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21 Cards in this Set
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What is the most important feature of news?
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Immediacy, it's NEW
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___ is how much the story matters to the reader
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Impact
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____ is the timeliness of the story
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Immediacy
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____ is how close the story is
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Proximity
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____ is whether or not the story involves a public figure or celebrity
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Prominence
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____ is about clashes of power
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Conflict
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_____ is about the way the story makes the reader feel
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Emotions
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What is a summary lead?
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It combines the five W's into one sentence and gives the reader the important readers right away.
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What is an advantage of a summary lead?
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It gets to the point and is good inverted pyramid style writing.
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How long is a summary lead?
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30 words or under
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What is a disadvantage of a summary lead?
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It can be dull, and unoriginal. Not colorful writing.
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This type of lead is a story that is unfolded slowly in story form.
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Anecdotal lead
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This type of lead is descriptive and sets the story up
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Scene-setter
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This type of lead uses the second person
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Direct address
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This type of lead uses a scary statistic or fact
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Startling statement
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This type of lead uses a lot of examples, all together in consecutive sentences
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Roundup lead
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This type of lead might include "swoooooosh!"
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Wordplay lead
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What is an inverted pyramid style story?
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It gives the most important details first, then works down to the less important details.
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What is a martini glass story?
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It starts with an inverted pyramid at the beginning, then uses a turn, after which the story is told in a chronological narrative.
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What is an advantage of email interviews?
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They give interviewees time to ponder, flexible, typed answers.
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What is a disadvantage of email interviews?
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There's no personal interaction, lag time, long time to type, are you sure you're talking to who you think?
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