A kicker is the last sentence in a news article that leaves an impression with your reader.

true or false
false

_______________ refers to opinion, travel, style, reviews and sports stories that are less reliant on breaking news or factual information.

Soft news

Current events

Hard news

B

______________ refers to serious stories that are fact-based rather than opinion-, sports- or entertainment-oriented and often have a breaking news element.

Current events

Soft news

Hard news

C?

_____________ refers to the stated source of information in a news story

Attribution
Witness
Citation

A

Which of the following is a way journalists attribute information?

On the record
Deep background
Both A and B

C

Off the record refers to...?

information a journalist cannot use for a news story or to track down more information

information that can only be used in publications that require a subscription.

information that journalists may only give to their editors.

A or C

1. false -- yes

2. B -- no
3. C -- yes
4. A -- yes
5. C -- yes
6. ? -- one of those is correct.

jimm, "off the record" does not necessarily mean the reporter can't use that information to track down additional information or another source that can be quoted. Sometimes "off the record" interviews or sources are meant to lead the reporter to look into something he/she may not otherwise be aware of, but the "off the record" source does not want to be quoted as a source because of fear of retribution by "higher ups." The answer to this question above is misleading and incomplete, but you should know this anyway.

2 is soft news and 6 is A

1 is right.

Evidently you didn't read Reed's explanation for 6.

A