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1. HFR refers to
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Reporters’ area of specialization is often called ___
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3. Mast head:
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All Radio and TV script besides commercial refers to
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With regards to the ethics of news writing and reporting, the journalist acts according to his/her whims and caprices
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A reporter could function without ethical issues but cannot function without legal issues
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_____ is the body expected to interpret the code while acting as a judicator when any of the provisions of the code is breached
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An action is either good or bad depending on the context in which it was made. This is the position of ______
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The heart of news gathering operation is the
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The function of the press does not include
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The former Editor of The Times, Herold Evans, says News is
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theory consists mainly of guidelines, techniques, traditions and conventions that guide the work of media production
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One of these provisions is not contained in the codes for Nigerian Journalists
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Journalism is sometimes metaphorically regarded as in a hurry
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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’
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The following are not types of lead except
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Objectivist theory holds that ethics is rather than emotional
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Because reporters are able to recount events and happenings in a society per time, they are often referred to as
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The four theories of the press is associated with Siebert, Peterson and
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The word(s) placed on a copy to designate the story is called
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The well known four theories of the press include all except
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Reporters who cover specialized beats in both the print and electronic media have the same functions
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Man’s ability to feel and empathize with others makes it possible for him/her to behave ______
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The Newspaper library, where published stories, photographs and resource materials are stored for reference purposes is called
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The Umbrella Code for journalists in Nigeria is ____
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Quotations give a sense that readers have talked directly with the sources.
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27. Continuity means
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The abuse of freedom by the press in the 20th Century led to the calls for a _______
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Theory states that it is the result or consequence of actions that determine the rightness or wrongness of such action
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is the main theme of the story which provides the spine of the story.
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A telephone conversation or interview recorded for later playback on air is called
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According to _, an action is justified if the intentions of the doer are good, regardless of the consequences that ensure from the action
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Antinomian theory is closely related to _____
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Generally, abbreviations should be used in broadcast copy. True or False?
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The first code of ethics for journalists in Nigeria was established in
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The Reporter must write and shape the writing to the following except
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37. CAR refers to
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The first code of ethics for journalists in Nigeria was established in ____
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The practice of working as a Journalist for a Newspaper and at the same time a Press Secretary to a Governor amounts to
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Materials meant for a newspaper story are still referred to as
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A lead provides answer to all except
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The instrument most professions, including the media profession uses to regulate the professional conduct of their members is codified as
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theory believes that the press have certain obligations to society which must be accepted and fulfilled
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The excesses of ____ necessitated the need for the society to demand a high moral standard from journalists
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Surveillance of the environment has to do with
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_____ codes reflect an organization’s commitment to certain standards of conduct
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The excesses of necessitated the need for the society to demand a high moral standard from journalists
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Information given to a reporter in complete confidence and should not be printed under any circumstances is called
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The naturally makes the first decision on what constitutes news
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The attributes of a journalist requires that he/she develops the ability to be impartial, impersonal and dispassionate
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