News Writing for Television Quiz

News writing is divided into two categories:

• Hard News & Soft News

• Hard News & Features

• Hard News & Soft Features

• A & B are correct

Stories of timely nature about events or conflicts that have just happened or are about to happen, such as crimes, fires, meetings, protest rallies, speeches, and testimony in court cases.

Above is the definition of……

• Hard News

• Soft News

• News Package

• News Feature

News that entertains or informs, with an emphasis on human interest and novelty and less immediacy than hard news (timeless).

Above is the definition of……

• Hard News

• Soft News

• News Package

• News Feature

Which are the basic principles of news writing?

• 5W1H, Writing based on Pictures, Natural Sound, and Sound Bytes

• 5W1H, Active Sentence, Audio Visual, and Formal Language

• 5W1H, Active, Writing based on Pictures, Formal Language

• All answers are correct

Which statement(s) is/are correct?

• News writing should be based on specific pictures and cannot be replaced

• News writing should be based on general pictures as long as suitable to the topic

• News writing should be based on writing on facts

• A & B are correct

What are the things news writers shouldn’t do? except…..

• Mention specific name even though there are no related pictures

• Put the specific name in the lead text

• Write in the body of the script even though there are no pictures

• Write the names and the place of the event accurately

Which are the types of voice over?

• VO, VO SOT, VO GRAPHIC

• VO, VO SOT, VO VISUAL

• VO, VO SCT, VO GRAPHIC

• SOT, SCT ,VO, GRAPHIC

Which are the types of readers?

• RDR, RDR SOT, RDR GFR

• RDR, RDR SOT, RDR GRF

• RDR, RDR SCT, RDR GRF

• SCT, RDR, SOT, GRF

The quality of the video and the sound bytes often determines…..

• the length of a voice over

• the length of a narration

• the length of a package

• the length of the news

What is a lead?

• The first sentence of the story

• The most important information that grabs readers’ attention

• The length of the narration

• A & B are correct