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Which of these should a reporter do if he must manage his source to succeed in his reportorial assignment _____
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A good reporter must have nose for news This means that
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To become a specialist reporter, one needs a Ph.D degree in the area of coverage. YES/NO
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Political reporting is another area of _reporting
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If a competent court of law orders a retraction but a news publication still refuses to do so, the publication is guilty of
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The reporter must not editorialize. This means ____
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An in-depth, thorough, elaborate, comprehensive and lucid report of a specific field of journalistic coverage is known as _report
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The sports council is a good information source for the reporter
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A good reporter must abide by these rules except ____
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A reporter covering the court if not careful is almost likely to commit of the courts.
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---------- is what typically differentiates a broadcast copy from advertising copy and from a public relations copy
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Is defamation by means of writing or by any other permanent form.
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When many reporters from different media organizations participate in an interview, they are in involved in ____
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The courts fall under superior courts while the magistrate courts fall under inferior courts.
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The most outstanding difference between news writing and poetry or novel is which of these? _____
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Watergate scandal led to the resignation of former American president
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One of these is not a motivating factor for journalists to go the extra mile ____
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In a typical news room, you are likely to hear which of these terminologies? ____
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Broadcast news stories are written in _voice;
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Any act of disrespect against the court by the reporter is called of the court
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A geographical area such as town, or a subject area such as science and technology are examples of a reporter’s
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One of the following is not a type of interview _____
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Crime reporters are encouraged to work closely with which agency of Government?
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Political parties are a good _of information for the reporter
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Interview in journalism parlance can be defined as _____
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According to Melvin Mencher (2010), a story must satisfy which of these to be accepted? _____
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An essential part of professional practice that deals with matters of right and wrong and is associated with morality is called
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It is the duty of the reporter to interpret the electoral process to the electorate?
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If a news medium presents news in a way to arouse a quick and excited reaction, it is said to engage in
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Age, Animal, Sex, Conflict, Money, Children Beauty, Human Interest are examples of -
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Usually cannot have all the details as at press time?
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When should a reporter conduct an interview? _____
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When a man/woman suffers defamation through the spoken word or gesture, that is called
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When a reporter writes a story that is considered to be a breaking news his source is categorized as____
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Lull periods are a challenges for the journalist; but an imaginative report can turn to which of these for his story ____
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One of these is not a general rule for news writing and reporting ___
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When journalists argue for legislation to assist them to source information, they are actually asking for
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In Nigerian law, the is presumed innocent until proved guilty
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There is no excuse for a journalist to do a sloppy job because he can verify every fact by reference to these except ___
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Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Yugoslavia, are countries from part of the world?
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Broadcasters should avoid complex sentence; instead they should chhose
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Some elements of good writing include____
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An aspiring reporter is driven by the following to perform excellently, except ____
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The second_cycle story, the developing story and the update are the variants of
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The obnoxious _of 1984 was enacted by General Buhari to curtail press freedom
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The media in the eastern world are free to express dissenting views. YES/NO?
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A reporter should always know that an accused is entitled to hearing
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To connect the reader back to the original story, the reporter uses
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The following, according to Sonaike (1987) is not a type of lead ____
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A News story is considered to be of good quality if it has which of the following qualities? ______
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A piece of information can be regarded as news when _____
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_____ is not when to use direct quote to add colour and credibility?
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Journalists enjoy press freedom in the world.
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To give the news a sense of immediacy, the broadcast newsis item should be written in tense, in order to give the news a sense of immediacy and currency.
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The disaster started with a building flash Next, a shattering roar that led to a crumbling wall, then breaking glass, and death This is an example of ______
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Some interviewees may want to know why you want to interview them, in such a case you can do one of the following _____
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A benefit or immunity enjoyed by someone or a class of people which does not apply to the general public is called
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Education, Politics, Business, Economy Science and Technology are examples of Beat?
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Which of these is an accurate definition of news? ____ It must
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The word “sacred cow” when used in the news room means, which of these ___
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In international communication parlance the third world is also referred to as the
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In order not to compromise on the reputation and credibility of the media industry, a good reporter must be ______
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Update is a type of story
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The first step in a typical court trial process in America is called _statement
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The writing rule ‘use the inverted pyramid forms when writing news’ means ____
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You can identify a poor writing by which of the following? ____
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News stories that emanate from events such as national celebration, budget speech, special anniversary, is known as ____
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For Crime reporters, information is sourced from people involved, account of the event and
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69. ---------- are similar to indepth stories
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To ensure accuracy in interviews, the reporter should do all of these except ____
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