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Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

"Eighty percent of success is showing up," Woody Allen said.

Journalists writing for Twitter must limit their posts to

140 characters

Choose the sentence that is punctuated correctly.

Martin Luther King Jr. gave a famous speech, "I have a dream."

What are two sites that journalists can use for curation of photos, Tweets, posts and items about a news story on a composite Web page?

Pinterest and Storify

Jayson Blair worked for what paper when he was found to have fabricated stories?

The New York Times

A hashtag is

a link to a similar topic in Twitter

A facts or highlights box is

a list of facts, information or key points in a box typically placed next to a story

The Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World is highlighted in this chapter as an example of

a media company seen as a pioneer in digital delivery and media convergence

Media convergence is defined as

a merging of print, online and broadcast media

Choose the best definition for the word "blog."

a personal journal or column posted on the Web

What is Technorati?

a search engine that indexes blogs and tracks posts to them

A lead quote is

a strong quote that is high in the story to support the lead

Which is true about access to filings in civil and criminal court cases?

all filings are open to the public, except in juvenile cases

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

When should you check past stories on file or online databases for additional information when writing a story?

before you begin reporting or, in the case of breaking news, before you begin writing

The EyeTrack study showed that people are drawn to which type of visual first when looking at a print publication?

color photographs

The coaching method of writing introduced in this chapter starts with which of the following?

conceive

Janet Cooke's Pulitzer Prize was returned because she was found to have ________ in her story about Jimmy.

fabricated information

According to the "trust-o-meter" offered by Stephen C. Miller of The New York Times, which offers the most credible Web information?

government sites

Pulitzer Prize winner Barbara Walsh gave what advice about conducting interviews?

if a source refuses to answer a question, rephrase it and ask it again later in the interview

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

Foursquare is a mobile application that

includes a global positioning system (GPS) that will show your location to people you choose

Social media have resulted in all of the following changes in news delivery EXCEPT

increased company profits as readers and viewers share digital content

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

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

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

Trackbacks are

links at the end of a blog

Citizen journalism is

news and information contributed by people who are not journalists

Why were the events surrounding the Virginia Tech shooting a pivotal moment in the use of social media?

news organizations realized they could use Facebook and other sites to connect with sources to tell a breaking story

Hard news is best defined as

news stories about events or information that happened, is happening or is about to happen

Changes in recent decades, especially increases in blogs, citizen journalism and social media, have had what effect on the journalistic concept of objectivity?

objectivity has decreased, and more analysis is present in stories

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

often requires that information is blacked out or cut out when records are released

The term "podcast" means

portable on-demand video

Which of these is NOT a good tip for reporting with social media?

post photos or videos you find on social media sites immediately

Which of the following word lists contains five common qualities of news?

proximity, timeliness, conflict, human interest and unusual nature

Which of the following is a rule for writing a good Twitter post?

put the strongest words at the beginning

In online media, the letters "RSS" stand for

really simple syndication

In finding sources, Google and other search engines

should be used in conjunction with traditional directories and guides

Which is NOT a question typically answered in a summary lead?

so what?

How do social media differ from traditional media?

social media are Web-based technologies that provide ways people may connect, create and share content

The Associated Press says what about using sources found on social media?

social networks should not be used as a reporting shortcut when you can get the information by picking up the phone or knocking on a door instead

An aggregator is

software that compiles websites you want and delivers them to your email or media player

A nut graph

states the main point of the story, typically before the third to fifth graph

A hard news story is called that because it is

structured so that the key facts are in the first few paragraphs

The most common lead for a hard-news story is a ________ lead.

summary

The focus of a story is

the main idea of the story

In the case involving two Minnesota newspapers, what did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in regard to reporters who break promises of confidentiality?

they are not protected by the First Amendment from being sued

What policy change about sources did editors at The New York Times make in 2012?

they banned the practice of allowing a source to review, approve or edit quotes

Which is the BEST rule for the wording of attribution?

use "said" for humans and "according to" for reports and other objects

Which of the following is NOT a rule for strong writing for blogs?

use informal spelling and grammar similar to text messages (such as "thru," "l8r," "u")

When using sources from a member of a minority group, it's best to

use labels if the ethnic or racial background of a source is relevant to the story

When calling to set up an interview, you should

use the sponsorship technique if another source has referred you to him or her

The Denver Post, the Hartford Courant and the Tuscaloosa News all won Pulitzer Prizes because they

used social media expertly to cover disasters in their communities

When Mark Potter of "NBC Nightly News" speaks of "sponsorship" in reporting, he means

using a source he knows and trusts to sponsor or refer him to other credible sources

Crowdsourcing is

using large groups of people to gather or produce content through social media

The term "blog" is a shortened version of what term?

web log

Which statement is true?

you don't need to attribute information if it is common knowledge or indisputable

When using information from a source as "background," which of the following is true?

you may identify the person with a vague reference such as "an official"

"Off the record" means that

you may not use information from the source even if you don't identify the person

Which statement is correct?

you must attribute information that is someone's opinion

Which is MOST true about using direct quotations?

you should avoid quotes that don't relate directly to the focus of your story

What is true about verifying information gathered from social media?

you should try to corroborate the information from a Twitter account by checking with other users