Journalism Skills Assessment

According to the skills required to become a journalist, what skills do you believe you are most proficient in?

• Writing

• Research

• Interviewing

• Photography

Identify the general duties of a sports journalist.

• Covering sports events

• Writing fiction stories

• Conducting scientific research

• Designing sports equipment

What tips did Breanna Sorensen provide to students in sports broadcasting?

• Tips on interviewing

• Tips on writing

• Tips on photography

• Tips on video editing

What is a news lead? Choose all that apply.

• The most important sentence in the article

• It is a promo that announces an upcoming event.

• The very first sentence in the article with the most pertinent information

• It is the sentence that hooks and grabs your reader into the article.

A news or sports story should be written in which format?

• Inverted Pyramid

• Regular Pyramid

• Block

• Five Paragraph