Midterm Study Guide for 201

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 “Commas, Commas and More Commas”)
  • 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. …
  • Convergence
  • Plagiarism
  • Rick Bragg article “A Thief Dines Out”
  • Robbery, burglary, theft, larceny

 






JLMC 201
Reporting and Writing for the Mass Media
Iowa State University
Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication
10B Hamilton Hall, Ames, IA 50011
dbulla@iastate.edu
©David W. Bulla 2004-2005
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