Beat reporting is...


Reporting about up and coming music

When a reporter focuses on a designated content area

The type of reporting done when a journalist is really tired and overworked

B

All of the following are story structures used in journalism except:

Inverted pyramid

Classic

One-subject

B

The nut graf answers the following question:

Why am I reading this story?

Who wrote this story?

How can I find out more information?

A

Which of the following is a type of lead?

Immediate identification


Short


Mysterious

A

Which of the following is a type of lead?

Subtle


Impact


Humorous

B

Which of the following is a type of lead?

summary


Cliff hanger


Insightful

not sure

All of the following are a type of kicker except:

Linear/cyclical


Cliff hanger


Delayed

b

Quotes are often used as kickers.
true or false
false

i looked at your answer on the other one so i want to change my answer for the last one to true because u said kickers are soft news and often last nd they make readers/viewer smiles and qoutes could do all these things

I'll address what you may need to double check. I don't know what "classic" means as a story structure. I think you're right that it is not used, whatever it is. A "delayed" kicker? What on earth would that be? Sometimes a story is not complete, there will be more tomorrow as events unfold. I think a cliff hanger is a valid kicker. And why can't you use a quotation as a kicker? I don't know how 'often" it's used, that would take a lot of research to find out, but it's a valid kicker. And I do't know what is meant by a "nut graf." That's new to me. I'll look it up and if I think you're wrong, I'll let you know.

Your answer about the "nutgraf" is correct, as far as it goes. I thought I knew what it meant, but it's new "slang" in the last few years, I guess. It's the paragraph that gives the gist of the story, usually in inverted pyramid style, the first paragraph, with details to follow.

And the "kicker" IS the last sentence of the story, so we were all wrong on that one. Your answer to that question is "true."

jimm, I have taught journalism and worked as a broadcast journalist for a lot of years, but some of these terms like "nut graf" and "kicker" change meanings over the years. They are, essentially, slang terms, or jargon, so even I have to refresh myself from time to time. I do help all this helps you understand what you're studying.

er, HOPE it helps... :)

yeah it does i understand kicker and everything now then i did before its just sometimes this stuff can be really confusing i have to match these terms next but i'm trying to look up definitions for them but it still doesn't help because the definition that comes up doesn't match any

I know. Sometimes I think some of these on-line courses are not very well done, but that's my opinion. I respect you for working at it and trying to understand. Some students on here just want us to GIVE them the answers, which we will not do. I'll help, if I can, to help you better understand what you are trying to learn. Keep it up!

I DO know what you mean about some of these multiple choice answers. "Nut graf" is, sort of, the reason why you're reading the story, and I'm sure "correct" when your answers are checked, but it's not a "good" answer. The same with the question about "off the record." The answer we chose was the only one that could be "correct," but it's not "right," or a "good" answer. In such cases, go with what seems closest to a good answer. But the object should be for you to understand, not just get the "right answer" so you can get the grade. Feel free to ask anything that confuses you. Ms. Sue knows what she's talking about, too, although she and I may sometimes split hairs and disagree.

I'll tell you something. She was my high school journalism teacher! But don't tell anybody. That makes both of us look OLD! LOL

lol are u serious ?? i honestly thought yall didn't know each other and thank you i got a 91 on it all i had to do was read carefully

Yes, I was Reed's high school journalism teacher -- but he now knows far more about journalism than I do. :-)