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JOU3101 Reporting Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions What are the ABCs of news writing? Accuracy, Brevity, Clarity Day vs Date Use the day or date in the story but not both. Day: Within 7 days of event. Date: More than 7 days. There is no "tomorrow" or "yesterday," but there is a today...

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JOU3101 Reporting Exam 1 Questions With
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What are the ABCs of news writing? Accuracy, Brevity, Clarity




Day vs Date Use the day or date in the story but not both.


Day: Within 7 days of event.

Date: More than 7 days.

There is no "tomorrow" or "yesterday," but there is a today.




What is comma splice? Joining 2 separate and complete sentences with a comma




FANBOY fakers: However, therefore, although




Describers: If you have two or more adjectives that are not joined by a conjunction and

both/all modify the same word, put a comma between them.




Big story topics: -The economy/stocks.


-Politics.

, JOU3101 Reporting Exam 1 Questions With
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-Health care.

-Weather.

-Conflict.

-Crime.

-Sports.

-Oddities.

-Whack jobs.




What is news? -Changing relationships.


-Event of community consequence.

-Disruptive events.




Ages: Do not use numbers to begin sentences: all ages otherwise are figures.




Importance to readers: -Extensity: how big of an event is it.


-Intensity: how intense is its effect on readers?

-Proximity: nearby, bigger news.

, JOU3101 Reporting Exam 1 Questions With
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-Recency

-Consequence: what are the effects?

-Variety




______ make a story come alive. Details




News Values Ex. -Timeliness: anniversaries, calendar.


-Proximity: local, localized.

-Local angle is the lede.

-Prominence: big shot visiting.

-Consequence: inconvenience, cost.

-Human interest: comedy, tragedy, sex, animals, good deeds, bizarre, conflict.




Enterprise Stories: -For journalists:


-Helps fill space.

-For PR types:

-Promote.

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