Last day of class: Team A vs. B

Team A, the champs.
Team B, tough competitors.
Team A advantage: Andrea's fast writing.

The Questions:

1) Write an example of a good lead/lede for an article describing what we did in Journ 300 this semester.

2) What are some ways in which a news story is different from an essay you might write in English class?

3) What is a nutgraph/nutgraf?

4) What does S-V-O mean?

5) What are LOCAL ANGLE, PRIMARY and SECONDARY sources, SUBSTANTIATION, VERIFICATION, ATTRIBUTION, NEWS HOOK?

6) Give an example and define EUPHEMISM. Is it good to have euphemisms in news stories?

7) What does HAGIOGRAPHY mean? Is it a good model for a news profile?

8) Explain ON and OFF THE RECORD.

9) What is the MASSACHUSETTS OPEN MEETING LAW? What is it designed to do? What is a QUORUM? Give some examples of circumstances under which a governmental body may meet outside

public view.

10) Give an example of a very useful AP tip. Why does AP style matter?

11) When are the private as well as the public actions of public officials the subject of a news story?

12) True or False: Joseph Pulitzer said that "the highest mission of the press is to render public service."

13) What's the difference between an arraignment and an indictment?

14) What is the difference between libel and slander?

15) What is "actual malice"?

16) Describe what makes a quote "quoteworthy."

17) What is better CONCRETE or ABSTRACT, SPECIFIC or GENERAL, PRECISE or VAGUE. Give examples of each.

18) Do quotations need to be in the speaker's exact words 100 percent of the time?

19) The reporter should go to an event without having read anything about it beforehand so as not to influence his/her perceptions of it. True or False.

20) What are the components of a solid blog post?

21) What's "search engine optimization"?

22) What is Proposition 2 1/2 and when would you find yourself writing about it most likely?

23) What's an ordinance?

24) What's better, in general, SHOWING or TELLING? Why?

25) What's an important point to remember with respect to journalism that hasn't been mentioned in this list of questions?