Exam 8: Who Gets the Spotlight

Reporting diversity means that accuracy demands that over the course of time in your reporting, you interview a range of sources who approximate the range of views and backgrounds in your community.

When journalists use anonymous sources, readers can't verify the information for themselves, and sources don't have to stand behind their words.

When journalists use social media to contact sources, they should follow best practices by asking themselves which of the following questions?

What is one major concern with interviewing only expert sources for a story?

If you have trouble reaching a key source for a news story before deadline, what should you do?

Why is it important to confirm facts with more than one source?

The convention of authoritative sources refers to the idea that reporters tend to interview authors of books, rather than read the books themselves.

Regarding anonymous sources, please a.) identify two major concerns about using them, b.) identify two best practices in journalism that address each concern and c.) explain why the best practices address each concern.

Please a.) describe two ways that journalists can use social media in their reporting and b.) describe one caution that journalists should keep in mind as they do.

You're thinking about sources for a story about local emergency drills for first responders being held at your school. Please a.) describe three lessons you'd keep in mind as you brainstormed and b.) describe how you'd apply those lessons as you went about selecting your sources.

A rule of thumb when you're working on a story about a contentious issue is to confirm facts with at least one source.

Which of the following is true about the Supreme Court Case, Branzburg v. Hayes?

What does it mean to "report diversity"?

Which of the following are points that media theorist Leon Sigal makes about the kinds of sources journalists tend to choose?