Brainstorming for Ideas Quiz UNIT 1

For each story, you are required to produce a minimum of _____ sources, with ______ of them as primary sources.

5, 3

Which of the following is an example of a primary source?

An interview with National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice.

Which of the following is not a good way to find a story?

Make it up

If a feature reporter is writing a story about knitting, which of the following sources would help her story?

Members of a local knitting group.

The story angle is a comparison/contrast of the new Kenmore vacuum and the new Eureka vacuum. What type of story is this?

Review

A reporter's story angle is about the release of a new painkiller with background info about the pharmaceutical company, its development of the drug, its rate of success and its competition. The story angle belongs to which group?

Straight News

What is meant by a story angle?

The direction or focus the story takes.

Once you decide on your story angle, your next step is deciding:

Which sources you will use.