FBLA JOURNALISM COMPREHENSIVE
MEDIA REVIEW SHEET FULL QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS
●● penny press
Answer: newspapers that were named after the cost, 1 cent
●● inverted pyramid
Answer: journalism style that puts the most important facts in the first
paragraph
●● yellow journalism
Answer: mid-1890s journalism that represented sensationalism,
screaming headlines and cheap melodrama
●● muckraking
Answer: 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
Answer: a journalist who investigated corruption, especially in big
business, social institutions and politics
,●● First Amendment
Answer: the First Amendment to the Constitution, which provides the
rights to free speech and free press
●● censorship
Answer: the prevention, or attempted prevention, of printing or
broadcasting materials that are considered by some to be objectable
●● mass media
Answer: refers to all the channels of communication that reach a large
audience
●● Golden Age of Radio
Answer: refers to the 1930s when Americans listened to radios for
music, drama, comedy, variety shows and news
●● network
Answer: a group of stations that broadcasts the same programs at the
same time
●● Web logs (blogs)
Answer: Internet journals written by reporters with specialty fields or
interests; blogs also may be written by citizen journalists
, ●● multiple platforms
Answer: 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
Answer: may include print, broadcast and Internet; adding audio and
video elements to a print story
●● convergence
Answer: merging of media and platforms
●● journalist
Answer: 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
Answer: the business of news-gathering and reporting
●● objective
Answer: to keep an open mind and report both sides of an issue
MEDIA REVIEW SHEET FULL QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS
●● penny press
Answer: newspapers that were named after the cost, 1 cent
●● inverted pyramid
Answer: journalism style that puts the most important facts in the first
paragraph
●● yellow journalism
Answer: mid-1890s journalism that represented sensationalism,
screaming headlines and cheap melodrama
●● muckraking
Answer: 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
Answer: a journalist who investigated corruption, especially in big
business, social institutions and politics
,●● First Amendment
Answer: the First Amendment to the Constitution, which provides the
rights to free speech and free press
●● censorship
Answer: the prevention, or attempted prevention, of printing or
broadcasting materials that are considered by some to be objectable
●● mass media
Answer: refers to all the channels of communication that reach a large
audience
●● Golden Age of Radio
Answer: refers to the 1930s when Americans listened to radios for
music, drama, comedy, variety shows and news
●● network
Answer: a group of stations that broadcasts the same programs at the
same time
●● Web logs (blogs)
Answer: Internet journals written by reporters with specialty fields or
interests; blogs also may be written by citizen journalists
, ●● multiple platforms
Answer: 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
Answer: may include print, broadcast and Internet; adding audio and
video elements to a print story
●● convergence
Answer: merging of media and platforms
●● journalist
Answer: 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
Answer: the business of news-gathering and reporting
●● objective
Answer: to keep an open mind and report both sides of an issue
