Broadcast Journalism Vocabulary
Quiz by Maurice Harris
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- Q1Crediting the source of information used in a storyevergreenangleattributionclose30s
- Q2The conclusion of a storyattributionevergreenangleclose30s
- Q3The approach or point of view used to tell a storyangleevergreencloseattribution30s
- Q4A story that is appropriate to be broadcast at any time, regardless of season or time of year, day, month, etc.evergreenattributionangleclose30s
- Q5A type of news story that viewers need to have immediately; news that is serious and timelyhard newshard leadnewslead30s
- Q6The first line of a story that begins abruptly and immediately presents the most important informationnewshard newsleadhard lead30s
- Q7Information that people want to know, that people should know, or that people need to knownewsleadhard newshard lead30s
- Q8The first sentence of a story, or the beginning/introduction of an interview that states the subject's name, title, and contact informationhard newshard leadnewslead30s
- Q9Television news programming that is expected to provide a fair, unbiased presentation of facts, without viewpoint or opinionsoft newstabloid medianon-mainstream mediamainstream media30s
- Q10Television news programming that is expected to express a particular point of view or opinionmainstream mediasoft newsnon-mainstream mediatabloid news30s
- Q11Television programming that stretches or exaggerates facts by dealing with sensational stories, mostly entertainmentmainstream medianon-mainstream mediatabloid mediasoft news30s
- Q12A type of news story with information that viewers may find interesting but not necessarily need to knowmainstream mediatabloid mediasoft newsnon-mainstream media30s
- Q13Everything spoken by a reporter in a package (report)hard leadsoft leadsoft newsreporter track30s
- Q14The first line of a story that communicates the general idea of a story but not does offer any factsleadsoft leadsoft newshard lead30s