MAC225

To ensure accuracy in
interviews, the reporter
should do all of these
except ____

News stories that emanate
from events such as
national celebration, budget
speech, special
anniversary, is known as
____

“The bus overturned at
least three times,” the
police man said “ none of
the twenty passengers was
hurt, luckily the car did not
explode to flames,” is an
example of ___

The media in the eastern
world are free to express
dissenting views. YES/NO?

When a reporter writes a
story that is considered to
be a breaking news his
source is categorized
as____

The factors that determine
news values include some
of these…

For a reporter to win the
credibility and confidence of
his readers and listeners,
he must adhere to which of
the following virtues?

In international
communication parlance
the third world is also
referred to as the

Which of these is an
accurate definition of news?
____ It must

The major challenge of
online reporting is

Any act of disrespect
against the court by the
reporter is called
of the court

Use of words such as ‘and’,
‘but’ and ‘however’ as a
bridge in writing is called
____

A good reporter must abide
by these rules except ____

Education, Politics,
Business, Economy
Science and Technology
are examples of
Beat?

A poor writing has the
following attributes except
_____

Is defamation by means of
writing or by any other
permanent form.

Developing stories are
continuing stories;
help to connect parts to the
whole.

The reporter must not
editorialize. This means
____

A piece of information can
be regarded as news when
_____

The
courts fall under superior
courts while the magistrate
courts fall under inferior
courts.

When many reporters from
different media
organizations participate in
an interview, they are in
involved in ____

One of these is not a quality
of a good reporter? _____

Update is a type of
story

How does the idiom, ‘dress
how you want to be
addressed’ relate to the
reporter?

An in-depth, thorough,
elaborate, comprehensive
and lucid report of a
specific field of journalistic
coverage is known as
_report

---------- is what typically
differentiates a broadcast
copy from advertising copy
and from a public relations
copy

Offensive and provocative
dressing by female
journalists in court premises
is not necessarily an act of
contempt of the courts.
YES/NO

In criminal law, the
is the accuser?

To become a specialist
reporter, one needs a Ph.D
degree in the area of
coverage. YES/NO

When should a reporter
conduct an interview?
_____

Opponents of press
freedom are known as the

In a defamation case earlier
decided, an accused can
plead
as a defence.

When a man/woman
suffers defamation through
the spoken word or gesture,
that is called

One of the following is not a
type of interview _____

The most outstanding
difference between news
writing and poetry or novel
is which of these? _____

In a typical news room, you
are likely to hear which of
these terminologies? ____

In order not to compromise
on the reputation and
credibility of the media
industry, a good reporter
must be ______

One of these is not a
motivating factor for
journalists to go the extra
mile ____

For Crime reporters,
information is sourced from
people involved, account of
the event and

Interview in journalism
parlance can be defined as
_____

A geographical area such
as town, or a subject area
such as science and
technology are examples of
a reporter’s

There are two types of
Beats: Topical Beat and
beat

Broadcast news stories are
written in
_voice;

A News story is considered
to be of good quality if it
has which of the following
qualities? ______

It is the duty of the
reporter to interpret the
electoral process to the
electorate?

_____ is not when to use
direct quote to add colour
and credibility?

The practice whereby
journalists eagerly
condemn an issue in a
foreign country but would
not comment on same in
his is called

A bad writing will end up
where? ____

In Nigerian law, the
is presumed innocent until
proved guilty

The sports council is a
good information source for
the
reporter