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Test 1 - Ch. 1-3 Flashcards

0
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Journalism is a tool to hold the powerful _________?

A

Accountable

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What is the first amendment?

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Freedom of religion and peaceful assembly speech and press

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Yellow journalism is called this because?

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The yellow kid: the first color comic written in both the World and the New York Journal

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Loud headlines, false pictures, sensational stories, comics and features, publicity stunts and rumors

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Who is John Peter Zenger?

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Man sued for libel. His case set the standard that citizens have a right to criticize the government and that libel only occurs when printed words are false, malicious, and seditious.

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What is a primary source?

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Someone’s mother or publicist. An official person who has first hand knowledge of the person in question.

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What is a secondary source?

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Twitter, a friend of a friend. Someone that’s just repeating news they heard but has no first hand knowledge of the situation.

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What are the 3 types of primary sources?

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Document- courthouse, police report

person- witness at the scene

reporter- if he/she was live on the scene

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What are the 3 building blocks of story telling?

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  1. Find a character
  2. Take your readers to the scene
  3. Look for details to get a deeper story
  4. Provide tension -multiple views
  5. Create surprise-cracker jack story . Let them find the “prize” deeper through the story
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What makes a story interesting to readers?

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Impact
Immediacy
Proximity 
Prominence 
Novelty
Conflict
Emotions
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Impact

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Does this story matter to readers? Will it have an effect on their lives or wallets?

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Immediacy

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When did the story happen? Is it happening soon? Timeliness is very import in the journalism world

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Proximity

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Local events will matter more than events in other cities, states, countries

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Prominence

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The more recognizable the name, the more curious readers will be

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Novelty

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Something new, odd, or surprising. Readers like intriguing and unexpected.

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Conflict

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Clash of power, political battle, sports rivalry. Readers like dramatic confrontations

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Emotions

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Sad, happy, angry. We all respond emotionally to human interest stories that are poignant, comical, or inspiring.

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What are the 5 Ws?

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Who what when where why

17
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What is a nutgraph?

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The paragraph that condenses the whole story into a nutshell (never at the end)

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What is the inverted pyramid?

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The format that summarizes the most important facts at the very start of the story

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Basic news lead

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The summary - combines most significant of 5 Ws into one sentence
or
delayed identification lead - withholds significant piece of info until about the second paragraph

20
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Anecdotal/narrative leads

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You’re telling a story that will ultimately point readers to the bigger story. A lead up to the big issue

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Scene setter leads

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Describing the scene, day, smells

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Direct address leads

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These are usually for warnings or important messages

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Blind leads

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Deliberately withholding info and then springing it on readers

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Startling statement leads

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Starting with a sentence that will immediately grab people’s attention.

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Roundup leads

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Instead of focusing on one person, place, or thing; you lump together multiple. Ex: listing someone who made a discovery and lumping in people from the past who have as well.

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Wordplay leads

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Using puns or sound effects I’m your story.

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What are bad leads?

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Topic leads - just stating bare facts

Question leads - not a good way to hook readers

Quote leads - unless it is REALLY good and sums up tone of the whole story; don’t do it.

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K. I. S. S.

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Keep is short and simple

29
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Best way to get rapport

You get body language/gestures

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In person interview

30
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Better for formal things

Budget type things, nothing personal

A

By phone interview

31
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Open doors with…

A

Documentation

Honesty

32
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The copy editor…

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Is the one who makes sure your story is grammatically correct and in APA style

33
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What is a center piece?

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The main story

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