Deck 3: Making Journalism

Question 1

Because of new technology and social media, journalists need to worry more than ever about who gets the news first.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

One of the challenges today to journalism's public-service role is the pressure for news to be as popular as entertainment, so that news becomes "infotainment." This challenge can be summarized as:

A) A consequence of technological advances
B) The insidious effects of public relations disguised as news
C) Commercialism
D) A result of corporate, absentee ownership of news outlets

Answer 2

C

Question 3

About how much does the Web contribute to total newspaper advertising?

A) Less than 2 percent
B) Less than 9 percent
C) More than 15 percent
D) More than 27 percent
E) More than 76 percent

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The early 20th-Century journalist who called newspaper work "one of the truly sacred and priestly offices in a democracy" was:

A) John Dewey
B) Walter Lippmann
C) Walter Cronkite
D) John Locke

Question 5

The public relies on journalists to fact-check, to make sure that truth (not falsehoods) is reported as news. This fact-checking role is sometimes referred to as:

A) Surveillance
B) Gate-keeping
C) Agenda-setting
D) Watchdog

Question 6

"Dying to tell the story" is a documentary about the photojournalist Dan Eldon, who was killed covering the war in:

A) Somalia
B) Zimbabwe
C) Kosovo
D) Iraq

Question 7

Activities that serve little purpose other than to be reproduced through publicity are called…

A) breaking news
B) commodity
C) enterprise stories
D) beats
E) pseudo events

Question 8

To capture the mass market, what two newspapers of the United Kingdom and the United States worked to reach the maximum number of readers?

A) A) The "Pony Express"
B) B) The "Penny Press"
C) C) The "Pauper Press"
D) b and c are correct
E) None are correct

Question 9

When the delivery form of journalism changes…

A) the process of journalism changes significantly
B) the process of journalism changes slightly
C) the values of journalism change significantly
D) the values of journalism change slightly
E) the values of journalism become unimportant

Question 10

A sudden, compelling news event covered immediately by reporters is called…

A) commodity
B) an information alert
C) journalism
D) breaking news
E) currency

Question 11

Which is not a news value?

A) Conflict
B) Impact
C) Transparency
D) Timeliness
E) Currency

Question 12

The statement ""news events in areas close to the audience are considered more relevant than those far away"" explains what news value?

A) Conflict
B) Proximity
C) Prominence
D) Timeliness
E) Novelty/Emotions

Question 13

The most common news value is

A) Impact
B) Prominence
C) Conflict
D) Currency
E) Novelty/Emotions

Question 14

Activities that serve little purpose other than to be reproduced through publicity are called…

A) breaking news
B) commodity
C) enterprise stories
D) beats
E) pseudo events

Question 15

An edited set of video clips for a broadcast news story is called…

A) a beat
B) breaking news
C) an enterprise story
D) a commodity
E) a package

Question 16

About how much does the Web contribute to total newspaper advertising?

A) Less than 2 percent
B) Less that 9 percent
C) More than 15 percent
D) More than 27 percent
E) More than 76 percent

Question 17

One of the great challenges facing journalism today is that technology has transformed the gathering and delivering of news. Identify and briefly describe the three additional challenges or trends that we discussed during the first week of class.

Question 18

The public expects the news media to monitor key events, issues and people to determine what is important and/or interesting. This media function is known as:

A) Watchdog
B) Agenda-setting
C) Mirror
D) Surveillance

Question 19

A story in the UC News Record that tells students about a tuition increase and how that might affect their financial aide relies most heavily on what element of news?

A) Impact
B) Prominence
C) Novelty/emotions
D) Timeliness

Question 20

Those who send pictures or videos to news organizations are called citizen journalists?

Question 21

A TV reporter's script must go through multiple reads before it is sent to edit?

Question 22

The story of Ron Sylvester, a veteran reporter now at the Las Vegas Sun, shows that it's very difficult for journalists to adapt to new modes of news delivery.

Question 23

Information, news and journalism are NOT synonyms.

Question 24

Because of new technology and social media journalists need to worry more than ever about who gets the news first.

Question 25

Human interest stories often cause news organizations to disregard the main rules of newsworthiness.

Question 26

Impact is always about the number of people affected.

Question 27

Impact describes an issue's effect on the public.

Question 28

Enterprise stories are ones written about pseudo events.

Question 29

All stories printed by journalists have gone through multiple drafts.

Question 30

News companies are beginning revisit the decision to give away all their content online for free.

Question 31

Those whoe send pictures or videos to News Organizations are called Citizen Journalists?

Question 32

A TV Reporters script must go through multiple reads before it is sent to edit?

Question 33

The Newsworthiness of stories are discussed in the morning and afternoon editorial meetings?

Question 34

The newsworthiness of stories is discussed in the morning and afternoon editorial meetings?

Question 35

About how much does the Web contribute to total newspaper advertising?

A) Less than 2 percent
B) Less than 9 percent
C) More than 15 percent
D) More than 27 percent
E) More than 76 percent

Question 36

The documentary "Dying to tell the story" was about a photojournalist named ---- who was killed covering the war in ---- ___ .

Question 37

The Open Newsroom project is an attempt to change the way local news is produced. How?

Question 38

"Engaged journalism is an inclusive practice." That is part of quotation in a subhead in chapter 3. What does it mean in regard to journalism?

Question 39

List and describe the four function of transparency listed in chapter 3.

Question 40

How does transparency journalism seek to repair the trust between news and news audiences?

Question 41

Engaged journalism is all about seeing journalism as more of a product than a service
True

Question 42

What aspect of journalistic practice does engaged journalism seek to curtail?

A) transactional.
B) collaborative.
C) transparency.
D) all of the above.

Question 43

How can journalists improve their listening skills:

A) surveys.
B) hosting forums.
C) attending public meetings.
D) all of the above.

Question 44

What did the Knight Commission on Trust, Media & Democracy recommend?

A) that journalism becomes more insular.
B) make fewer distinctions between news, opinion and fact-based commentary.
C) explaining the "how" of journalism to news audiences.
D) all of the above.

Question 45

What is Trusting News:

A) a book on the history of transparency in journalism.
B) a survey on the public's trust of news media.
C) a news organization.
D) a training and education initiative.

Question 46

The solutions offered by Trusting News are relatively simple:

Question 47

How did WCPO and KCRG try to reach audiences?

A) Through flyers
B) Through ads in their broadcasts
C) Through social media
D) Through focus groups