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INTRODUCTION
TO JOURNALISM
Instructions to candidates:
a) Time
allowed: Three hours (plus an extra ten minutes’ reading time at the start – do
not write anything during this time)
b)
Answer Question 1, which is compulsory, and then any FOUR of the remaining
questions
c) All
questions carry equal marks. Marks for each question are shown in [ ]
1.
Write short definitions or explanations of the following TEN items:
a) AP
b) OPS
c)
Close copy
d)
Plagiarism
e) Gill
f) WOB
g)
Stringer
h) UGC
i)
Bills
j)
Folio [2 each]
2. Give
TEN actions you would take before covering a major athletics meeting for radio.
[2 each]
3. a)
What are the THREE principal ways to conduct an interview? [5 each]
b) What common action must you take in
advance of any interview? [5]
4. Give
TEN reasons why people buy a newspaper. [2 each]
5.
Define the following:
a) Hard
news
b) Soft
news
c)
Features
d) Op
Ed pieces [5 each]
6.
Correct the following report:
Our
picture shows James McDonald and Troy Ferguson leaving court yesterday after
being found guilty of burning down Academy Estate School. James, who is nine
years old and lives at 14 Station Road,
Newtown,
and 10-year-old Troy Ferguson, who lives at number 12, said that they did it
for a dare.
Mrs
McDonald told reporters that her son was a good boy at home and had been led astray
by the older lad. [20]
7. Name
FIVE dangers in accepting a story from a reader. [4 each]
8. You
are going to apply to the editor for the job as sports editor of your
newspaper. Give TEN reasons you would highlight in your letter to persuade him
you were the one for the job. [2 each]