Quiz Chapter 6: News Production

In addition to owning The Washington Post, Jeff Bezos is also a majority owner of:

The first English-language papers were published in Amsterdam starting in which of the following years?

Which paper is regarded as the first newspaper in the North American colonies?

Which paper was published by Benjamin Franklin?

Which paper is regarded as the first of the penny papers?

Journalistic objectivity began with which of the following?

What phrase was used for a lively, illustrated brand of news reporting of the 1920s?

Edward R. Murrow is best remembered for which of the following?

Which of the following events helped bring CNN to prominence?

Most American newspapers are owned by which of the following?

Which of the following was the newspaper responsible for breaking the Watergate story in 1972?

Between 2003 and 2011, approximately ______ journalists died covering the war in Iraq.

Frederick Douglass was the editor of which of the following?

As of 2011, newspapers were earning, on average a ______ profit.

New York Times public editor Arthur Brisbane started a major controversy in 2012 when he wrote a column asking:

As of 2013, which newspaper had the largest circulation in the United States?

Arthur Sulzberger, publisher of the New York Times, has said which of the following?

Colonial newspapers could be characterized by which of the following?

The change to objective reporting that took place in the 1800s was driven by which of the following reasons?

Reporter Nellie Bly's style of reporting from the yellow journalism era would best fit in today at which of the following newspapers?

Joseph Pulitzer wanted his paper, the New York World, to appeal to women for which of the following reasons?

Which of the following is generally true about tabloid newspapers?

Which one of the following newspapers most clearly defines what will be news in the United States?

The Lincoln, Nebraska, Lincoln Star Journal newspaper ran a large photo of a University of Nebraska volleyball tournament in today's paper. The Denver Post did not. This is an example of the ________ news value.

USA Today runs a photo and story about the singer and celebrity Lady Gaga on the front page of its Life section. This is an example of the ________ news value.

The New York Times runs a photo and story about a battle in Afghanistan in which five American soldiers died. This is an example of the ________ news value.

The Washington Post runs a photo and story about a baby panda born at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., yesterday. This is an example of the ________ news value.

Alternative papers such as New Times and the Village Voice are successful money-makers for which of the following reasons?

Over the last decade:

Job and circulation losses in the newspaper industry are concentrated at which of the following?

One of the biggest problems facing journalists trying to cover the civil war in Syria is: