Journalism

What is a Lead in a news article?

• Answers the questions who, what, where, and when

• is a long introduction to the article

• has quotations from witnesses

• contains who wrote the article

The first thing a journalist has to do is:

• write the article

• come up with a cool title

• find a newsworthy event and observe it

• interview witnesses

What is the byline?

• the title of the article

• contains the name of the place where the story took place

• the secondary heading of the article

• contains the name of the person who wrote the article

Why are news reports written?

• to inform the world of the terrible stories that lead to unfortunate events

• to inform citizens of events which are happening in the world locally and internationally

• to make sure people have jobs

• to give people something to do in the morning when they drink their coffee

This is usually called Soft News.

• Editorial

• Feature Story

• News Story

• Short Story

What is often exposed by investigative journalism?

• Government policies

• Celebrity lifestyles

• Corruption or the story behind a story

• Scientific discoveries

What is a human interest story? Choose all that apply.

• A story that is of interest to people outside of the immediate story, designed to engage the attention and empathy of others to a particular situation, person or event.

• A story that has a unique value and speaks to a wide array of people, such as a twelve year old being accepted into a major research university or winning a Nobel Peace Prize.

• A news story about someone robbing the corner store in the neighborhood.

• A news story that evokes such strong emotions from masses of people that they take to the streets to protest in a global manner.

What is a headline?

• the person who wrote the article

• the beginning of the actual article

• the end of the actual article

• the title of the news report

The order of an article is...

• lead, headline, byline, and body paragraphs

• headline, body paragraphs, lead and byline

• headline, byline, lead, and body paragraphs

• headline, body paragraphs, byline and lead

What does it mean to "add details"

• add specific names, dates and times

• be as vague or brief as possible

• write information that is extra, not necessarily relevant to the story

• Literally write "details" in your article