News Reporting & Writing Exam 2 Questions Verified Correct Answers Current Update (A+ Pass)
What did Stephen Quinn, a mobile journalist and professor from Australia, call the smartphone concerning journalism?
("___ ____ ____ ______" of journalism) - Answers - "the Swiss army knife" of journalis...
News Reporting & Writing Exam 2
Questions Verified Correct
Answers Current Update (A+ Pass)
What did Stephen Quinn, a mobile journalist and professor from Australia, call the
smartphone concerning journalism?
("___ ____ ____ ______" of journalism) - Answers -✔✔ "the Swiss army knife" of
journalism.
"They're compact, light and discreet. Take a mobile phone and a broadcast quality
microphone and the world is your storybook,"
What is one of the most important qualities of mobile journalism? - Answers -✔✔
immediacy
When immediacy is not the primary factor, many of the reporting principles that you use
for traditional print or broadcast news apply to mobile media. - Answers -✔✔ -
Research the background of the story.
- Find sources online, in social media or on site.
- Plan your questions.
- Gather text, audio, video and photos (using personal interviews, email, social media or
online sources).
- Produce the story in one or several methods: print, audio, video or a combination of
them.
- Check and verify accuracy of your sources and information.
Just as immediacy is crucial for mobile media, it is also a major factor for _____
_______________ that publish websites. - Answers -✔✔ news organizations
Even if you are reporting a breaking news story for a newspaper, plan to report it first on
the Web. The days of waiting until the next publication cycle for a breaking news story in
a newspaper are over. What is happening now? What are the latest developments?
How can you update the story, giving it a "forward spin" to tell what will happen next?
How do print and broadcast style differ? - Answers -✔✔ • Print: What happened or who
did what? Past tense.
• Broadcast and the Web: What is happening now or who is doing what now. Present
tense is preferable.
True or False?
The structure in active voice is subject-verb-object: who is doing the action. - Answers -
✔✔ TRUE
, True or False?
Passive voice explains what action is being done to whom. - Answers -✔✔ TRUE
Between active and passive voice, which is preferable for all media but more essential
for broadcast because it conveys more immediacy? - Answers -✔✔ active voice
Where should you put the attribution in broadcast writing? - Answers -✔✔ at the
beginning of the sentence.
Broadcast: Fire officials say the blaze started in the basement.
In print and Web writing, where should the attribution be placed? - Answers -✔✔ it may
come at the end of the sentence.
Print: The blaze started in the basement, fire officials say.
True or False?
If the information is on public records, a statement without attribution is OK - Answers -
✔✔ TRUE
When you attribute information in broadcast writing, "_____" gives more immediacy
than "_____." - Answers -✔✔ says; said
However, if it is awkward to use the present tense, use "said."
In print publications, ________ and _________ enhance a story. In television news the
_________ elements are crucial. - Answers -✔✔ photos and graphics
visuals
Also called "feature leads," "delayed leads" or "indirect leads," _____ ______ - Answers
-✔✔ soft leads
what is a soft lead? - Answers -✔✔ it delays telling the reader what the story is about
by teasing the reader with a description or a storytelling approach before the focus is
stated in a separate paragraph called the "nut graph."
Where should the nut graph go? - Answers -✔✔ early in the story — usually by the
third to fifth paragraph.
Hard-News Leads
How do you decide whether to use a direct or indirect lead? The choice depends on
several factors: (4 factors) - Answers -✔✔ the significance of the news, the timing,
proximity (interest to your local readers or viewers) or subject matter.
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