Test 1 - Ch. 1-3 Flashcards
Journalism is a tool to hold the powerful _________?
Accountable
What is the first amendment?
Freedom of religion and peaceful assembly speech and press
Yellow journalism is called this because?
The yellow kid: the first color comic written in both the World and the New York Journal
And
Loud headlines, false pictures, sensational stories, comics and features, publicity stunts and rumors
Who is John Peter Zenger?
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.
What is a primary source?
Someone’s mother or publicist. An official person who has first hand knowledge of the person in question.
What is a secondary source?
Twitter, a friend of a friend. Someone that’s just repeating news they heard but has no first hand knowledge of the situation.
What are the 3 types of primary sources?
Document- courthouse, police report
person- witness at the scene
reporter- if he/she was live on the scene
What are the 3 building blocks of story telling?
- Find a character
- Take your readers to the scene
- Look for details to get a deeper story
- Provide tension -multiple views
- Create surprise-cracker jack story . Let them find the “prize” deeper through the story
What makes a story interesting to readers?
Impact Immediacy Proximity Prominence Novelty Conflict Emotions
Impact
Does this story matter to readers? Will it have an effect on their lives or wallets?
Immediacy
When did the story happen? Is it happening soon? Timeliness is very import in the journalism world
Proximity
Local events will matter more than events in other cities, states, countries
Prominence
The more recognizable the name, the more curious readers will be
Novelty
Something new, odd, or surprising. Readers like intriguing and unexpected.
Conflict
Clash of power, political battle, sports rivalry. Readers like dramatic confrontations
Emotions
Sad, happy, angry. We all respond emotionally to human interest stories that are poignant, comical, or inspiring.
What are the 5 Ws?
Who what when where why
What is a nutgraph?
The paragraph that condenses the whole story into a nutshell (never at the end)
What is the inverted pyramid?
The format that summarizes the most important facts at the very start of the story
Basic news lead
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
Anecdotal/narrative leads
You’re telling a story that will ultimately point readers to the bigger story. A lead up to the big issue
Scene setter leads
Describing the scene, day, smells
Direct address leads
These are usually for warnings or important messages
Blind leads
Deliberately withholding info and then springing it on readers
Startling statement leads
Starting with a sentence that will immediately grab people’s attention.
Roundup leads
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.
Wordplay leads
Using puns or sound effects I’m your story.
What are bad leads?
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.
K. I. S. S.
Keep is short and simple
Best way to get rapport
You get body language/gestures
In person interview
Better for formal things
Budget type things, nothing personal
By phone interview
Open doors with…
Documentation
Honesty
The copy editor…
Is the one who makes sure your story is grammatically correct and in APA style
What is a center piece?
The main story
