FBLA Journalism Test Prep: Key Topics & Practice
1. newspaper publication that contains information about current events, features
on ditterent topics and advertisements
2. penny press newspapers that were named after the cost, 1 cent
3. inverted pyramid journalism style that puts the most important facts in the first
paragraph
4. yellow mid-1890s journalism that represented sensationalism, screaming
journal- ism
headlines and cheap melodrama
5. muckraking the beginning of investigative journalism; journalists took on the role
of promot- ing social responsibility investigating corruption, especially
in big business, social institutions and politics
6. muckraker a journalist who investigated corruption, especially in big business,
social institu- tions and politics
7. First Amendment the First Amendment to the Constitution, which provides the rights to
free speech and free press
8. censorship the prevention, or attempted prevention, of printing or broadcasting
materials that are considered by some to be objectable
9. mass media refers to all the channels of communication that reach a large audience
10. Golden Age refers to the 1930s when Americans listened to radios for music,
of Radio
drama, comedy, variety shows and news
11. network a group of stations that broadcasts the same programs at the same
time
12. Web logs (blogs) Internet journals written by reporters with specialty fields or
interests; blogs also may be written by citizen journalists
13. multiple plat-
forms
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, FBLA Journalism Test Prep: Key Topics & Practice
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
14. multiple media may include print, broadcast and Internet; adding audio and video
elements to a print story
15. convergence merging of media and platforms
16. 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
17. journalism the business of news-gathering and reporting
18. objective to keep an open mind and report both sides of an issue
19. 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
20. 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
21. source a person who supplies reporters with information
22. 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
23. ethics the moral principals that govern the appropriate conduct for
individuals and
organizations
24. accuracy getting all the facts right and always seeking the truth
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1. newspaper publication that contains information about current events, features
on ditterent topics and advertisements
2. penny press newspapers that were named after the cost, 1 cent
3. inverted pyramid journalism style that puts the most important facts in the first
paragraph
4. yellow mid-1890s journalism that represented sensationalism, screaming
journal- ism
headlines and cheap melodrama
5. muckraking the beginning of investigative journalism; journalists took on the role
of promot- ing social responsibility investigating corruption, especially
in big business, social institutions and politics
6. muckraker a journalist who investigated corruption, especially in big business,
social institu- tions and politics
7. First Amendment the First Amendment to the Constitution, which provides the rights to
free speech and free press
8. censorship the prevention, or attempted prevention, of printing or broadcasting
materials that are considered by some to be objectable
9. mass media refers to all the channels of communication that reach a large audience
10. Golden Age refers to the 1930s when Americans listened to radios for music,
of Radio
drama, comedy, variety shows and news
11. network a group of stations that broadcasts the same programs at the same
time
12. Web logs (blogs) Internet journals written by reporters with specialty fields or
interests; blogs also may be written by citizen journalists
13. multiple plat-
forms
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, FBLA Journalism Test Prep: Key Topics & Practice
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
14. multiple media may include print, broadcast and Internet; adding audio and video
elements to a print story
15. convergence merging of media and platforms
16. 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
17. journalism the business of news-gathering and reporting
18. objective to keep an open mind and report both sides of an issue
19. 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
20. 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
21. source a person who supplies reporters with information
22. 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
23. ethics the moral principals that govern the appropriate conduct for
individuals and
organizations
24. accuracy getting all the facts right and always seeking the truth
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