FBLA JOURNALISM LATEST 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
newspaper - ✔✔publication that contains information about current events, features on
different topics and advertisements
✔✔penny press - ✔✔newspapers that were named after the cost, 1 cent
✔✔inverted pyramid - ✔✔journalism style that puts the most important facts in the first
paragraph
✔✔yellow journalism - ✔✔mid-1890s journalism that represented sensationalism,
screaming headlines and cheap melodrama
✔✔muckraking - ✔✔the beginning of investigative journalism; journalists took on the
role of promoting social responsibility investigating corruption, especially in big
business, social institutions and politics
✔✔muckraker - ✔✔a journalist who investigated corruption, especially in big business,
social institutions and politics
✔✔First Amendment - ✔✔the First Amendment to the Constitution, which provides the
rights to free speech and free press
✔✔censorship - ✔✔the prevention, or attempted prevention, of printing or broadcasting
materials that are considered by some to be objectable
✔✔mass media - ✔✔refers to all the channels of communication that reach a large
audience
✔✔Golden Age of Radio - ✔✔refers to the 1930s when Americans listened to radios for
music, drama, comedy, variety shows and news
✔✔network - ✔✔a group of stations that broadcasts the same programs at the same
time
✔✔Web logs (blogs) - ✔✔Internet journals written by reporters with specialty fields or
interests; blogs also may be written by citizen journalists
✔✔multiple platforms - ✔✔the news organization has both a print publication and an
Internet site; media through which consumers obtain news, such as through
newspapers and news magazines, television, radio, and the Internet
, ✔✔multiple media - ✔✔may include print, broadcast and Internet; adding audio and
video elements to a print story
✔✔convergence - ✔✔merging of media and platforms
✔✔journalist - ✔✔the reporters, editors, photographers, producers and camera crews
who sift through the many happenings of a day to tell you what's important or interesting
✔✔journalism - ✔✔the business of news-gathering and reporting
✔✔objective - ✔✔to keep an open mind and report both sides of an issue
✔✔reporter - ✔✔a journalist who gathers facts and prepares information to send out by
mass media to the people who will read or listen to it; also called a correspondent
✔✔correspondent - ✔✔a journalist who gathers facts and prepares information to send
out by mass media to the people who will read or listen to it; also called a reporter
✔✔source - ✔✔a person who supplies reporters with information
✔✔gatekeeper - ✔✔editors, producers, publishers and other managers who decide
what will get into the paper, onto the Web site or onto the nightly news broadcast
✔✔ethics - ✔✔the moral principals that govern the appropriate conduct for individuals
and organizations
✔✔accuracy - ✔✔getting all the facts right and always seeking the truth
✔✔credibility - ✔✔a reputation for being right; credible news organizations and their
employees strive to be fair and independent, that is, free from the influence of
government, businesses or individuals
✔✔influence - ✔✔
✔✔integrity - ✔✔
✔✔anonymous sources - ✔✔
✔✔transparency - ✔✔
✔✔on the record - ✔✔
✔✔impartial - ✔✔
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
newspaper - ✔✔publication that contains information about current events, features on
different topics and advertisements
✔✔penny press - ✔✔newspapers that were named after the cost, 1 cent
✔✔inverted pyramid - ✔✔journalism style that puts the most important facts in the first
paragraph
✔✔yellow journalism - ✔✔mid-1890s journalism that represented sensationalism,
screaming headlines and cheap melodrama
✔✔muckraking - ✔✔the beginning of investigative journalism; journalists took on the
role of promoting social responsibility investigating corruption, especially in big
business, social institutions and politics
✔✔muckraker - ✔✔a journalist who investigated corruption, especially in big business,
social institutions and politics
✔✔First Amendment - ✔✔the First Amendment to the Constitution, which provides the
rights to free speech and free press
✔✔censorship - ✔✔the prevention, or attempted prevention, of printing or broadcasting
materials that are considered by some to be objectable
✔✔mass media - ✔✔refers to all the channels of communication that reach a large
audience
✔✔Golden Age of Radio - ✔✔refers to the 1930s when Americans listened to radios for
music, drama, comedy, variety shows and news
✔✔network - ✔✔a group of stations that broadcasts the same programs at the same
time
✔✔Web logs (blogs) - ✔✔Internet journals written by reporters with specialty fields or
interests; blogs also may be written by citizen journalists
✔✔multiple platforms - ✔✔the news organization has both a print publication and an
Internet site; media through which consumers obtain news, such as through
newspapers and news magazines, television, radio, and the Internet
, ✔✔multiple media - ✔✔may include print, broadcast and Internet; adding audio and
video elements to a print story
✔✔convergence - ✔✔merging of media and platforms
✔✔journalist - ✔✔the reporters, editors, photographers, producers and camera crews
who sift through the many happenings of a day to tell you what's important or interesting
✔✔journalism - ✔✔the business of news-gathering and reporting
✔✔objective - ✔✔to keep an open mind and report both sides of an issue
✔✔reporter - ✔✔a journalist who gathers facts and prepares information to send out by
mass media to the people who will read or listen to it; also called a correspondent
✔✔correspondent - ✔✔a journalist who gathers facts and prepares information to send
out by mass media to the people who will read or listen to it; also called a reporter
✔✔source - ✔✔a person who supplies reporters with information
✔✔gatekeeper - ✔✔editors, producers, publishers and other managers who decide
what will get into the paper, onto the Web site or onto the nightly news broadcast
✔✔ethics - ✔✔the moral principals that govern the appropriate conduct for individuals
and organizations
✔✔accuracy - ✔✔getting all the facts right and always seeking the truth
✔✔credibility - ✔✔a reputation for being right; credible news organizations and their
employees strive to be fair and independent, that is, free from the influence of
government, businesses or individuals
✔✔influence - ✔✔
✔✔integrity - ✔✔
✔✔anonymous sources - ✔✔
✔✔transparency - ✔✔
✔✔on the record - ✔✔
✔✔impartial - ✔✔
