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Reporting Exam with correct AnswersWorking in ____ can help students improve their classmates' stories as well as opening
their eyes toward shortcomings in their own work. - Answers -groups
Generally, the person who knows most about a story is the _______ - Answers -reporter
Two questions that drive revision are "What works?" and "What _________. - Answers -
doesn't work
Sometimes it's easier to distill a story into its important elements by _________ than by
writing. - Answers -talking
Once you've gathered the information for a story, it's time to write a ____________, or
first version of the story. - Answers -draft
The final step in writing a story is to _________ it to verify your facts, tie up loose ends
and make sure it is accurate, fair and complete. - Answers -revise
The ability to identify with another person's point of view and to communicate that
understanding is known as ____________. - Answers -empathy
Donald M. Murray was one of the pioneers of the __________ method. - Answers -
coaching
A story's ________ is its central theme or main message. - Answers -focus
Creating a list of everything that comes to mind related to a story topic is called
___________. - Answers -brainstorming
Journalists have to face their fears through _________ forcing themselves to do the
thing they fear. - Answers -counterphobia
Answering a story's most challenging questions involves ________ thinking. - Answers -
critical
Putting a topic in the center of a page and then surrounding it with related ideas is
called ______. - Answers -mapping
In addition to providing facts, journalists must also give their audiences ___________ to
help them make sense of the flood of available information. - Answers -meaning
, Reporters fight writer's block by _______ writing whatever comes to their minds without
regard for spelling, grammar or context. - Answers -freewriting
Before conducting interviews, it helps to create a _________ a table you can use to
connect questions to sources who may be able to provide answers. - Answers -
reporting plan
As newspaper and online journalists begin to work in audio or video, many need training
in on-air __________. - Answers -performance
Coaching involves helping writers improve their habits and techniques, while
___________ just corrects mistakes in one story. - Answers -fixing
One noted writing teacher says that writers don't need advice about wording or
approaches to writing but rather "_________________ of people's minds." - Answers -
movies
A technique used in some newsrooms is to read stories _________________, to make
it plain when writing could be improved. - Answers -aloud
One reporter quoted in the chapter likes to interview people at _________________
because of what can be learned about them in that setting - Answers -home
Active _________________ involves not only noting what a source says but thinking of
how it fits in with your understanding of the topic and using that to devise follow-up
questions. - Answers -listening
If you get permission from the interviewee, recording the audio of an interview allows
you to use it as a _________________ on your organization's Web site. - Answers -
podcast
As a general rule, reporters should only use _________________ sources as a last
resort because such agreements can carry serious consequences. - Answers -
anonymous
A _________________ is a full story compiled by an editor from segments sent in by a
reporter. - Answers -writethrough
Though sometimes difficult while reporting on deadline, it is important for reporters to
continually search for the _________________ of a story as they go to provide a
connective thread throughout the piece. - Answers -focus
Though it might seem unduly time consumptive, it's still important for reporters on
deadline to write _________________ of their stories. - Answers -drafts
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