News Reporting and Writing Exam 1 Questions Correct Answers Current Update (A+ Pass)
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News Reporting and Writing Exam 1 Questions Correct Answers Current Update (A+ Pass)
What are considered Qualities of News? - Answers - Timeliness, Proximity, Unusual Nature, Human Interest, Conflict, Impact, Helpfulness, Celebrities, Entertainment, Issues or Problems in the Community, Trends
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News Reporting and Writing Exam
1 Questions Correct Answers
Current Update (A+ Pass)
What are considered Qualities of News? - Answers -✔✔ Timeliness, Proximity,
Unusual Nature, Human Interest, Conflict, Impact, Helpfulness, Celebrities,
Entertainment, Issues or Problems in the Community, Trends
Describe Timeliness - Answers -✔✔ an event that happened the day of or a day before
publication or an event that is due to happen in the immediate future is considered
timely.
In broadcast and online media, timeliness is considered "_____________" and is even
more crucial. - Answers -✔✔ immediacy
Timeliness answers the reader's question of... - Answers -✔✔ Why are you telling me
this now?
Describe Proximity - Answers -✔✔ an event may be of interest to local readers
because it happened in or close to the community.
Describe Unusual Nature - Answers -✔✔ out-of-the-ordinary events, a bizarre or rare
occurrence, or people engaged in unusual activities are considered newsworthy.
Describe Human Interest - Answers -✔✔ people like stories about people who have
special problems or achievements, or who have overcome difficulties.
Human interest could also be described as _________ interest stories because many
stories about pets - especially missing or found pets - fit in this category. - Answers -
✔✔ animal
Describe Conflict - Answers -✔✔ Stories involving conflicts that people have with
government or other people are often newsworthy, especially when the conflict reflects
local problem.
Describe Impact - Answers -✔✔ Reaction stories to news events or news angles that
affect readers have impact, especially when major national stories or tragedies occur in
any community. Newspapers often seek local angles by writing how people in their
areas are affected by the news.
, Describe Helpfulness - Answers -✔✔ Consumer, health and other how-to stories help
readers cope with their lives. Online news sites abound with helpful stories.
Describe Celebrities - Answers -✔✔ people who are well-known for their
accomplishments - primarily entertainers, athletes or people who have gained fame for
achievements, good or bad - attract a lot of attention.
Describe Entertainment - Answers -✔✔ Stories that amuse readers, make them feel
good or help them enjoy their leisure time have entertainment value.
What news worthy qualities apply to "Issues or Problems in the Community" stories? -
Answers -✔✔ conflict and proximity.
Describe Trends - Answers -✔✔ stories may indicate trends, which are patterns or
shifts in issues that influence readers' lives, such as increases in crime, social issues
and other forces in society.
News falls into two basic categories: - Answers -✔✔ hard news and soft news
What kind of stories does hard news include? - Answers -✔✔ stories of a timely nature
about events or conflicts that have just happened or are about to happen.
ex. crimes, fires, meetings, protest rallies, speeches and testimony in court cases.
The hard-news approach is basically an account of WHAT happened, WHY it happened
and HOW readers will be affected. These stories have immediacy.
Soft news is defined as... - Answers -✔✔ news that entertains or informs, with an
emphasis on human interest and novelty, and less immediacy than hard news.
example: a profile about a man who designs model airplanes or a story about the
effectiveness of diets would be considered soft news.
Describe feature stories - Answers -✔✔ Stories that focus on people, places or issues
that affect readers' lives, can be considered soft news
Describe "breaking news" - Answers -✔✔ when the action or event occurred the same
day as or the day before publication of the newspaper
What is a "mainbar" and a "sidebar"? - Answers -✔✔ "mainbar": The hard-news story
about the event is the main story.
But when an accompanying feature story is a different angle on the same topic, it is the
"sidebar" packaged with the main story.
What is a lead? - Answers -✔✔ it's at the beginning of the story, the hook that tells the
reader what the story is about
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