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Under law, an agency must respond to your request for a public record within how many working days?
10
How long should sentences be in media writing?
25 words or fewer
The Kent City Council meetings start at ...
8 p.m.
When I was a kid, I had to go to bed by 9:00 P.M.
9 p.m.
What major corporation just bought Time Warner Cable?
AT&T
Why is an Advanced Google Search a better way to look for information than a regular Google Search?
Advanced Google Searches have limiters
Which is true about access to filings in civil and criminal court cases?
All filings are open to the public, except in juvenile cases.
Which of the following websites CANNOT be used to find court records?
AnyWho
With what does the journalistic truth begin?
Assembling and verifying facts
You are the editor of a Bloomington newspaper. Which of the following stories is the best example of the news value of impact.
Beginning March 1, parking meters downtown will require payment 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
In a numbered address, you abbreviate which of the following? Check all correct answers.
Boulevard Street Avenue
According to the text, you should do what before granting anonymity to a source?
Check with your editor to determine the policies of your organization.
In what type of question will people "confirm or deny 98% of the time"?
Closed-ended questions
Joseph Pulitzer said good journalism combines facts and color. What did he mean by "color"?
Description and flavor
What statement is most true about observation?
Details from observation are more common in feature stories, but they also can enhance breaking news stories.
Pharmaceutical company Kaleo announced Wednesday it would produce Auvi-Q, a competitor for what medical device that has been criticized for its high price?
EpiPen
Jayson Blair was fired by The New York Times for what ethical offense?
Fabricating and plagiarizing information
True or False: It's best to mimic someone's dialect to add more authenticity to your quotes.
False
True or False: Journalists pursue truth in an absolute and philosophical sense.
False
Which of the following is NOT a step in ethical reasoning?
First, do no harm.
How should you construct a story to keep readers' interest between the lead and the end?
Follow long sentences with shorter ones. Use dialogue between two sources. Use parallel sentence construction.
Which is an example of shoe-leather reporting?
Getting away from your computer and interviewing people face to face.
According to the chapter, "sponsorship" means what?
Getting someone you know to introduce you to new sources.
Which address conforms to AP style?
I lived at 9216 Hannah Court.
A news story focusing on the loss of thousands of lives in a natural disaster is most clearly linked with which quality of news?
Impact
Which of the following is NOT a change that the news industry has seen with increased online news delivery?
Increased use of linear story structure
According to the Poynter Institute model, what should journalists ask themselves when dealing with ethical issues?
Is the information accurate and complete? What is the news? Why am I concerned with this story?
When can the focus of a story change?
It can change before, during and after the reporting and drafting process as more information comes to light.
What is most correct about tape recording an interview?
It is legal in many states to record an interview you conduct without obtaining source consent, but most journalists consider that practice to be unethical.
Which statement is true about plagiarism?
It is plagiarism if you paraphrase information from another publication and you don't attribute it
Which is true of phone interviews?
It's not necessary to use icebreakers.
Choose all of the types of resources you can find using your handy dandy Lib Guide.
Land and property records Correct! Criminal records Correct! Campaign finance records Correct! Marriage licenses
Which of the following can stand alone in a dateline, according to AP style?
Los Angeles
Which tip from E. B. White's Elements of Style does Sawatsky apply to his interviews?
Make every word tell
Which of the following is an example of public records?
Military records Delinquent tax records Real estate records
Iraqi troops have launched an operation this month to take what city from ISIS?
Mosul
According to the Harrower reading, opinion is most appropriate in which type of story?
Movie reviews
Reverse directories list residents of a community by what?
Name Address Telephone number
The Richard Jewell rule is associated with which situation?
Naming a person of interest who has not been formally charged
The Supreme Court case used as a precedent in libel cases involving public figures is
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan.
Is the style in this sentence correct? I read The New York Times each morning so I can pass my current events quiz.
No, it's The New York Times
What was the topic of the video Elaine Monaghan showed last lecture?
Photo ethics and manipulation
Ethicist Louis Hodges suggests which of the following in dealing with privacy issues?
Publish private information about public officials if it affects their public duties.
Which of the following can protect you from libel when you publish a defamatory statement?
Publishing a defamatory statement made by someone with absolute privilege
Which is NOT a technique media writers use to deal with boring but important information?
Put it all into one middle section so as to keep from cluttering the other parts of the story.
Which of the following is true about using deception to get a story?
Reporters should use it only if there is no other way to get a story.
What does Sawatsky think is a problem for all journalists?
Savvy sources give us planned answers because we're asking the wrong questions
Which statement is most true about how you should check background and prepare before an interview?
Search online databases, official websites, printed materials and news clippings to find information.
What does parallelism mean when writing news stories?
Sentences are worded in the same grammatical order.
What types of questions does Sawatsky say journalists should use in an interview?
Short, neutral questions that repeat the subject's own words
What does Sawatsky do around the country?
Teach interviewing workshops
Who compiled the Principles of Journalism?
The Committee of Concerned Journalists
What piece of legislation makes federal records available to the public?
The Freedom of Information Act
What is the Access to Public Records Act?
The Indiana law that expresses the public's right to government records.
Which sentence is an example of passive voice?
The bicycle thief was sentenced to three years in jail.
What penalties are imposed when journalists or public relations (PR) practitioners commit a serious violation of their profession's code of ethics?
The can lose their jobs if the editors or executives think that the violation is severe enough.
What was a major media focus following the third presidential debate Wednesday night?
The fact that Donald Trump wouldn't confirm he'd accept the results of the election if Hillary Clinton was elected.
What kind of interviewing method was prevalent in the 50s?
The prosecutorial method
What is true about the codes of ethics for the Public Relations Society of America and the Radio and Television News Directors Association?
They both stress accuracy and telling the truth as guiding principles.
In the 1990s Food Lion case, the courts found that ABC-TV should pay the supermarket chain for which offense?
Trespassing
True or False: Sawatsky thinks the spin doctors are winning
True
Where did Emily say you could find the Lib Guide on Canvas?
Under the Research Help tab
How can you add emotion, opinions and flavor into objective newswriting?
Use quotes
Which of the five W's gives the story its substance?
What
When do journalists get in trouble, according to the reading?
When they show their personality and try to get information at the same time
Which of the five W's gives a story its personality?
Who
Why should you log in through your IU account when using Google Scholar?
You can find files you wouldn't otherwise have access to.
What does it mean when you use a source on deep background?
You can use the source's material for your information ONLY without attributing it to the source in any way
What is the meaning of the phrase "You can't write writing"?
You can't write a solid story without solid reporting.
The AP Stylebook says what about using photos and information on social media?
You should never lift quotes and video from social media posts unless you verify the information before publishing it, even in breaking-news stories.
Which of the following situations is most likely NOT to be protected as fair comment and criticism?
a food critic writing that the chef cooking at a private party was drunk
A lead quote is
a strong quote that is high in the story to support the lead.
The legal term for the right that public officials have to make defamatory statements in the course of their official duties without being sued is called
absolute privilege.
When you need to identify someone by race or ethnicity in a story, it is best to
ask the source how he or she would prefer to be referred to in the story.
According to Harrower, the _____ the event, the _____ it will be to readers.
closer, more relevant
An extra two minutes to take the quiz will have a huge __________ on students' scores.
effect
U.S. copyright law
ensures that you are protected for your work even if you don't use a copyright symbol.
Three factors that constitute libel are
falsity, injury to a person's reputation, and publication.
The term "pacing" means
following long sentences with short ones. Good pacing drives the audience to continue reading.
In the Dietemann v. Time Inc. case, when reporters went undercover to do a story about a plumber, the reporters were sued
for invasion of privacy.
A basic news lead
has the key facts summarized in a concise way
Impact leads explain
how the readers and viewers will be affected by an issue in the story.
You should use your best quote
immediately following the lead.
Social media have resulted in all of the following changes in news delivery EXCEPT
increased company profits as readers and viewers share digital content.
The basic story form used in most news stories is
inverted pyramid.
A strong summary lead
is in subject-verb-object order.
The former editor of the Des Moines Register, Geneva Overholser, advocates for naming both the name of the accuser and the accused in rape cases because
it will lessen the public stigma of rape if it were reported as journalists do any other crime.
What is the structure of most basic news stories?
lead, nut graph (if needed), lead quote, supporting facts, more quotes and comments, additional information, ending
Hard news is best defined as
news about events or information that happened, is happening or will happen
Citizen journalism is
news and information contributed by people who are not journalists.
Closed-ended questions are best for:
obtaining brief, factual information
In Zeran v. America Online, the Supreme Court ruled that
online service providers were not responsible for libelous messages posted to their services if they did not edit the content.
Which of the following lists contains five common qualities of news (news values)?
proximity, timeliness, conflict, human interest and unusual nature
According to the text, Associated Press policy on anonymous sources says:
reporters should proceed with interviews on the assumption they are on the record.
News stories almost always use _______ in attribution for quotes.
said
The best questions in interviews are
short and focused on one topic.
An aggregator is
software that compiles material from other websites and delivers them to your email or media player.
Which of the following does NOT need to be attributed in a lead?
something that you witnessed firsthand
A nut graph
states the main point of the story, typically before the third to fifth graph.
With an inverted pyramid story, ________ first and ______ later.
summarize, explain
Hard-news leads are also called
summary leads
The first major test of freedom of speech on the Internet to reach the U.S. Supreme Court was
the Communications Decency Act (Reno v. ACLU).
According to the New York Times editor cited in the text, government agencies are highly reliable sources of information online because...
the information is official and public.
The focus of a story is
the main idea of the story.
The best defense for a reporter in a libel suit is
the truth
When you are writing political stories, reporters should
translate jargon into everyday terms the reader can understand.
When calling to set up an interview, you should
use the sponsorship technique if another source has referred you to him or her.
Choose the best definition. Ethics is the study of choices about
what we should and shouldn't do.
The term "blocking sources" refers to a technique
where information from each source is put in separate blocks when constructing a story.
How should you end an inverted pyramid story?
with the least important fact
When writing a focus sentence as a tool to help you select pertinent information, you should
write a headline for your story in fewer than 10 words. determine the most newsworthy, important or current information. express your focus as a tweet (Twitter post).
The No Electronic Theft Act provides that
you cannot copy software even if you don't make a profit.
Delayed identification means
you delay identifying the name of the subject of the story until a paragraph or two after the lead.
If you use a summary lead that explains the focus or the main point of the story,
you don't need a nut graph.
If you paraphrase a quote,
you need to attribute it so the reader knows where you got the information.
