Chapter 10

Journalism
Mr. Roark
Chapter 10 worksheet
T/F: Place a T in the black if the statement is true. F if it is false.
1. ___All writing for the mass media has four characteristics: accuracy, precision, efficiency, and clarity.
2. ___Accuracy is a major theme in writing.
3. ___Precision is a basic means of achieving accuracy.
4. ___English is the basic tool of the profession. If you can’t master it, people will not take you seriously.
5. ___Good journalists must be verbose and include all facts no matter how long it takes.
6. ___Writers need not to worry about and conventions for story acceptability.
7. ___Attribution is a convention and news stories which involves giving money to just causes.
8. ___Attribution establishes a writer’s credibility.
9. ___Most major facts of a news story should be attributed to some source.
10. ___A common verb of attribution is the word said.

Explain 2 of the 4 other writing conventions in 3-5 sentences: 1. Short Sentences 2. Short paragraphs
3. Third Person 4. Attitude for Accuracy. Why is that convention important? What is its purpose?
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Use the space provided to draw the inverted pyramid and label it with 5 lines according to the diagram in your textbook. Explain the pyramid in 3-5 sentences. What is the purpose?

Explain in 3-5 sentences a lead paragraph. What purposes does it serve? Why is it important?
Describe and explain the 5W/H method. What is it? Why is it important?
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Exam Review Day

Observe the topics below:

1. "Inverted" Funnel writing style- Most important to least important
2. List of Interviewing Tips - 10 + available in text book
3. 5 W/H system - Who, what, when, where, why, how
4. First Amendment Rights
5. Hard News Story v. Editorial (in style, voice, treatment)
6. Writing to be cut - conceptually and functionally
7. Types of Sources - stored, personal, observed
8. The Lead Paragraph - include the vital info. and write to be cut from there
9. Editing Check List - see example in text
10. Attribution - punctuation, subject, said
11. Basic AP Style Rules - spelling, capitalization, Identification, hyphen, numbers, time, date
12. The future of journalism as a profession (consult chapters 23-26) .

Pick a partner to work with. Address each topic by explaining the necessary elements for understanding. Write 4-6 sentences on each topic. Word Process and Print (or Write your answers on a piece of notebook paper). Place first and last names on the paper.

Submit to Mr. Roark.

Then, finish up your clip file and you should be ready to go for tomorrow.

See Mr. Roark if you have questions about the exam, your grade, or late work.

Exam Review Topics: students should list and explain

The following topics will specifically be tested on the cumulative final exam (the final exam constitutes 10% of the final grade):

1. "Inverted" Funnel writing style- Most important to least important
2. List of Interviewing Tips - 10 + available in text book
3. 5 W/H system - Who, what, when, where, why, how
4. First Amendment Rights
5. Hard News Story v. Editorial (in style, voice, treatment)
6. Writing to be cut - conceptually and functionally
7. Types of Sources - stored, personal, observed
8. The Lead Paragraph - include the vital info. and write to be cut from there
9. Editing Check List - see example in text
10. Attribution - punctuation, subject, said
11. Basic AP Style Rules - spelling, capitalization, Identification, hyphen, numbers, time, date
12. The future of journalism as a profession (consult chapters 23-26)

Chapters 25, 26

Journalism
Mr. Roark
Chapters 25 & 26: Ethical Practices, Journalism: Present and Future

p. 466 1. What is the “Good Journalist?” What is a moral dilemma? How is it reflected in journalism?

p. 466 2. How does honesty lies at the heart of journalism? Explain.

p. 467 3. List and explain 3 Professional practices within journalism.

p. 467 4. Who or what do journalists need to respect?

p. 469 5. Explain ethical behavior and how it is specific to journalism.

p. 471 6. Define the following ethical difficulties: falsifying information-
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p. 481 7. What is meant by the statement “journalism is an open profession”?


p. 483 8. What is the financial state of the profession? What have the profits been like? What are they projected to be like? How is this different than what we are seeing locally with the GR Press?

p. 486 9. How do errors affect credibility?

p. 486 10. Explain sensationalism and relevance.

p. 486 11. What is intrusiveness?

p. 486 12. What is one of the ongoing problems of journalism? How can it be combated?


p. 487 13. What type of society have we become? How has this led to a changing audience/technology?

p. 488 14. According to the graph on 488, what are 5 of the most common online activities?

Chapter 23 & 24

Journalism
Mr. Roark
Chapter 23, 24 Twentieth Century, Law & The Journalist

p. 423 1. Describe the “Century of Technology.” What were 3 important events during this time?
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p. 425 2. Explain why the decline of newspapers happened and why it’s even worse today.

p. 427 3. In regard to radio, what is one of the greatest achievements of mankind?

p. 428 – 430 4. Describe some of the problems with radio and the harnessing of this media. When did radio finally prosper (p. 429)?

p. 429, 430 5. What is the FCC? Who is Edward R. Murrow. Why is he important?

p. 431 6. Explain Time and the Newsmagazine 2-3 sentences.

p. 432 7. Explain what replace the age of radio. How long did it take?

p. 437 8. When did the power of newspapers begin to erode? Why?

p. 440, 441 9. Explain the following statement and how it affects newspapers: “The web is now a “place,” virtual as it may be, where people do things, and one…is getting information.”

p. 445 10. Why are the methods of journalism under constant scrutiny? Why is the 1st Amendment vital?

p. 448 11. What was the corruption in Minneapolis?

p. 451 12. What important rights does the 1st Amendment grant (5)?

p. 453 13. What is defamation? What is libel? What constitutes libel? What 4 areas have “won” libel cases?

p. 457 14. In regard to Copyright law, what 4 things determine “fair use?”

p. 458 15. Why do journalists need to be aware of privacy?

p. 459 16. What is privilege? Free press – fair trial?

Chapter 22

Journalism
Mr. Roark
Chapter 22 – New Realities, New Journalism

p. 400 1. What changes did the profession of journalism experience during the latter part of the Nineteenth Century?

2. Newspapers grew into what?
3. The growth of journalism paralleled what?

p. 401 4. Why did journalism experience growth following the Civil War?

p. 402 5. The Industrial Age was dominated by whom?

p. 403-408 6. Explain the significance of Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst. What were their major contributions (give at least 3)?
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p. 408, 409 7. List 2 of the many major advances in technology explained that aided the profession:



p. 410 8. What was the great moral issue of the day in the late nineteenth century?

p. 411 9. How were women directly targeted by journalists or publications? What were they reading during this time?

p. 412 10. Explain “Stunt Journalist” Nellie Bly and Ida B. Wells. Why were they significant?



p. 414 11. How did electricity and the light bulb affect journalism?


p. 416 12. How did advertising change/affect journalism?


p. 417 13. Explain what is meant by the term “Watchdog Press”?