Journalism Team Challenge-Midterm

When you communicate by using facts, you are being subjective.

Use bulleted items only to break up a long, dull story.

Editors believe you should write more than one idea per paragraph.

What is one way to involve people in a meeting story?

Using anonymous sources in a story is encouraged by most editors.

What type of story previews a scheduled event?

An advantage of the phone interview is that it provides a fast, efficient way to get answers.

Details involving sight, sound, emotion, and action are unneccessary in news stories.

Plagiarism is cheating.

Stories that begin with questions usually fail to get to the point of the story quick enough.

A reporter who receives an advance copy of a speech doesn’t have to stay to listen to the speech.

To “bury the lead” is to place the most important news deep within the body of the story.

Taking notes involves major multitasking.

What term often is used to describe how fire destroyed the interior of a building?

When covering sports, what should reporters avoid?

These words or phrases keep the story flowing.

What should you do as a reporter when you hear sirens and realize that a dorm is on fire?

It best to introduce a quote by saying, "When we interviewed..."

An advantage of the notebook style of taking notes is that it’s the fastest way to turn your notes into a story.

The present tense is used for most breaking news stories.

In an anecdotal lead, what does the writer use?

Reporters are allowed to cross the yellow Do Not Cross tape usually put up by fire or police officials.

What type of news story happens suddenly, without warning?

What should the lead of a speech story contain?

What might you need to write the day after a breaking-news story?

Editors encourage the use of words such as “thing” and “a lot.”

What happens at the meeting is the story, not the meeting itself.

Examples of transition words or phrases include “however,” “in addition” and “meanwhile.”

What does "on background" mean?

Which of the following is something that a beat reporter should avoid?

Newspapers routinely print victims’ names even when doing so  threatens the victims’ safety or exposes them to harm.

The following is an example of copspeak: “The perpetrator was apprehended upon T-boning the vehicle.”

When in doubt, what should reporters do to avoid plagiarism?

Murder trials, celebrity cases and important legal rulings are newsworthy.

Court stories should include the specific charges brought against the defendant.

Keep the sentence before or after a long sentence short.

In sports, what does a game story do?

When in doubt about using a comma, put it in.

What are misdemeanors?

Reporters often use their own opinions in their stories.