ASSIGNMENT  1 Textbook  Assignment: “The Navy Journalist” and “Basic Newswriting,” pages 1-1 through 2-18. 1-1. In the civilian world, a Navy journalist’s  duties  most  closely resemble that of what career? 1. Investigative reporter 2. Free press journalist 3. Public information specialist 4. Advertising copy writer 1-2. The chief reason that home-town newspapers print personal items about Navy personnel is that the items contain which of the following news elements? 1. Progress 2. Consequence 3. Proximity 4. Prominence 1-3. What two basic elements of news are best  illustrated  by  the  sentence, “The  Navy  Department  today announced that it has developed a new long-range weapon”? 1. Immediacy and proximity 2. Drama and immediacy 3. Progress and immediacy 4. Progress and proximity 1-4. The story that a first class petty officer has made chief, if reported in the person’s home-town newspaper, contains which of the following basic elements? 1. Consequence and immediacy 2. Proximity and progress 3. Immediacy  and  oddity 4. Emotion and consequence 1-5. 1-6. 1-7. 1-8. Today, if six men from your base were to volunteer for a dangerous diving mission, a story written about them would likely contain which of the following basic elements? 1. 2. 3. 4. The Immediacy,   proximity and  suspense Prominence, consequence and  conflict Consequence,   immediacy and  prominence Prominence,   suspense and  progress elements of conflict and suspense would most likely be present in a story containing which of the following facts? 1. The rescue of a treed cat 2. An increase in pay for all rates 3. A victory for a basketball team 4. Three men who fought off sharks for four hours The elements of sex and emotion would be present to the greatest degree in which of the following stories? 1. An English war bride finally united with her sailor husband 2. A basketball game with a close finish 3. A woman who wins awards for rifle  marksmanship 4. An announcement of a single’s picnic at a naval base The element of oddity is present in which of the following stories? 1. Twins who make chief on the same day 2. Field  day  aboard  ship 3. The forced landing of a bomber 4. The rescue of six men 1