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Journalism Midterm StudyGuide

This study guide is for a high school journalism elective midterm exam. It outlines the major topics to be covered, including newspaper staff roles, the history of American journalism, the rights and responsibilities of journalists, writing styles and editing, news writing, sports writing, and feature writing. Students will be assessed through quizzes testing their knowledge of introductions, history, rights and responsibilities, and news writing, as well as graded homework assignments involving news writing, interviewing, and style/editing.

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Journalism Midterm StudyGuide

This study guide is for a high school journalism elective midterm exam. It outlines the major topics to be covered, including newspaper staff roles, the history of American journalism, the rights and responsibilities of journalists, writing styles and editing, news writing, sports writing, and feature writing. Students will be assessed through quizzes testing their knowledge of introductions, history, rights and responsibilities, and news writing, as well as graded homework assignments involving news writing, interviewing, and style/editing.

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Midterm Exam 2021-2022

Sheet Type: Study Guide


Subject: Journalism Elective
Grade: Highschool
Teacher’s Name: Ms. Carrie

Introduction
(Review Notes from PowerPoint Slides / P. 1 of Student Workbook / Quiz 1)

1. Newspaper Staff & Job Descriptions


-Editor-in-Chief -Business Manger
-Associate Editors -Sports Reporters
-Sports Editor -Feature Writers
-Feature Editor -Photographers
-Photo Editor -News Reporters
-News Editor -Editorial Writers
-Editorial Editor

2. 1952 London Fog Event & How Newspapers Shaped Public Opinion

History of American Journalism


(Review Notes from PowerPoint Slides / Quiz 1)

1. Explain the Significance of the Following as Relates to Journalism


-Smoke Signals -1833 Penny Press
-1690 Newspaper Publick Occurences -1847 Frederick Douglas
Both Foreign & Domestic -1877 Phonograph
-1704 Newspaper The Boston News-Letter -Yellow Journalism
-1734 Peter Zenger -Spanish-American War (1898)
-1775 Mary Katherine Goddard -1972-1974 Watergate Scandal
-Early 1800s Smallpox Vaccine Editorials -1981 Janet Cooke

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2. U.S. Newspaper Circulation High Compared to Now

3. Explain the Following Terms


-Affirmative Action
-Plagiarism

Rights & Responsibilities of Journalists


(Review Notes from PowerPoint Slides / Quiz 2)

1. Five First Amendment Rights: Name / Explain / Give Examples

2. Nine Areas of Unprotected Speech: Name / Explain / Give Examples

3. Court Cases: Name / Explain the Case & the Court’s Ruling (Decision)
-Tinker v. Des Moines
-Bethel School District v. Fraser
-Hazelwook Case
-Justin Layshock Case

4. The Buckley Amendment: Explain

5. Libel
-Definition -Libel Per Quod
-Characteristics -Damages Owed for Libel Lessened by
-Libel Per Se (Name Five Things)

Style & Editing


(Review Classwork 1 Handout / Quiz 2)

1. Active / Passive Voice: Understand, Identify, & Write Sentences

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2. Editorializing: Understand, Identify, & Write Sentences
3. Easily Confused Words: Understand Differences
4. Redundancy: Identify & Eliminate

News Writing
(Review Notes from PowerPoint Slides / Quiz 3 / Larry King YouTube Tips)

1. Components of a News Story (Name, Explain & Identify)


-Headline -Background
-Byline -Quotes with Attributions
-Lead -Ending
-Nut Graph -Inverted Pyramid

2. Edit News Stories By


-Removing Boring, General Details -Adding Exciting, Specific Details
-Removing Redundancy -Moving Quote Attributions from the
-Removing Editorializing Beginning to the Middle or End
-Changing Passive Voice to Active Voice

3. Identify 4 Types of Conflict in News Stories

4. List & Understand Interviewing Tips

5. Write Powerful Interview Questions

Sports Writing
(Review Notes from PowerPoint Slides)

1. Understand Objectives & Rules of the Following Sports


-Football (Soccer)

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-Basketball
-Rugby
-American Football
-Baseball
-Ice-Hockey

2. Sports Analysis / Writing: Be Prepared to…


-Understand sports news updates
-Write sports News Brief in Inverted Pyramid order
-Label Components of a Sports Story

Feature Writing
(Review Notes from PowerPoint Slides)

1. Name, Explain, and Identify Different Types of Feature Stories

2. Name, Explain, and Identify Different Types of Leads

Study Assessments
-Quiz 1 (Introduction / History of American Journalism)
-Quiz 2 (Rights & Responsibilities of Journalists / Style & Editing)
-Quiz 3 (News Writing)
-GHW1 (News Writing – Briefs)
-GHW2 (News Writing – Interviewing / Writing Article)
-CW1 (Style & Editing)

HCC: Ms. Linda 2021-2022


HCC: Ms. Linda 2021-2022

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