MAC225

According to Melvin
Mencher (2010), a story
must satisfy which of these
to be accepted? _____

A skilled interviewer should
watch out for the
interviewers emotional tone
level (ETL) by doing which
of the following in the cause
of the interview_____

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

The sports council is a
good information source for
the
reporter

You can identify a poor
writing by which of the
following? ____

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

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

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

A piece of information can
be regarded as news when
_____

There are two types of
Beats: Topical Beat and
beat

The second_cycle story, the
developing story and the
update are the variants of

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

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

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.

Advocates for collective
ownership of resources as
a cardinal principle in the
eastern world

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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 ___

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

When journalists argue for
legislation to assist them to
source information, they are
actually asking for

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

Some elements of good
writing include____

is the act of covering and
reporting from a particular
field or subject for your
media organization.

Watergate scandal led to
the resignation of former
American president

A reporter covering the
court if not careful is almost
likely to commit
of the courts.

If an accused agrees to
plead for guilty in return for
a lesser sentence this is
called

In criminal law, the
is the accuser?

A benefit or immunity
enjoyed by someone or a
class of people which does
not apply to the general
public is called

Someone who has been
exposed to hatred, ridicule
and contempt by a
publication, can sue for

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

A good reporter must have
nose for news This means
that

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

One of the following is not a
type of interview _____

The reporter must not
editorialize. This means
____

The writing rule ‘use the
inverted pyramid forms
when writing news’ means
____

If a news medium presents
news in a way to arouse a
quick and excited reaction,
it is said to engage in

Broadcast news stories are
written in
_voice;

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

An area assigned to a
reporter as his
responsibility is known as

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

A poor writing has the
following attributes except
_____

Opponents of press
freedom are known as the

A story written in an
inverted pyramid format
simply means which of
these? ____

There are no easy
classifications of news;
however in broad term, the
following except one are
the major types _____

Those who oppose the right
of the press to freedom
believe that journalists do
not need
to compel them to work