Exam 11: Working a Beat

Habits 5 quiz-exam questions -A straw man is an argument in which someone presents a weaker version of her opponent's argument, dismisses it, then claims to have won her argument.

Habits 5 quiz-exam questions -Which of the following defines a false dilemma best:

One criticism of crime reporting is that it fails to reflect a community accurately because it doesn't take into account the big picture: Crime stories may imply that crime is increasing when in fact it's on the decline.

Which of the following are responsibilities connected with a journalist's beat?

Which of the following best defines enterprise reporting?

Which of the following best defines a journalist's tickler file?

A journalist's beat is an area of news coverage that involves a set of regular checks with key, relevant sources.

Beginning journalists can fall into one of two traps: They immediately approach sources as adversaries, or they are overly friendly with sources. Neither is the best way to interact with the people from whom you gather information.

The major components of covering business in small- or medium-sized communities are attending Rotary Club meetings, getting to know the Chamber of Commerce and writing stories about new businesses.

You have been assigned the education beat at your school. Describe the first five steps you'd take and why.

Habits 5 quiz-exam questions -A false generalization means jumping to a conclusion based on insufficient evidence.

Which of the following is a good way to go about learning the police beat?

What is a beat? Please a.) define the term, and b.) provide an example to illustrate.

Habits 5 quiz-exam questions -What does it mean when we say that journalists are skeptical?

Habits 5 quiz-exam questions -Anecdotal evidence is evidence made up of individual stories, events or observations that don't justify a broad conclusion.

Habits 5 quiz-exam questions -After reading through the following scenario, please a.) identify any logical fallacies you see and b.) describe why they are logical fallacies. Scenario: It's election time, and you get an advance copy of tomorrow's speech from one of the candidates for mayor, John Doe. The following is an excerpt. …I talked with a woman the other day, Saundra H. She told me a story that concerned me greatly. She said she was driving down the street, passing through an intersection-she had the green light-when a bicyclist ran the red light that he had, shot right in front of her-Saundra said she almost hit him, could have killed him. This is another example of bicyclists being lawbreakers. As mayor, I'd push city council to enact new ordinances to clamp down on these outlaws. Ordinances will work, just like the ones city council passed about dog owners picking up their pets' poop worked…. But speaking of rules and regulations, we can't get carried away. Too many of those, and we'll soon be living in a socialist society. And we don't want that! If it's between socialism and what the United States has always enjoyed-the free-enterprise dream of unlimited potential and prosperity-well, that's our history, our creed-and if it was good enough for our forefathers and mothers, it should be good enough for us…

Suggest a new beat for your campus, describe it, and provide your justification for it.

Habits 5 quiz-exam questions -A logical fallacy is a computer term referring to data entry errors that lead to problems in a computer's logic board-problems that may affect a journalist's ability to do accurate reporting.

Establishing and maintaining professional relationships with sources on a beat you cover can bring up issues of conflict of interest, or just the appearance of a conflict of interest. Please describe one way this might happen, using a specific example to illustrate.