JMC 101 EXAM #2 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Journalism - Answers - The activity or profession of writing for newspapers, magazines,
or news websites or preparing news to be broadcast.
News - Answers - Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or
important events.
Watchdog Function - Answers - Watchdog journalists gather information about the
actions of people in power and inform the public in order to hold elected officials to
account.
Agenda-Setting Function - Answers - The study of agenda-setting describes the "ability
(of the news media) to influence the importance placed on the topics of the public
agenda".
Bias - Answers - Media bias occurs when journalists or news organizations allow their
own opinions to affect the news that they report and the way that they report it.
Editorializing - Answers - (of a newspaper, editor, or broadcasting organization) make
comments or express opinions rather than just report the news.
Conflict of Interest - Answers - At its broadest, conflict of interest comprises a variety of
situations where undeclared obligations or loyalties exist that might plausibly stand
between journalists or journalism organizations and the public they principally serve.
Plagiarism - Answers - Plagiarism is traditionally defined as taking someone else's work
and presenting it as your own. In journalism, it is considered one of the primary sins of
the profession. Many journalists have lost their jobs or faced legal action for lifting
others' writing or other production.
Theft - Answers - Newspaper theft is a crime where significant portion of a newspaper
print or other publication is stolen or destroyed in order to prevent others from reading
its content, including those publications that are available for free.
Deception - Answers -
Fabrication - Answers - Media professionals break ethical codes when they invent or
create information that has no basis in truth. In simple terms, when journalists fabricate
information, they are lying.
, Burning a Source - Answers - Disclosing the identity of a source who gives you
information in confidence
Anonymous Sources - Answers - An anonymous source is someone who is interviewed
by a reporter but does not want to be named in the article the reporter writes.
Pull Quote - Answers - Pull quotes are made up of text that is pulled from the text—that
is, duplicated—and presented on the page as an attention-grabbing visual element. Pull
quotes are commonly used in magazines and on news websites to hook a reader's
attention with a juicy quote from the story.
Drop Cap - Answers - Drop caps, short for dropped capitals, are large single letters that
are several lines larger than the surrounding text and are taken from the first word of the
paragraph. Drop caps are more than decoration: They lead readers' eyes to the
beginning of an article, prompting them to read the text.
Surveillance - Answers -
Budget Line - Answers - Your "budget line" is what you would give your editor when
proposing to do a story (a/k/a story proposal). You are trying to sell the story to your
editor — and to give yourself at least a rough plan for developing and writing the story.
Begin each budget line with a one-‐word title (called a "slug").
Inverted Pyramid - Answers - The inverted pyramid structure simply means placing the
most fundamental information in the lead paragraph of the story, and then arranging the
remaining details, from most important to least important, in the following nut graphs.
Wire Service - Answers - A wire services provides news reports to media outlets, and
are also called news agencies, news cooperatives, and news services. Wire services
prepare hard-news articles, features, and other material to be used by media outlets,
with little or no editing needed.
Yellow Journalism - Answers - Journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude
exaggeration.
Investigative Journalism - Answers - Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in
which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, such as serious crimes,
racial injustice, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing.
Freemium vs. Premium - Answers - Allowing subscribers to choose their ad tolerance
by paying more
Visual Storytelling - Answers - Visual Storytelling is the process of communicating
through visual media. Visuals in storytelling help with connection and make information
easy to understand and digest. Media methods include illustration, enhanced graphics,
videos and even music.
ANSWERS
Journalism - Answers - The activity or profession of writing for newspapers, magazines,
or news websites or preparing news to be broadcast.
News - Answers - Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or
important events.
Watchdog Function - Answers - Watchdog journalists gather information about the
actions of people in power and inform the public in order to hold elected officials to
account.
Agenda-Setting Function - Answers - The study of agenda-setting describes the "ability
(of the news media) to influence the importance placed on the topics of the public
agenda".
Bias - Answers - Media bias occurs when journalists or news organizations allow their
own opinions to affect the news that they report and the way that they report it.
Editorializing - Answers - (of a newspaper, editor, or broadcasting organization) make
comments or express opinions rather than just report the news.
Conflict of Interest - Answers - At its broadest, conflict of interest comprises a variety of
situations where undeclared obligations or loyalties exist that might plausibly stand
between journalists or journalism organizations and the public they principally serve.
Plagiarism - Answers - Plagiarism is traditionally defined as taking someone else's work
and presenting it as your own. In journalism, it is considered one of the primary sins of
the profession. Many journalists have lost their jobs or faced legal action for lifting
others' writing or other production.
Theft - Answers - Newspaper theft is a crime where significant portion of a newspaper
print or other publication is stolen or destroyed in order to prevent others from reading
its content, including those publications that are available for free.
Deception - Answers -
Fabrication - Answers - Media professionals break ethical codes when they invent or
create information that has no basis in truth. In simple terms, when journalists fabricate
information, they are lying.
, Burning a Source - Answers - Disclosing the identity of a source who gives you
information in confidence
Anonymous Sources - Answers - An anonymous source is someone who is interviewed
by a reporter but does not want to be named in the article the reporter writes.
Pull Quote - Answers - Pull quotes are made up of text that is pulled from the text—that
is, duplicated—and presented on the page as an attention-grabbing visual element. Pull
quotes are commonly used in magazines and on news websites to hook a reader's
attention with a juicy quote from the story.
Drop Cap - Answers - Drop caps, short for dropped capitals, are large single letters that
are several lines larger than the surrounding text and are taken from the first word of the
paragraph. Drop caps are more than decoration: They lead readers' eyes to the
beginning of an article, prompting them to read the text.
Surveillance - Answers -
Budget Line - Answers - Your "budget line" is what you would give your editor when
proposing to do a story (a/k/a story proposal). You are trying to sell the story to your
editor — and to give yourself at least a rough plan for developing and writing the story.
Begin each budget line with a one-‐word title (called a "slug").
Inverted Pyramid - Answers - The inverted pyramid structure simply means placing the
most fundamental information in the lead paragraph of the story, and then arranging the
remaining details, from most important to least important, in the following nut graphs.
Wire Service - Answers - A wire services provides news reports to media outlets, and
are also called news agencies, news cooperatives, and news services. Wire services
prepare hard-news articles, features, and other material to be used by media outlets,
with little or no editing needed.
Yellow Journalism - Answers - Journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude
exaggeration.
Investigative Journalism - Answers - Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in
which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, such as serious crimes,
racial injustice, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing.
Freemium vs. Premium - Answers - Allowing subscribers to choose their ad tolerance
by paying more
Visual Storytelling - Answers - Visual Storytelling is the process of communicating
through visual media. Visuals in storytelling help with connection and make information
easy to understand and digest. Media methods include illustration, enhanced graphics,
videos and even music.
