Deck 11: Journalism Terminology and Ethics

Question 1

Sensational journalism is known by which colour?

A)Red
B)Blue
C)Black
D)Yellow

Answer 1

Yellow

Question 2

The subjects or areas allotted to reporters for regular coverage are know as

A)Organisations
B)Institutions
C)Beats
D)Topics

Answer 2

Beats

Question 3

What is the name of the case in which a PR executive was found lobbying for a particular person to be a Telecom minister?

A)Dayaben case
B)Nira Radia case
C)Shah Bano case
D)Shayara Bano case

Answer 3

Nira Radia case

Question 4

When a reporter's name is written on the newsreport, it is known as….

A)Byline
B)Name tag
C)Nameline
D)Credit name

Question 5

Which one of these is not a repoter's duty?

A)Attend events
B)Making page layoput
C)Interview people
D)Develop sources

Question 6

A reporter's relationship with a source is based on the principle of ….

A)Closeness
B)Enemosity
C)Friendship
D)Confidentiality

Question 7

Practice of continuation of lengthy news from front page to inside page has been stopped by which newspaper?

A)The Hindu
B)Indian Express
C)The Times of India
D)Hindustan Times

Question 8

The vertical spread of matter on a newspaper page in known as..

A)Vertical matter
B)Piller
C)Wall
D)Column

Question 9

A news report is written in which among the following styles.

A)Inverted pyramid
B)Straight
C)Lengthy
D)Upward pyramid

Question 10

A news which is published in only one newspaper before its competiotrs is known as what?

A)Something different
B)New
C)Exclusive
D)Expose

Question 11

A news published in horizontal format at the bottom of the the front page is known as what?

A)Anchor
B)Spread
C)Bottomline
D)Centrespread

Question 12

News about conviction of an accused in a murder case will come under which beat?

A)Crime
B)Judiciary
C)Health
D)Education

Question 13

What is H in 5Ws and 1 H?

A)How
B)Hard
C)Himself
D)Herself

Question 14

News about Mumbai's water supply comes under which beat?

A)Environment
B)State government
C)Civic affairs
D)Police

Question 15

A reporter has to observe discipline of ….... while filing a news report?

A)Deadline
B)Byline
C)Dateline
D)Deathline

Question 16

Change consequances, timeliness are known as….

A)News price
B)Definition
C)News weight
D)Newsvalues

Question 17

Reporting based on clandestine audio or video recording of a happening or conversation is known as….

A)Silent operation
B)Cladenstine operation
C)Sting operation
D)Secret operation

Question 18

In a democracy newsmedia is also popularloy known as..

A)Media estate
B)Fourth estate
C)Second piller
D)Third piller

Question 19

Which newspaper exposed Watergate scandal?

A)New York Times
B)Chicago Tribune
C)Washington Post
D)New York Star

Question 20

Term Yellow journalism is generally used for ….

A)Sensationalism
B)Human interest
C)Features
D)Analysis

Question 21

A news report begins with name of the city and date or day. What is it called?

A)Printline
B)Creditline
C)Cityline
D)Dateline

Question 22

What is the participation of a common man in journalism in known as?

A)Participatory journalism
B)Citizen journalism
C)People's journalism
D)Democratic joiurnalism

Question 23

…....is one of the important ethical principle of reporting.

A)Sharpness
B)Speed
C)Objectivity
D)Punctuality

Question 24

Which one of these is not a repoter's duty?

A)Attend events
B)Editing the news
C)Do investigation
D)Writing news reports

Question 25

Which act a reporter can use to extract information from government organisations?

A)IPC
B)IT
C)MRTP
D)RTI