News Test Review

RAMNews Unit Jeopardy Review

News Unit Jeopardy Categories

News HistoryWriting MISC. ElementsJVI Values

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History for 100

Why was the first newspaper given the name “gazette”?

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History for 100

It was named after the term “Gazetta”, which is an Italian coin. The newspaper used to only cost one gazetta (one coin).

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History for 200

Who invented the TELEGRAPH, and what can it be compared to in modern-day terms?

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History for 200

Who Is…- Samuel F.B. Morse (Morse Code)- Compared to modern-day texting

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History for 300

Name one of the “founding fathers” of journalism

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History for 300

Who Is…Joseph PulitzerWilliam Randolph HearstEdward Scripps

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History for 400

Explain what affect the Alien and Sedition Acts (1798) had on news…

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History for 400

Before the A&S Acts, people could write whatever they wanted about whomever they wanted. The A&S Acts placed restrictions about criticizing government, president, & cabinet.Let’s get back to the game!

History for 500

What did the Associated Press create in the mid-1800’s?

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History for 500

What is…The Inverted Pyramid Structure

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Writing for100

Name, in correct order, the 4 parts of the Inverted Pyramid

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Writing for100

HeadlineSubheadLeadDetails

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Writing for 200

Which type of news exhibits objectivity – facts, not opinions

(Hint: Need to Know News)

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Writing for 200

What is…Hard News

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Writing for 300

This part of the news is usually the first sentence or paragraph, and begins to summarize the who, what, when, where, why and how of the story.

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Writing for 300

What Is…The Lead

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Writing for 400

Explain the difference between a Human Interest Story & a Newsmaker Story

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Writing for 400

Human Interest Story: Stories about non-newsmakers, often moving, heroic, or dramatic

Newsmaker Story: Stories about celebrities, athletes, politicians (make news when they talk, marry, divorce, date, get DUI’s, etc.)

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Writing for 500

Which part of the news is considered the “content” of the news (i.e. the writing, photos, graphs, etc.)

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Writing for 500

What is…The NEWSHOLE

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Elements for100

When a story can make the news because it is NEW, unusual or bizarre, it is called:

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Elements for 100

What is…NOVELTY

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Elements for 200

If a story about PR’s football game from three weeks ago is printed in today’s paper, what News Element is the story lacking?

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Elements for 200

What is…TIMELINESS

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Elements for 300

While asking questions such as:“How many people are affected by

this story?” or “How seriously does this event affect them?”

We are looking at the story’s __________

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Elements for 300

What is…IMPACT

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Elements for 400

News can be summarized in three words:

RELEVANCE, USEFULNESS, and __________

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Elements for 400

What is…INTEREST

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Elements for 500

Generally, people are most interested in and concerned about what happens close to home.

This element is called…

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Elements for 500

What is…PROXIMITY

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JVI Values for 100

Value 1 is Balance, Fairness, and Wholeness. What does this mean?

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JVI Values for 100

The news must give both sides of the story and reflect a community’s “wholeness” (good, bad, ordinary)

Understand that communities have many different layers (voices, viewpoints, events, problems, solutions, etc.)

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JVI Values for 200

JVI Value 3 is Leadership. How/why should news reporters be leaders?

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JVI Values for 200

News reporters should show a deep affection for the community.

News reporters should anticipate important issues that the public may want to know.

News reporters play the role of explainer and leave out bias.

News reporters provide information to help the public form their own opinions and solve problems.

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JVI Values for 300

What does J V I stand for?

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JVI Values for 300

What is…Journalism Values Institute

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JVI Values for 400

Explain the 2nd JVI Value of Accuracy and Authenticity

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JVI Values for 400

News reporters should get the basic facts correct: names, spellings, addresses, time, place, etc.

News reporters should provide the right facts: background, context, perspective, etc.

News reporters should capture the essence of the story. Let’s get back to the game!

JVI Values for 500

Which JVI Value allows the news reporter to act as “eyes and ears” for the community, go where the general public can’t go, and provide a “window to the world” so readers can engage on what’s going on around them?

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JVI Values for 500

What is…

JVI Value Four: Accessibility

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Miscellaneous for 100

The first English newspaper, published in 1665 under the rule of the crown was called: ______________________

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Miscellaneous for 100

What is…The Oxford Gazette

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Miscellaneous for 200

Explain one of the major changes to news in the early 1900’s, called Jazz Journalism.

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Miscellaneous for 200

Bold HeadlinesPicturesStatistics & ChartsSensational Writing

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Miscellaneous for 300

Explain the term YELLOW JOURNALISM, created in the mid-1800’s

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Miscellaneous for 300

Yellow Journalism was sensational writing that exposed slums, poverty, racism, etc.

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Miscellaneous for 400

About ____% of the newspaper is advertising.

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Miscellaneous for 400

What is…

61%

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Miscellaneous for 500

This type of news appears in numerous papers regularly (“Dear Abby”)

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Miscellaneous for 500

What is…Syndicated Columnists

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