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What is meant to balance in a news Story?
Covering all the sides of an issues as fairly as possible
Having several authors
Getting a Lawyers opinion
Giving the same amount of space in paragraphs
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What is an editorial?
Unfinished stories
The job a reporter gets when they are promoted.
An opinion
Writing stories
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Your choice of a source should depend on...
The source's expertise
The sources availability
The sources height and weight
The Sources popularity
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What makes a story newsworthy?
A story about a celebrity
A story that has balanced sources
A Story has to be about a topic that appeals public interest
The story has to be published
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Freedom of the press in the U.S is..
Governed by the associated Press
Limited Only for school sponsored Journalism
Guaranteed by the constitution in the first amendment
Unlimited
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To avoid Libel charges you must
All the Above
Check sources carefully
Avoid confidential notes
Distinguish accuracy from the Truth
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What Is A Lead?
The Main Idea of a Feature Story
Information that attracts and keeps the reader interested
A Piece of information that the Reader loses interests
The Angle of the Story
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How does a reporter "Balance" an story?
By writing 5 paragraphs
The six worst mistakes
Six paragraphs that are required for a standard news story
By quoting several different sources
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What is a source?
A person that is a reporter interviews for his or her story
A Published story such as the Chicago Tribune
A published online news source such as austintalks.org
A reports resource that lists all the rules of writing
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What are the 5 W's and 1 H?
The six worst mistakes
The six questions a reporter can ask a source
The six facts necessary for a summary lead
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Which Phrase Describes A Feature?
A Soft News Story
Any Story That Informs The Reader
A Short NewsPaper Article
A Hard News Story
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What is Journalism?
A hard thing to do
The study of writing in a journal
An American business practice
The reporting and Publishing of the news
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What kind of lead does a profile story have?
Creative lead
Narrative hook
No Lead
Summary lead
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Who is a reporter?
A good writer
A person that interviews sources, and writes articles
A person that writes research papers
Anyone
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What is Libel?
Publishing false information
Use of outside editors
Publishing private information
A tendency to so something
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What must you discuss in a review to show that you are an expert?
The positives and negatives
Other products
The credentials as a reporter
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What is Soft News?
Advice columns
News that is interesting or entertaning.
News that is circulated on the internet not on paper
News that is based on opinions
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What is Hard News?
The only kind of news their is
News that covers hard to understand topics
News that is based on opinions not facts
News that affects everyone
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A Summary Lead Contains...
Instructions on how to read the story
A direct quote
The Most Important acts of the story
All the sources quoted in the story
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Why is it important for reporters to talk to sources?
Sources help publish a reporters story
Sources are the people that help edit and revise a copy
Sources give story balance by offering different perspective
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What is defamation?
An untruthful accusation that lowers someone's reputation
Personal opinion
An invasion of privacy
Publishing false information about someone
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What do profile stories focus on?
A groups behavior
Current Events
Celebrities interviews only
An Individual
