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The letter “E” in news represents
2 / 50
Who sold Lagos Daily News to Herbert Macaulay
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According to Levin (2000:18) hard news is also called ______news
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One of this is not a limitation of investigative Reporting
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Anglo-African newspaper reigned between? ,
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According to Burns (2002), news provided by a journalist performs _____major functions in a society.
7 / 50
If Nigerian government seized the license of a media house for engaging in investigative reporting, this limitation is under
8 / 50
Should an investigative reporter pay attention to deadlines? Yes OR No?
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Proprietorial interference, which is one of the limitations to investigative reporting means_______
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__is two or more paragraphs building up to a paragraph that tells readers the major points of the story ?
11 / 50
Liberal theory of the press can be found in which stage of Steven Wards’s six stages in the development of journalism ethics _?
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Captions may be in question format e.g. Who killed Dele Giwa? . True OR False?
13 / 50
Newsgroups is also known as
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The purpose of in-depth investigative stories is generally to something.
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Which of these is not among the characteristics of news
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The beginning of journalism in Nigeria could be traced to _______
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Many newspapers were shut down during military regime because they engaged in_____
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Which type of news is less current, entertains and informs while appealing to reader’s emotion
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The mass media always have strained relationships with the government during the military regime because they engaged in _________
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Who probes falsity when defamatory statements involve matter of public interest, Plaintiff or Defendant?
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Caption for an investigative story can never be in question format. True or False?
22 / 50
The ______communication model was propounded 1948
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In order not to be engulfed in litigation, the subeditor must not have a working knowledge of the law and ethics of the profession. True or False _?
24 / 50
How many stages is the alternate ‘view of press’ theory proposed by Steven Ward?
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Which country did Nigeria import its press law from __?
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Who formulated Categorical Imperative __?
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Determinants of interpretative journalism includes all but one
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Many newspaperswere shut down during military regime because they engaged in_______
29 / 50
According to Brady (1977) interviews are based on two major aims for the journalist and these are trust and _______
30 / 50
Judging whether a statement is defamatory will normally involve __steps.
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What is the consequence of the inaccurate estimates of the journalist’s audience?
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Conflicts can arise where a journalist is involved in politics or personal relationships or vested interests.
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33) The beginning of journalism in Nigeria started with the __newspaper
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Nigeria’s press laws are based on British and traditions?
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The __or caption is an important part of the entire piece because it is the first centre of attraction for the reader
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Press laws in many African countries take their roots from common law family of the English or law family of the French
37 / 50
The purpose of in-depth investigative stories is generally to something. True or False?
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Search engines are also called __spiders or robots
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Inequalities in capitalist dominated societies lead to
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Which of these statements is appropriate?
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Categories of limitations to interpretative journalism include all except_____?
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All reporters are investigators
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Mass media act as the middle man between the policy formulators and _______
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Media owners influence is a type of _______ limitations to investigative reporting
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Media gatekeepers exist to ensure that standards and expectations are met. True OR False __?
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_is defamation by spoken words or gesture?
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“Threat to life” is a to investigative journalism
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Which paper was founded byJames Bright Davies?
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To know your audience properly you must embark on to find out more about them
50 / 50
Letter ‘S’ in the acronym, NEWS stand for
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