Broadcast Newswriting Final

Front 1

___________ are when public records are open for public view. It means th work the government does has to be done in the open.

Back 1

Sunshine Laws

Front 2

_____________ everything is open unless it is specifically closed.

Back 2

Freedom of Information Act

Front 3

_____________ what this means is that if I record a conversation I don't have to tell you.

Back 3

Single Party Consent

Front 4

___________ allow important information to be released without telling who the person is.

Back 4

Confidental sources

Front 5

___________ protects confidental sources. There is no federal _________.

Back 5

Shield Law

Front 6

__________ is false information that can harm someone's reputation.

Back 6

Libel

Front 7

_________ is spoken defamation.

Back 7

Slander

Front 8

_________ is written defamation.

Back 8

Libel

Front 9

What makes up libel?

Back 9

Defamation, identification, publication and idea of fault

Front 10

____________ involves name and likeliness.

Back 10

Identification

Front 11

___________ sent the information in some way.

Back 11

Publication

Front 12

____________ to what degree was the reporter at fault.

Back 12

Idea of fault

Front 13

What is the chilling effect?

Back 13

The first amendment gives the media the right to investigate without being held accountable for mistakes.

Front 14

___________ is inherently bised and it should be.

Back 14

Public relations

Front 15

In public relations, they present the information in a way that favors their __________________.

Back 15

client/company

Front 16

What is the definition of public relations?

Back 16

Mutually benefiicial two-way communication that advocates a position.

Front 17

News should understand that public relations have an _______.

Back 17

agenda

Front 18

It is important for pr people to understand ____________.

Back 18

deadlines

Front 19

What is one thing that happens to press releases?

Back 19

Rewrite into a story.

Front 20

News space and news time is more valuable than actually ___.

Back 20

ads

Front 21

What happens to most news releases?

Back 21

They are thrown in the trash.

Front 22

What does a VSOT stand for?

Back 22

Voiceover sound on tape

Front 23

What is a VSOT?

Back 23

Like a package but without seeing the reporter.

Front 24

Name the three types of press releases.

Back 24

paper, audio and video.

Front 25

Now public officials have to prove _________ on the part of the reporter to prove libel.

Back 25

malice

Front 26

One who has stepped into the vortex of public controversy is the definition of ____________.

Back 26

public officials/figures

Front 27

___________ is not in the constitution.

Back 27

Privacy

Front 28

_____________ can deal with false information but it is not defaming.

Back 28

False light

Front 29

_____________ is using someone's fame or likeness without their permission.

Back 29

Appropriation

Front 30

What are the two things that effect news gathering?

Back 30

approriation, intrusion

Front 31

__________ is physically where you go when reporting.

Back 31

Intrusion

Front 32

With intrusion, their is the concept of expecation of ________.

Back 32

privacy

Front 33

_____________ is when the information is true but the information itself is too far gone.

Back 33

Embarrassing facts

Front 34

For something to be considered an embarrassing fact it must violate what three things?

Back 34

newsworthiness, timeliness and legitimate public concern

Front 35

You hae to base stories on ______.

Back 35

fact

Front 36

What can sources include?

Back 36

public, government records, census records, police reports
and eyewitness

Front 37

Groups and associations can be sources but they are ______.

Back 37

bias

Front 38

Name the seven interview tips.

Back 38

Be prepared, Know what you want to accomplish, Know how you are doing the interview, Ask good questions, Listen to the response, Follow-up questions and Be polite.

Front 39

The idea of ___________ is to bring sound into a story.

Back 39

actuality

Front 40

Actuality is sometimes referred to as ____________.

Back 40

sound on tape

Front 41

How long is an actuality?

Back 41

Minimum of 20 seconds

Front 42

An actuality never goes over ________.

Back 42

a minute

Front 43

You never want to start or end a story with an _____________.

Back 43

actuality

Front 44

What is a fill?

Back 44

A paraphrse in case the actuality doesn't play it gives the anchor something to read so the story makes sense.

Front 45

What is the throw line?

Back 45

The line that takes you into the actuality.

Front 46

Make sure the ____________ of the actuality is before the actuality.

Back 46

identification

Front 47

What is a one-man band?

Back 47

The idea that you are going out doing everything on your own

Front 48

What is multiplatform journalism?

Back 48

You do a regular package but you make it available to the web.

Front 49

If it is read from script it is ______ not slander.

Back 49

libel

Front 50

___________ means that the libel is blatant because one of the red flags words is used.

Back 50

Libel per se

Front 51

What happened in the New York Times vs. Sullivan case?

Back 51

The court ruled that even defamatory statements about public officials in which the facts are wrong are protected as long as those statements where made without actual malice.