Paraphrasing for Journalism

Why is paraphrasing such an important skill for journalists?

• They get conduct interviews with sources and have to summarize it for readers.

• Not everything a source says in an interview is an emotional, storytelling EAR quote.

• Facts, statistics, and weaker opinions become Transition paragraphs that make the quotes meaningful.

• All of the above

Which of these is NOT a category information fall into after a reporter interviews a source? (At least according to your notes.)

• Trash

• Plain White T-shirts

• Washing Machine

• Gold

What type of information does Mr. Davis

• Emotional, storytelling EAR quotes

• Basic facts and statistics - they're functional but not pretty

• The stuff that isn't needed

• The info the reporter isn't quite sure about yet

What do reporters when a source gives an emotional, storytelling answer to a question?

• Use the source's EXACT words and format it with quotation marks and an attribution

• Paraphrase the source's words and format it with quotation marks and an attribution

• Paraphrase the source's words as a transition paragraph

• They don't use it in the story at all

When a reporter begins to paraphrase information, he or she does the "R" step, which is to do what?

• Reduce the amount words

• Run away, this is hard!

• Read the answer very carefully to make sure they understand what was said

• Revise the point of view to third person

When a reporter begins to paraphrase information, he or she does the "S" step, which is to do what?

• Switch the POV to third person

• Survey the answers very closely

• Stop writing, this is hard!

• Shorten the amount of words

When a reporter begins to paraphrase information, he or she does the "T" step, which is to do what?

• Transform the number of words to the lesser amount

• Third Person Point of View. Change first-person pronouns (I, we, us) to third-person (he, she, they)

• Take it as a quote if it's gold

• Treat someone else's words like their own. Plagiarism rocks!

When a reporter begins to paraphrase information, he or she does the "U" step, which is to do what?

• Use fewer words

• Use third-person POV

• Use it as a quote if it's gold

• Use their own words. Plagiarism is a HUGE no no!

Paraphrasing means to do what?

• Rewritten in a writer's own words, without changing the meaning of what was said

• Shortening something while using the same words

• Rewritten in a writer's own words, but changes the meaning of what was said

• Making what was said even longer, so readers really know what the person mean.

Which is a sentence that has been paraphrased?

• Only 13 percent of kids care about the safety of spiders and I think it's an important issue. When I run for president one day, I will be a champion of spider safety.

• Duvall said one of the reasons she wants to run for president is to raise awareness of spider safety. She said only 13 percent of students care about the issue.