Journalism Final Study Guide

What is a lead?

• The conclusion
• Most important part of a story
• The people named in your story
• You are are the lead as the writer

What is journalism?

• Reading
• Editing
• The writing of newspapers, magazines, and news to be broadcast.
• Violent news story.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

Choose those represented in the 5 Ws

• When

• Which

• Where

• Who

• Why

Hard news tends to be (select all that apply)

• interesting to everyone

• interesting to a few people

• about movie stars

• easy to understand

• about issues that affect many people

Soft news focuses on (select all that apply)

• numbers

• the human aspect

• animals

• legal matters

The sentence below the image represents a/an

• caption

• photo credit

• deck

• initial cap

High school journalism students are exempt from having to follow the rules of ethics because students are not actual reporters. 

• True
• False

What is the difference between SLANDER and LIBEL?

• Slander is spoken; libel is written.
• Libel is spoken; slander is written.
• ONLY slander can damage a person's reputation.
• Defamation only applies to famous people

Media organizations will be judged on accuracy and reliability.

• TRUE
• FALSE

abcnews.com.co

• Real
• Fake
• Satire
• Click bait