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1. Cut line is also called

2. Morgue is

Restore the cancelled
version written in a copy is
designated as

An action is either good or
bad depending on the
context in which it was
made. This is the position
of

The word(s) placed on a
copy to designate the story
is called

Reporters’ area of
specialization is often called
___

Programmes broadcast
seven days a week at the
same time is called

Referring to the press as
the “Fourth Estate” of the
realm became common in
the

Quotations give a sense
that readers have talked
directly with the sources.

The media function that
concerns interpretation and
analysis is regarded by
Lasswell & Wright as

Information that may be
used by a reporter on
his/her own responsibility
and cannot be attributed
even to a “reliable source”
is called

In the Newsroom, the head
holds his/her regular
briefings over the

Writing news stories from
tips gotten from cocktail
parties could be regarded
as

14. HFR refers to

The standard radio
broadcasting - AM means

The former Editor of The
Times, Herold Evans, says
News is

The following abbreviation
except one are allowed in a
broadcast

Reporters who cover
specialized beats in both
the print and electronic
media have the same
functions

Theory states that it is the
result or consequence of
actions that determine the
rightness or wrongness of
such action

Transmission of the social
heritage from one
generation to the next
is____

Surveillance of the
environment has to do with

An action is either good or
bad depending on the
context in which it was
made. This is the position
of ______

Special reporter could be
assigned to report crime,
sport or business. True or
false?

24. Dateline refers to

The International principles
of Professional Ethics in
journalism emerged in

Objectivist theory holds that
ethics is
rather than emotional

A beat reporter could be
regarded as a______

Which date is appropriate
for Broadcast copy

According to ____, an
action is justified if the
intentions of the doer are
good, regardless of the
consequences that ensure
from the action

s the body expected to
interpret the code while
acting as a judicator when
any of the provisions of the
code is breached

Journalistic ethics is
ultimately concerned with
for journalistic actions

theory consists mainly of
guidelines, techniques,
traditions and conventions
that guide the work of
media production

33. Continuity means

Surveillance of the
environment has to do
with______

The head of the newsroom
operations is

Objectivist theory holds that
ethics is _______ rather
than emotional

With regards to the ethics
of news writing and
reporting, the ____
journalist acts according to
his/her whims and caprices

Teleological theory of ethics
is also called

Absolutist theory of ethics is
based on the
_of ethics

Which regulatory body‘s
code of conduct reads thus,
“in obtaining news or
pictures, reporters and
press photographers should
do nothing that will cause
pain or humiliation to
innocent, bereaved or
otherwise distressed
persons’

is the main theme of the
story which provides the
spine of the story.

The Law of Defamation
applies to

When a newspaper or any
other mass medium
presents news in a way
designed to arouse a quick
and excited reaction, this is
amounts to

______ theory believes that
the press have certain
obligations to society which
must be accepted and
fulfilled

Journalism is sometimes
metaphorically regarded as
in a hurry

Journalistic professional
ethical norms first began to
be codified in

The functions of print media
reporters and editors are
the same with that of
electronic media reporters
and editors

The name of the city or
town and date, which are
placed at the beginning of
stories that do not have
local origin is called

Between 1979 and 1983,
many journalists sold their
souls and craft to the
highest political bidder or
indeed to anyone who puts
up the bid. This is a vivid
picture of an ________
ethical crisis

Journalistic ethics as a
branch of philosophy helps
journalists’ in determining
what is