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1. If a scheduled story about a boating accident on Monday gets pulled from Tuesday's paper to make space for
something else, that story might not run in Wednesday's paper because of the _______ news value.
2. A TV news story about a plane crash in India emphasizing the number of Americans aboard is reflecting the
___________ news value.
3. News media monitor ____________ to see what stories audience members choose to read.
4. Types of news sources available online include general news sites (such as CNN.com) and:
5. How have blogs affected journalism?
6. The trend toward ordinary people becoming amateur reporters is called:
7. Concentrating on stories of interest to a single zip code is an example of:
8. A mobile journalist
9. __________ skills allow reporters to use new communications technologies to uncover information that they
otherwise would not have known.
10. Hard news, which is the dominant type of news covered, usually reflects all of the traditional news values
except:
11. Print media typically report hard news in a(n) ____________ form.
12. A story that tends to provide the same amount of information throughout is written in the ______ form.
13. Soft news, or features, tend to rely on the __________ news value.
14. ____________ use non-routine information gathering methods to discover significant information about
important matters.
15. Which of these people is most likely to be a beat reporter?
16. At a TV station, the ________ decides which stories to cover, the length of each story and the order in
which the stories will appear.
17. AP (Associated Press) is best described as:
18. AP competes with
19. Broadcast and print journalism are similar in that:
20. A survey done by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press revealed that credibility ratings for
_________ declined from 2000 to 2008.
21. The news value known as proximity is based on the fact that we value events that happen to important
people.
22. The cost of new technology affects the types of stories that are covered by news organizations.
23. Though they can be interesting, blogs are not an influential force in online news reporting.
24. The traditional news media discourages citizen journalism.
26. A backpack journalist is a reporter who covers stories far away from civilization.
27. Hard news in the print and broadcast media is traditionally written using the square form.
28. There is a standard writing style for online news.
29. The one thing that all soft news has in common is that it tries to interest the audience.
30. Investigative news reports are typically shorter than the typical print or broadcast news item.
31. General assignment reporters at newspapers become specialists in a given type of news, such as City Hall
news.
32. Most TV news reporters are considered general assignment reporters.
33. Because TV is better at transmitting experience or impressions, it is better suited for in depth analysis and
complex interpretations than is print news.
34. Print and TV journalism are similar in that they both should strive to uphold basic values and journalistic
principles.
35. In journalism, a news organization's credibility is paramount to its viability.
36. Do you agree that while citizen journalists are a valuable source of news, they should be treated with
caution? Why?
37. Surveys conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press reveal that the audience is
becoming less likely to trust the news media. What do you think accounts for this decline in trust?
