Chap1 Journalism Today

Question 1

Tenets of Good Journalism (3)

Answer 1

⁃ critical thinking
⁃ clear writing
⁃ organized presentation

Question 2

Tenets of journalism remain the same, but what changes?

Answer 2

Tenets remain the same, tools for gathering news have changed

Question 3

Where does most of the income for news media come from?

Answer 3

advertising

Question 4

Roughly half Americans get their news from what platform?

Answer 4

mobile devices

Question 5

Define: convergence

Answer 5

sharing of facilities news gathering resources, personnel or content (in one organization or between owners of different media)

Question 6

⁃ +1/2 Americans get news from roughly ___ sources and visit ____ sites regularly

Answer 6

five, 2-5

Question 7

most popular news sites tied new news organizations or traditional ones?

Answer 7

traditional news organizations

Question 8

Define: “crowd sourcing/user generated content”

Answer 8

images and stories bits used from citizens and not journalists

Question 9

Define: Citizen journalism sites

Answer 9

local news sites operating outside of corporate media

Question 10

roughly ____ citizen journalism sites exist

Answer 10

1,000

Question 11

Who covers news on citizen journalism sites

Answer 11

those who cover news on citizen journalism sites are usually trained reporters and may include other interested individuals

Question 12

Whats the intended purpose of many citizen journalism sites?

Answer 12

they want to build a community among citizens by providing a place for reporting events overlooked by established media

Question 13

Max Magee’s findings on top requirements for story editin

Answer 13

news judgement and knowledge of grammar and style

Question 14

Max Magee: requirements for content creation

Answer 14

the ability to report/ write original stories / edit photos

Question 15

Max Magee: findings on attitudes and overall skills for journalists

Answer 15

pay attention to detail, have good communication skills, multitask and have awareness or the ability to learn new tech

Question 16

article paper size requirements

Answer 16

81/2-by-11 inch sheets of paper

Question 17

Margin requirements and why is the space needed?

Answer 17

leave a 1-inch margin on all sides of the paper (for comment writing)

Question 18

How to ID your paper

Answer 18

Keyboard your names as the journalist, the date the story is written and a sluggline (new line for each)

Question 19

What is a slugline

Answer 19

one or two words describing the story

Question 20

T/F sluglines are for your own identification purposes, they can be vague if you remember what they mean.

Answer 20

false, make them specific

Question 21

Begin each story where on the page?

Answer 21

about one-third of the way down the first page

Question 22

set the tab key to indent ____ at the beginning of each paragraph

Answer 22

a half inch

Question 23

Where do editing marks go?

Answer 23

editing marks should be placed clearly above the typed line

Question 24

T/F: Space between paragraphs

Answer 24

F: DO NOT leave any extra space between paragraph

Question 25

T/F: you shouldn’t break up a paragraph between pages

Answer 25

T: traditionally journalists never divide paragraphs across pages (insert a page break instead)

Question 26

how are subsequent pages labeled

Answer 26

subsequent pages last name slugline page #

Question 27

What 3 news org’s have their own stylebook other than the Associated Press?

Answer 27

⁃ New York Times
⁃ Washington Post
⁃ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel