Journalism Today

Chapter 4: Organizing the Staff to Capture the News

True or False

Decide which of the following statements are True and which are False. Select True for correct statements and False for incorrect statements.

1.
The publisher is involved in the day-to-day operations of the newspaper.
A)True
B)False
2.
The adviser serves as liaison to the publisher, public, faculty, students, and printer.
A)True
B)False
3.
The beat reporter is a novice who may be assigned to pick up brief items from regular sources.
A)True
B)False
4.
The WED approach involves using one in-depth feature story.
A)True
B)False
5.
USA Today is an important wire service.
A)True
B)False
6.
The future book lists upcoming events and issues that the newspaper might want to cover.
A)True
B)False
7.
Public relations news releases provide the whole story.
A)True
B)False
8.
Readers rarely read the jumped part of the story.
A)True
B)False
9.
Traditional newspaper organizations have editors for each subject area or page.
A)True
B)False
10.
The “maestro” approach to gathering, designing, and packaging news involves traditional top-down organization.
A)True
B)False
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