Midterm Study Guide for 201

Dr. David W. Bulla

Greenlee School

Iowa State University

 

• Six guarantees of the First Amendment
• All material covered in Carole Rich textbook
• All materials covered in class both days of the week
• All handouts
• In-class speakers
• Resumes and cover letters
• Hard-news leads
• Story form: Inverted pyramid, circle (with a kicker), chronological order
• Soft leads
• Nut graphs
• Be able to write a news lead
• Be able to write a news-feature
• Wall Journal Formula
• F-O-R-K: Focus, order, repetition of key words/phrases, kiss-off
• F-A-T: Factual, accurate, thorough reporting
• Clear, concise, consistent writing
• Reporting/Writing Process: Conceive, collect, construct, correct
• Associated Press style (See Goldstein)
• Grammar (See Kessler and McDonald)
• CAPS (capitalization, punctuation and spelling)
• Comma usage (See ìCommas, Commas and More Commasî)
• Compound sentences, complex sentences and compound-complex sentences
• FANBOYS
• Essential and nonessential phrases, clauses
• Attribution of a report
• Attribution of a direct quote
• Interviewing
• Matchmaker technique
• Preparing for an interview
• G-O-A-L-S method
• Types of interview questions
• Writing a personality profile
• Up-down principle
• Wire services
• Memoranda
• Beat system
• News values: Timeliness, proximity, impact, conflict, human interest, etc. Ö
• Convergence
• Plagiarism
• Rick Bragg article ìA Thief Dines Outî
• Robbery, burglary, theft, larceny