Quiz for Citizen Journalists

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1. A "fact" is:
Something I know to be true.
Dependent on the circumstances.
correct Established through research.
Completely subjective.
2. What is the purpose of a citizen journalism story?
To gain attention for the writer.
To further an agenda, political or otherwise.
correct To create a well-informed community.
To rival professional journalism.
3. What's the difference between advocacy and reporting?
Reporting is always objective.
There is none; everything is advocacy.
Reporting contains no analysis.
correct Advocacy leads the reader, reporting does not.
4. It is acceptable (and legal) to:
Quote an entire story from elsewhere, as long as you give credit.
To use someone else's work without credit, as long as you have changed it a little.
correct To quote a public speech in its entirety.
To copy a photo from the web for use elsewhere.
5. It is acceptable to:
Deceive someone in the interest of the story.
correct Use photos taken in public without getting authorization.
Take pictures through someone's window, as long as you are on the street.
Hide your sources, so someone else can't get the story.
6. For the purposes of dramatizing a story, one may:
Leave out the boring parts.
Alter a photograph, as long as it doesn't distort the story.
Focus on salacious details.
correct Take a personal approach.
7. How much should you trust a first-person account of an incident?
Completely. They were there, weren't they?
Only if you trust the teller.
Not at all. Everything is subjective.
correct Only when it dovetails with other information.
8. Should you let subjects of stories see them before publication?
Never. They might demand changes, biasing the story.
correct Whenever possible.
Only if there is a "he said/she said" aspect.
Always. A story should never go out without permission from the subject.
9. Statistics...
Should be taken at face value. They are numbers, after all.
come after lies, and damned lies.
correct need to be approached with caution: they can fool you.
Are no concern to the citizen journalist.
10. What special rights does a citizen journalist have?
All of those granted to any journalist.
correct None. Journalism itself is a right of the people.
Special entry to government buildings and access to officials.
Protection of sources, guaranteed by the federal government.

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