Test 1 Flashcards
What are advantages of covering a beat?
- Reporter knows the players
- Reporter establishes trust
- Reporter knows history and details
What is a beat?
Specific area of news coverage
What is the disadvantages of a beat?
- Reporter gets to close to sources
- Reporter uses too much jargon
- Reporter loses interest, credibility and objectivity
What is convergence?
Meting multiple forms of media on the same platform (merging multiple skill sets)
What qualities give a story news value?
Prominence, relevance, timelessness proximity, usefulness and interest
What professional standards apply to every news story?
Accuracy, fairness, context, and clarity
Hard news
Serious
Soft news
Not as serious
Verification
Making sure information is accurate
What is a rapport?
Connection with a person (positive relationship)
What are close ended questions?
Questions that can be answered with one word
What is an open ended question?
A question that can lead to more questions
What is a quote?
The exact words, quotation marks
What are alternatives to quoting?
Paraphrasing, using partial quotes or ellipsis, or leaving it out
What is paraphrasing?
Using your own words
What does off the record mean?
Not used in the story, but can build for a better story
What does on the record mean?
Information used in the story
Background
Information that may be attributed by title but not by name
Active listening
Responsive to the interviewee
