Journalism Concepts

People often use lively language when they speak. Quotes allow you to put that lively language directly into your story

Reviews can be found in

The headline that is correctly written and could be in JC's newspaper is

The newspaper section where we print things about football, field hockey, and basketball is

You should summarize your quotation before introducing it.

Which of the following quotations is correct in terms of punctuation?

You should always avoid beginning an article with a date.

If you find that something is questionable that may go into the paper, see an editor or moderator.

Balanced coverage means

The Hazelwood Decision

Fairness means that a journalist should strive for accuracy and truth in reporting.

You can use the Twitter symbol to identify Twitter, but you cannot use it to "sell" newspapers due to rules of

Sources for newspaper articles are primarily based on literature, readings, & other articles.

A basic element of libel (false printed statement that attacks a person's reputation) includes

When writing headlines, it is appropriate to use the school's name or abbreviation or the mascot's name.

On the most basic level, reviews are simply opinions – a thoughtful analysis of the subject matter

A basic tip for writing a news lead is

It's better to not use a quote than to use a poor quote.

When writing a review, you should do all of the following except:

Headlines should be written in the present tense

It's acceptable to be creative when writing a lead.

Quotations do all of the following except:

The ability to be believed is known as

Attribution means that the writer says

The type of question which calls for a one or two word answer is called

Downstyle means that

When writing headlines, use only widely-known abbreviations and omit periods.

If you repeat the exact words which people themselves used, you will reduce the risk of misreporting what they say.

“I am excited about the upcoming Thanksgiving break,” Jane Smith said is an example of:

It is not permissible to print any of the following except:

When interviewing, save your most important questions until the end.

At a minimum, a headline includes

The best attribution tag to use is

Headlines and titles are the exact same thing.

The newspaper section where we print people's opinions about school-related topics is

If you find a picture on the internet, you can use it in the newspaper as long as you give credit to the site.

You should avoid all of the following leads except:

If a person or group is paying for an advertisement in the newspaper, the staff is ultimately responsible for content.

Subjective reporting is based on facts; objective reporting is based on opinions.

A direct news lead

The type of question that requires a longer and more detailed answer is

The newspaper section where we print restaurant and movie reviews is

The type of question that a reporter may ask after receiving other information is called

The opening of any piece of journalistic writing is called the

When writing a review, you always want to interview others to get their opinions of the item/service being reviewed.

It is acceptable to leave your topic out of the headline to make the article more of a surprise.

An overused phrase or statement which should be avoided in newspaper writing is called

It would be acceptable to have a one-word paragraph in an article.

Each time a quotation is used, you should start a new paragraph.

All of the following are functions for headlines except:

All of the following are responsibilities of publishing a newspaper except:

AP style is

A review is a person’s reaction to a book, song/album, film, television series, or other type of entertainment

A partial quotation contains

A direct quotation that conveys a fact is often boring. Paraphrase the dry facts instead.

Each of the following may hook a reader into a story except:

Fair use allows a journalist to use/copy a limited portion of the published material.

It has been said that a reader spends about three seconds deciding to stay with one story or to continue with another.

Each of the following is part of the 5Ws and the H except:

A review will help an ordinary person answer the question: “Is this thing worth my time and money?”

You should use quotations to record all of the following except:

The newspaper section where we print what is going on in the school as well as things like the first week of school is

If a famous person comes to the school and a staff member takes pictures, you need permission to use the pictures.

While private schools are unaffected by the Hazelwood Decision, private schools have their own guidelines.

You cannot pull pictures off of the internet or use a favorite poem for publication due to rules of