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
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