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Assignment Questions - 14130_461
Assignment Questions - 14130_463

Journalist 3 & 2 - Introduction to Journalism and other reporting practices
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8–53. You are writing a cutline for a news photo that shows a Navy plane on fire after being struck by lightning. Which of the following first  sentences  is  the  best? 1. Fire  fiqhters  save  lightninq- struck  Navy  plane 2. Fire  fighters  combatted  flames on a Navy plane struck by lightning 3. Fire  fighters  at  Memphis  Naval Air  Station  pumped  foam  on burning  plane  set  afire  by lightning 4. Foam pumped on this Navy plane, struck by lightning, put out the  fire  before  great  damage was done 8-54. The “when” element in a cutline, if needed,    is usually included where? 1. In the news story, not in the  cutline 2. At the end of the cutline 3. In the second sentence of the cutline 4. In the first sentence of the cutline 8-55. A photo shows two statesmen arriving by plane from an important meeting. One of the men is partially  obscured  by  the  other one. No one in the welcoming crowd can be seen clearly. Who should be identified  by  name? 1. Only  the  statesman  seen clearly  in  the  picture 2. Both  statesmen 3. Both men and important welcomers who are not clearly  shown 4. Only  the  partially  obscured statesman,    if the clearly seen  one  is  well–known 8–56. 8–57. 8–58. Which of the following descriptions about  the  identification  of  persons illustrates good cutline writing? 1. 2. 3. 4. The  identification  of  six persons  shown  inspecting  a building site appears in the first  sentence  of  the  cutline A group of winners in a contest is captioned,   top row, left to right, and bottom row, left to right. Over the picture is the phrase   “contest  winners” A  presidential  candidate  is shown donning a war bonnet presented  by  a  costumed  Native– American. Both are named in the first sentence of the cutline A Navy member is shown applying mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a child lying on a beach. The child’s name was not known and that fact was not mentioned in the  cutline The  amount  of  background information  needed  in  a  cutline is influenced by which of the following  factors? 1. Who is in the picture and what is being depicted 2. When  and  where  the  action occurred 3. Why  the  picture  was  taken and what the story tells 4. How and where the picture will be used How should you use verb tenses in  cutlines? 1. Use  present,  past  and  future tenses as in any writing 2. Use the present tense throughout 3. Describe the action in the present  tense,  and  use appropriate  tenses  for background   information 4. Use  the  past  tense  throughout 54







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