Journalism Today

Chapter 3: Deciding What Is News

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Choose the best word, words, or phrase from the bank to correctly complete each sentence.

Word List
localization
brainstorm
mean
news judgment
human-interest
advance
USA Today
proximity
“Who cares?”
random sample

1.

Journalists use their to decide what will interest, inform, educate, amuse, or amaze their audience.
2.

The editor-in-chief called a meeting to discuss stories, or upcoming events.
3.

A story about a high school alumnus's time as a soldier in Iraq is an example of .
4.

Using lots of color and bold graphics, pioneered the new attitude toward news.
5.

refers to the nearness of a given event to your place of publication.
6.

Ask to determine the newsworthiness of a story.
7.

A large number of ideas can be generated in a short period of time when you .
8.

Effective polls use a/an in which every member of the population has an equal possibility of being included in the survey.
9.

is another word for an average.
10.

A/An story causes the reader, viewer, or listener to feel sorrow, pity, or amazement.
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