Reporting and Editing Questions and Answers

Q: What is a review ?

A review is an article that helps consumers decide whether or not they should buy a product.A review describes and evaluates a book, film, play, album, restaurant or gadget so that readers can judge whether it is worth their money and time. It combines information about the work with the reviewer's critical judgement, which is why it is treated as a service to the consumer as well as a piece of criticism.Reviews are not about movies only; they cover every kind of product and performance. Feedback from an editor is an internal newsroom process. An article that only criticises misses the point: a review may praise as well as criticise, and its purpose is evaluation.

Q: What is Crowd-funded Journalism ?

Crowd-funded journalism is where journalists propose projects online to people who then contribute to those they deem worthy.A journalist or a small newsroom describes a story or investigation on a platform such as Kickstarter or a dedicated site, and members of the public pledge money to the projects they want to see done. The funding comes from many small contributors rather than from advertisers or a single owner.Non-professionals running a daily describes citizen journalism, and readers helping to lay out pages describes participation in production, not funding. The direction of the last option is reversed: in crowdfunding it is the journalist who proposes and the public who pays.

Q: Why is it important for reporters to talk to sources ?

Reporters talk to sources because sources give a story balance by offering different perspectives.Sources are the people and documents that supply a reporter's facts, quotations and viewpoints. Talking to several of them, including those on different sides of an issue, lets the reporter verify claims, add expertise and present the competing views fairly.Sources do not publish a reporter's story; the newspaper does. Editing and revising copy is the work of sub-editors and editors, not sources. The option 'Sources by newspapers' is incomplete and gives no reason at all.

Q: When News stories where paragraphs are written in order of descending importance, and then using a transitional paragraph, introduces the rest of the story chronologically, what is the style called ?

The style is the Hour glass style.The hourglass structure, described by Roy Peter Clark, opens like an inverted pyramid with the most important facts in descending order. Then a transitional paragraph, the 'turn', often with a line such as 'police gave this account', leads into a chronological narrative of the rest of the story. The shape is wide at the top, narrow at the turn and wide again in the narrative.A pure inverted pyramid never switches to chronology, a chronological story starts at the beginning instead of with the most important fact, and a news feature usually opens with an anecdote or scene.

Q: In journalism, what do you understand by ‘junkets’ ?

In journalism, junkets are free sponsored trips.A junket is a trip for journalists paid for by a company, government, film studio or other organisation that wants coverage: travel, hotels and hospitality are provided free, often with a product launch or tour attached. Codes of journalistic ethics warn against accepting them because they create a sense of obligation and can compromise independence.Fake news is deliberately false information, killing a story means dropping it before publication, and negative feedback is criticism from readers. None of these is a junket.

Q: Marathi daily ‘Dnyanprakash’ published which of the following news and information ?(1) Panchang or Almanac(2) Market rates(3) International news(4) Government notifications

The key is All are correct.Dnyanprakash is a Marathi newspaper, and the key holds that it carried all four kinds of material: the panchang or almanac, market rates, international news and government notifications. Because the key accepts all four items, the options that name only two of them are wrong.What could not be confirmed: the only record found is a catalogued bound volume of Dnyanprakash for 1859 to 1865, and nothing found describes its contents item by item or says which daily the question means. The answer follows the University's key.

Q: What is a large size headline across the entire page called ?

It is called a Banner.A banner (also called a streamer or line) is a large headline running across the full width of the page, usually above the main story on the front page, used for the most important news of the day.A deck is a secondary headline set below the main headline that adds detail. The lead is the opening paragraph of a news story, not a headline. 'Header' is a general word for the material at the top of a page, such as the masthead, and is not the term for a full-width headline.

Q: The news value ‘prominence’ is said to be present in which kind of story ?

Prominence is present when the story involves very well known people.Prominence is the news value of fame: the more prominent the people (or places and institutions) involved, the more newsworthy the event. A minor accident is local news, but the same accident involving a film star or the Prime Minister is national news.A story that affects a large number of people has the news value of impact or magnitude. A story with one prominent character may still be about an unknown person, and appearing on the front page is the result of a story's news value, not a news value in itself.

Q: How does a reporter 'balance' the story ?

A reporter balances a story by quoting several different sources.Balance means presenting the relevant sides of a story fairly, so that readers can judge for themselves. A reporter achieves it by seeking out and quoting people with different viewpoints, especially giving those criticised a chance to respond, rather than relying on one source.Writing more paragraphs, adding pictures or publishing a follow-up do not by themselves make a story fair; a long story with a single source and pictures is still one-sided.

Q: In a newspaper when there is an overemphasis on soft news writing, some of the editors refer to it as :

Some editors call it Jell-O journalism.The term, used in American newsrooms and textbooks, describes newspapers that load their pages with soft news, light features, lifestyle and celebrity items instead of hard news and public affairs, making the paper as soft and insubstantial as the gelatin dessert.Yellow journalism means sensational, exaggerated reporting, feature journalism is the legitimate writing of features, and armchair journalism means reporting done from the desk without going into the field, so none of them names the overemphasis on soft news.

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What is a review ?

A.An article about movies only
B.Feedback a reporter get from his editor
C.An article that helps consumers decide whether or not they should buy a product
D.An article that criticises

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: C

A review is an article that helps consumers decide whether or not they should buy a product.

A review describes and evaluates a book, film, play, album, restaurant or gadget so that readers can judge whether it is worth their money and time. It combines information about the work with the reviewer's critical judgement, which is why it is treated as a service to the consumer as well as a piece of criticism.

Reviews are not about movies only; they cover every kind of product and performance. Feedback from an editor is an internal newsroom process. An article that only criticises misses the point: a review may praise as well as criticise, and its purpose is evaluation.

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12.

What is Crowd-funded Journalism ?

A.Journalists propose projects online to people who then contribute to those they deem worthy
B.Non-professionals running a daily
C.Readers contribute to page-making of a daily
D.Readers propose projects online to Journalists

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2019, SET Exam - 2019,

Answer: A

Crowd-funded journalism is where journalists propose projects online to people who then contribute to those they deem worthy.

A journalist or a small newsroom describes a story or investigation on a platform such as Kickstarter or a dedicated site, and members of the public pledge money to the projects they want to see done. The funding comes from many small contributors rather than from advertisers or a single owner.

Non-professionals running a daily describes citizen journalism, and readers helping to lay out pages describes participation in production, not funding. The direction of the last option is reversed: in crowdfunding it is the journalist who proposes and the public who pays.

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13.

Why is it important for reporters to talk to sources ?

A.Sources help publish a reporter’s story
B.Sources by newspapers
C.Sources are the people that help edit and revise copy
D.Sources give a story balance by offering different perspectives

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2019, SET Exam - 2019,

Answer: D

Reporters talk to sources because sources give a story balance by offering different perspectives.

Sources are the people and documents that supply a reporter's facts, quotations and viewpoints. Talking to several of them, including those on different sides of an issue, lets the reporter verify claims, add expertise and present the competing views fairly.

Sources do not publish a reporter's story; the newspaper does. Editing and revising copy is the work of sub-editors and editors, not sources. The option 'Sources by newspapers' is incomplete and gives no reason at all.

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14.

When News stories where paragraphs are written in order of descending importance, and then using a transitional paragraph, introduces the rest of the story chronologically, what is the style called ?

A.Inverted pyramid style
B.Chronological style
C.Hour glass style
D.News feature style

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2019, SET Exam - 2019,

Answer: C

The style is the Hour glass style.

The hourglass structure, described by Roy Peter Clark, opens like an inverted pyramid with the most important facts in descending order. Then a transitional paragraph, the 'turn', often with a line such as 'police gave this account', leads into a chronological narrative of the rest of the story. The shape is wide at the top, narrow at the turn and wide again in the narrative.

A pure inverted pyramid never switches to chronology, a chronological story starts at the beginning instead of with the most important fact, and a news feature usually opens with an anecdote or scene.

Discuss in Forum

15.

In journalism, what do you understand by ‘junkets’ ?

A.Free sponsored trips
B.Fake news
C.Kill a story
D.Negative feedback

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2019, SET Exam - 2019,

Answer: A

In journalism, junkets are free sponsored trips.

A junket is a trip for journalists paid for by a company, government, film studio or other organisation that wants coverage: travel, hotels and hospitality are provided free, often with a product launch or tour attached. Codes of journalistic ethics warn against accepting them because they create a sense of obligation and can compromise independence.

Fake news is deliberately false information, killing a story means dropping it before publication, and negative feedback is criticism from readers. None of these is a junket.

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16.

Marathi daily ‘Dnyanprakash’ published which of the following news and information ?

(1) Panchang or Almanac
(2) Market rates
(3) International news
(4) Government notifications

A.(1) and (4) are correct
B.(2) and (3) are correct
C.All are correct
D.(3) and (4) are correct

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2019, SET Exam - 2019,

Answer: C

The key is All are correct.

Dnyanprakash is a Marathi newspaper, and the key holds that it carried all four kinds of material: the panchang or almanac, market rates, international news and government notifications. Because the key accepts all four items, the options that name only two of them are wrong.

What could not be confirmed: the only record found is a catalogued bound volume of Dnyanprakash for 1859 to 1865, and nothing found describes its contents item by item or says which daily the question means. The answer follows the University's key.

Discuss in Forum

17.

What is a large size headline across the entire page called ?

A.Banner
B.Deck
C.Lead
D.Header

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2019, SET Exam - 2019,

Answer: A

It is called a Banner.

A banner (also called a streamer or line) is a large headline running across the full width of the page, usually above the main story on the front page, used for the most important news of the day.

A deck is a secondary headline set below the main headline that adds detail. The lead is the opening paragraph of a news story, not a headline. 'Header' is a general word for the material at the top of a page, such as the masthead, and is not the term for a full-width headline.

Discuss in Forum

18.

The news value ‘prominence’ is said to be present in which kind of story ?

A.A story that will affect a large number of people
B.The story involves very well known people
C.If the story has one prominent character
D.If the story is on the front page of the newspaper

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2019, SET Exam - 2019,

Answer: B

Prominence is present when the story involves very well known people.

Prominence is the news value of fame: the more prominent the people (or places and institutions) involved, the more newsworthy the event. A minor accident is local news, but the same accident involving a film star or the Prime Minister is national news.

A story that affects a large number of people has the news value of impact or magnitude. A story with one prominent character may still be about an unknown person, and appearing on the front page is the result of a story's news value, not a news value in itself.

Discuss in Forum

19.

How does a reporter 'balance' the story ?

A.By writing several paragraphs
B.By quoting several different sources
C.By including pictures
D.By publishing a story and following it up

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: B

A reporter balances a story by quoting several different sources.

Balance means presenting the relevant sides of a story fairly, so that readers can judge for themselves. A reporter achieves it by seeking out and quoting people with different viewpoints, especially giving those criticised a chance to respond, rather than relying on one source.

Writing more paragraphs, adding pictures or publishing a follow-up do not by themselves make a story fair; a long story with a single source and pictures is still one-sided.

Discuss in Forum

20.

In a newspaper when there is an overemphasis on soft news writing, some of the editors refer to it as :

A.Yellow Journalism
B.Jell-O Journalism
C.Feature Journalism
D.Armchair Journalism

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: B

Some editors call it Jell-O journalism.

The term, used in American newsrooms and textbooks, describes newspapers that load their pages with soft news, light features, lifestyle and celebrity items instead of hard news and public affairs, making the paper as soft and insubstantial as the gelatin dessert.

Yellow journalism means sensational, exaggerated reporting, feature journalism is the legitimate writing of features, and armchair journalism means reporting done from the desk without going into the field, so none of them names the overemphasis on soft news.

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