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Reporters’ area of
specialization or coverage
is journalistically referred to
as

2. Cut line is also called

Reporters who cover
specialized beats in both
the print and electronic
media have the same
functions. True or False?

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

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

Restore the cancelled
version written in a copy is
designated as

Every reporter must have
an area of specialization in
media organization

codes reflect an
organization’s commitment
to certain standards of
conduct

Soviet-communist media
theory was prevalent in

The media theory that calls
for grassroots participation
in the control of the media
is the

Absolutist theory of ethics is
based on the ________ of
ethics

Embargoed news materials
are termed HFR. This
means

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

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

A reporter who has a
natural instinct for news,
could easily identify news,
is said to have

The well known four
theories of the press
include all except

17. Cut line is also called

The Newspaper library,
where published stories,
photographs and resource
materials are stored for
reference purposes is
called

19. HFR refers to

A radio spectrum frequency
assigned to a radio or
television station(s) is
called

Antinomian theory is closely
related to

Information given to a
reporter in complete
confidence and should not
be printed under any
circumstances is called

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

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

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

A beat reporter could be
regarded as a

The abuse of freedom by
the press in the 20th
Century led to the calls for
a _______

The heart of news
gathering operation is the

The Law of Defamation
applies to

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

From the perspective of
Lasswell and Wright (1948),
when the press collects and
distributes information, it is
engaging in

32. VDU screens means

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

The excesses of ____
necessitated the need for
the society to demand a
high moral standard from
journalists

The head of the newsroom
operations is

36. Mast head:

The first code of ethics for
journalists in Nigeria was
established in

Man’s ability to feel and
empathize with others
makes it possible for
him/her to behave ______

The first code of ethics for
journalists in Nigeria was
established in

Antinomian theory is closely
related to _____

Reporters primarily write for
the following reasons ____

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

Objectivist theory holds that
ethics is _______ rather
than emotional

A telephone conversation
or interview recorded for
later playback on air is
called

The practice of working as
a Journalist for a
Newspaper and at the
same time a Press
Secretary to a Governor
amounts to

A broadcast to a station to
be recorded or sent to
another station or other
stations is called

The instrument most
professions, including the
media profession uses to
regulate the professional
conduct of their members is
codified as

All radio and television
scripts beside commercials
is called

Because the reporter helps
chronicle events as they
happen, he/she is fondly
regarded as

50. CAR refers to