Beginning Reporting Final Exam Questions With Complete Solutions
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Beginning Reporting Final Exam Questions
With Complete Solutions
what are blogs, - Short for "web log"
- Can be a personal journal or brief commentary about any topic and can include audio or video
aggregators and podcasts, - Podcast: a digital media information in audio or video form
distri...
Beginning Reporting Final Exam Questions
With Complete Solutions
what are blogs, - Short for "web log"
- Can be a personal journal or brief commentary about any topic and can include audio or video
aggregators and podcasts, - Podcast: a digital media information in audio or video form
distributed over the internet for use on a portable media player
- Aggregators: software that compiles certain websites that you want delivered to you regularly-
pushes through email or automatically downloads them
o Also known as a feed reader
what are continual deadlines, - When a story breaks, reporters at many newspaper and
broadcast organizations are expected to file the story immediately for post online and update
major stories throughout the day
interactivity - The ability to interact with readers
- Often through polls, chats and questions at the end of stories
, Beginning Reporting Final Exam Questions
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nonlinear structures, - Stories are typically written in linear form- that are able to be read
or heard from beginning to end as if in a straight line
- Nonlinear: since web features links and multimedia features it creates a nonlinear.
o Web content is organized in more related pieces and nonlinear news can be split into separate
parts for background, profiles, timeliness, databases and multimedia
- Readers can access content in any order they choose
databases, etc. - search for info through news sites
the four steps of the coaching method: conceiving the idea, collecting info, constructing and
correcting; - Conceive the idea: develop the idea for the story- the main point of what
occurred, focus of the story
- Collect: reporting stage. Look for background information, check online sources, seek out
several sources
- Construct: planning and writing stage. Begin with plan for the story developed around the
focus, then go through your notes
- Correct: Read it and make any necessary changes
Qualities of News 1. Proximity
, Beginning Reporting Final Exam Questions
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2. Unusual/novelty
3. Human interest
4. Conflict
5. Timeliness
6. Impact
7. Helpfulness
8. Celebrity/prominence
9. Entertainment
10. Community issues
11. Trends
news values of proximity, - An event may be of interest to local readers because it
happened in or around the community
unusual/novelty, - Out-of-the-ordinary events
human interest, - People like stories about people who have special problems,
achievements or experiences
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conflict, - Stories involving conflicts that people have with government or other people
who are newsworthy
timeliness, - Story released relatively timely to the time of the event
Impact - Reaction stories to news events or news angles that affect readers have impact-
usually when major national stories or tragedies happen locally
celebrity/prominence - People who are well-known draw in a lot of attention (has become
so popular that journalists are concerned it is displacing news)
Entertainment - stories that amuse readers, make them feel good or help them enjoy their
leisure time have entertainment value
Community issues - Stories that usually include qualities such as conflict and proximity
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