What's the definition of journalism Mr. M gave you?
Using creative writing to get your audience information
Collecting, verifying, reporting & analyzing info for a broad audience
Reporting the news
Interviewing and gathering facts to tell a story
19
Which of the following was *NOT* one of the ethics codes we talked about?
We didn't discuss any of these
International Association of Journalism Publishers
National Scholastic Press Association
Society of Professional Journalists
20
T/F: School administrators are considered to be publishers of student media
False
True

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