Media Writing Quiz # 17

An element of a libel claim that requires the person claiming to be libeled to be clearly identifiable in the potentially libelous material is known as _____.

Fault

Defamation

Identification

Classification

Libel is defined as a _____ published statement that damages a person’s reputation.

False

True

Authentic

Liable.

Limited-purpose public figures are people who aren’t famous but have become known in relation to a specific topic or issue.

True

False

Payola is a type of _____is a  term made popular in the 1950s, when on-air personalities took money to play certain songs.

Bribe

Corruption

Tax

Freelancing

Taking content someone else created and claiming it to be your own is called_____.

Payola

Plagiarism

Puffery

Publication 

Politicians and celebrities are _____ figures.

Public

Private

Social media

None of above

An element of a libel claim that requires the potentially libelous content to be sent to someone other than the person claiming to be libeled is called_____.

Publication

Puffery

Payola

Plagiarism

Puffery is a kind of _____ protected speech.

Legally

Illegally

Publicly

Privately

Punitive damages are ______ penalties assessed to a libel defendant to punish the person or organization for acting irresponsibly.

Financial

Economical

Ethical

Managerial

A legal standard that allows journalists to quote officials acting in their official capacity without fear of libel is called qualified privilege.

True

False

Restrictions placed on _______ germane to when, where and how people wish to express themselves are called time-place manner limitations.

Freedom of expression

Freedom of speech

Freedom of worship

Freedom of living

True threat is a legally ______ form of communication where an individual announces a violent or dangerous action that is likely to occur.

Protected

Unprotected

Sealed

Concealed

Merging of twitter and liber is ______.

Twibel

Liber

Witter

Better

Beats are areas of specific _____ coverage.

News

Media

Twitter

Facebook

Fires,robberies and shootings are examples of _____.

Beats

Breaking news

Twibel

News peg

An area of news coverage based on more _____ concepts is called conceptual beat.

Ethereal

Ephemeral

Corporal

Surreal

An area of news coverage based on specific _____ of a state or city is called geographic beat.

Regions

Capitals

Empires

Districts

Localization is a story format in which a reporter covers a broader issue from a _____ angle.

Local

National

International

Digital

The key point of any news story.

Main assertion

Main story

Live stream

Vlog

An older newsroom term used to describe a newsroom’s library and archives is called _____.

Morgue 

Obituary

Shell

News peg

The aspect of a story that justifies why a reporter is covering the topic now and for this audience is called _____.

News peg

Morgue

Shell

Bridge

Obituary is a profile story written about a person who has ____.

Famous

Died

Alive

Nostalgic

A feature story that explores the life of an individual through in-depth reporting and observation is called _____ profile.

Personality 

Character

Attitude

Individual differences

A set of guidelines used to conduct many meetings. The rules are based on parliamentary procedure and meant to keep order are called _____ rules of order.

Robert

Charles

John

Mark

A basic set of information elements associated with a story that can be typed up in advance of an event is _____.

Shell

Beat

Source

News peg

Education, courts and religion  are examples of _____ beat.

Thermatic

Conceptual

Geographical

None of above

Attribution is information included with a quote to help readers understand the source of the content.

True

False

Bridge is the second paragraph of an expanded _____ story that helps move readers from the lead into the body of the story.

Inverted pyramid

Robert’s rule of order

Whorf rule

All of above

Information taken from a source in a word-forward fashion, placed between quotation marks and attributed to that source is called ____.

Direct quotes

Indirect quotes

Sources

Paraphrase

Indirect quotes is also known as _____.

Paraphrase

Precise

Adjective

Essay