Hard News and Feature Writing MCQ

1. The feature story is not as important or interesting to the audience as hard news.

2. Attribution is not needed on statements of opinion.

3. A feature story lead

4. Quotes in a hard news story

5. The end of a hard news story

6. The inverted pyramid structure is more likely to be used in a

7. In writing news leads

8. In writing a summary lead

9. What principle have online writers adapted from the hard news writing style?

10. According to a recent Reuters Institute study, what percentage of consumers use smartphones for news?

11. One way a feature story differs from a hard news story is

12. Callie Shipley claims the hardest thing about news writing is