Media Writing Quiz # 3

A lead that will grab the reader, set the tone and pace for the story is called as

Breaking News

Feature News

Feature Lead

Breaking Lead

The conceptual opposite of the inverted pyramid is called as

Pyramid news

Pyramid structure

Pyramid function

Pyramid Story

News produced by television stations themselves are called as

Cable news

Local news

Network news

Station news

News provided to television stations from television networks are called as

Cable news

Local news

Network news

All of these

News channels that mix editorial and political view points are called as

Cable news

Local news

Network news

All of these

Basic television news stories read by a news anchor while a picture or graphic is displayed over the anchor’s shoulder are called as

Donut

Readers

Stories

Headlines

Video with background sounds is called as

Voice over

Sound on tape

Dubbing

Voice acting

The news anchor reads copy while video clips show images of the story is called

Voice over

Sound on tape

Dubbing

Voice acting

Transitions read by the news anchor is known as

Voice over

Sound on tape

Both of these

None of these

A comprehensive television news story recorded and edited by a news reporter is called as

News Bulletin

News Package

Story Line

Documentary

An introduction for a news package, written for the news anchor by the news reporter is called as

Breaking News

Donut

Teaser

Package lead-in

News packages that cover news as it is occurring is called as

Breaking News

Donut

Teaser

Headline

The live introduction and conclusion in broadcast news is called as Donut

True

False

A reporter who covers developing stories, often writing the lead-in is known as

Reporter on the scene

Reporter in the studio

Supportert on the scene

Cameraman on the scene

Live interview story is type of news story that feature a live interview conducted by an anchor or a reporter with a guest

In the studio

On the scene of a breaking story

Both of these

None of these

Direct sentences that are easily understood the first time someone hears them are called as writing for the ear

True

False

_____ lead is delaying the important elements of your news lead until the second sentence in the story

Creative Lead

Analogy Lead

Summary Lead

Delayed lead

Audio clips in radio is called as

Podcasts

Sound bites

Actualities

None of these

Audio clips in television news are called as

Podcasts

Sound bites

Actualities

None of these

The reporter’s to write and record the news package and write the introduction copy for the newscaster is called

Story in-cue

Story out-cue

Lead-in

Lead-out

Sentence that transitions to the recorded report is called as

Story in-cue

Story out-cue

Lead-in

Lead-out

The last sentence of the report on the lead-in script is known as

Story in-cue

Story out-cue

Lead-in

Lead-out

A short promotion designed to create audience curiosity for an upcoming newscast or news story is known as

Outros

Tikers

Teaser

Tosses

Transitions in the news script that move from one news reader to another is called

Outros

Tikers

Teaser

Tosses

Usually short sentences that conclude a newscast by referring to important highlights is called as

Outros

Tikers

Teaser

Tosses

The process of selecting and grading news to determine whether it should be used, where, and in part or in full is called as

News editing

News judgment

News grading

News selection

A strategy in which stories are posted without any editing beyond the reporter’s own work is called as

Digital-news judgment

Digital-first strategy

Digital-Principles

Digital-second strategy

Copy editing process has _____ Stages

One

Two

Three

Four

Making sure the story contains no errors or discrepancies, and that the facts are correct and complete is called

Inspection

Fact checking

Errors checking

Quality checking

Removing entire paragraphs or sections of the story is called as

Skimming

Boiling

Trimming

Cutting