Journalism Vocab

Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers

• Excellent Journalism

• Yellow Journalism

• Fake News

• Muckraking Journalism

This is exaggerated news that was popular during this time period.

• red journalism

• blue journalism

• green journalism

• yellow journalism

News reporting on all relevant sides of an issue that allows representatives of those various sides the same coverage is ...

• soft news

• fairness

• frame

• beat

Journalists who use investigative reporting to uncover corporate or government misconduct, corruption, and unethical practices are known as ...

• paparazzi

• correlators

• citizen journalist

• muckrakers

Which element of high quality journalism should provide multiple sides to a story?

• Accuracy

• Impartiality

• Transparency

• Trustworthiness

_______ is the structure or angle given a news story that influences reader understanding covering the events.

• news hole

• Framing

• objectivity

• beat

What term describes journalism that focuses on sensationalism and exaggeration to attract readers?

• A) Investigative Journalism

• B) Yellow Journalism

• C) Citizen Journalism

• D) Objective Journalism

Which type of journalism involves reporters deeply investigating a single topic of interest, often involving crime or corruption?

• A) Investigative Journalism

• B) Yellow Journalism

• C) Tabloid Journalism

• D) Broadcast Journalism

What is the term for the ethical obligation of journalists to report news without bias?

• A) Objectivity

• B) Sensationalism

• C) Subjectivity

• D) Advocacy

Which term refers to the practice of journalists exposing misconduct in business or government?

• A) Muckraking

• B) Yellow Journalism

• C) Sensationalism

• D) Editorializing