CCI 150 LISA GARY EXAM 2
1. What is journalism? Is it just news?
Answer Keeping People Informed; It's not just news. It is...
Content Creation - telling stories about things that matter Sports -
grade school to professionals
Entertainment and lifestyle
Science - medicine, environment, food, etc. Business -
small and large, industries as a whole
Technology - from automotive to smartphone to nano tech
Government - all levels, all types
Courts - all levels, all types
Schools - all levels, all types
Crime and safety
Weather
Breaking news - what's happening right now General
,assignment - absolutely everything
Your own area of interest
Gaming, music, theater, dance...
2. What sorts of jobs do our alumni have? (recognize examples from class) Do we have
alumni in high profile jobs or job settings?
Answer Jobs in sports, crime and public safety, science journalism, local news, gaming content, television, magazines,
nonfiction writing, podcasts, businesses, nonprofits, academic settings.
High profile jobs
3. If a student is interested in a journalism career, what are the two questions that
person should ask of themselves?
Answer What stories do I want to tell?
What medium will I use to tell those stories?
4. What journalism organizations exist for students at UT?
Answer The Daily Beacon Ablaze Magazine
Lumos Media Services
,WUTK 90.3 The Rock
Tennessee Journalist (The oflcial student-run news publication of the School of Journalism & Electronic Media at UTK.) The
Volunteer Channel (Student-run television station at UTK)
, UTK Morning JEM (Daily source for all campus news at UTK. Brought to you by The Volunteer Channel & WUTK The Rock) Land
Grant Films (Emmy-nominated documentary program in UTJEM at UTK.)
5. What are the major tenets of the SPJ Code of Ethics?
Answer Seek truth and report it
Minimize harm
Act independently
Be accountable and transparent
6. Is it possible to specialize in topics that interest you as a journalist?
Answer YES
7. What is a beat?
Answer If you specialize in your topic, it's called your beat. You have proven expertise
Beat categories
Territorial (city or regions), Jurisdictional (defined by government agency or corporation), and Topical (specific issues like weather).
Beat reporters are experts in a particular topic.
1. What is journalism? Is it just news?
Answer Keeping People Informed; It's not just news. It is...
Content Creation - telling stories about things that matter Sports -
grade school to professionals
Entertainment and lifestyle
Science - medicine, environment, food, etc. Business -
small and large, industries as a whole
Technology - from automotive to smartphone to nano tech
Government - all levels, all types
Courts - all levels, all types
Schools - all levels, all types
Crime and safety
Weather
Breaking news - what's happening right now General
,assignment - absolutely everything
Your own area of interest
Gaming, music, theater, dance...
2. What sorts of jobs do our alumni have? (recognize examples from class) Do we have
alumni in high profile jobs or job settings?
Answer Jobs in sports, crime and public safety, science journalism, local news, gaming content, television, magazines,
nonfiction writing, podcasts, businesses, nonprofits, academic settings.
High profile jobs
3. If a student is interested in a journalism career, what are the two questions that
person should ask of themselves?
Answer What stories do I want to tell?
What medium will I use to tell those stories?
4. What journalism organizations exist for students at UT?
Answer The Daily Beacon Ablaze Magazine
Lumos Media Services
,WUTK 90.3 The Rock
Tennessee Journalist (The oflcial student-run news publication of the School of Journalism & Electronic Media at UTK.) The
Volunteer Channel (Student-run television station at UTK)
, UTK Morning JEM (Daily source for all campus news at UTK. Brought to you by The Volunteer Channel & WUTK The Rock) Land
Grant Films (Emmy-nominated documentary program in UTJEM at UTK.)
5. What are the major tenets of the SPJ Code of Ethics?
Answer Seek truth and report it
Minimize harm
Act independently
Be accountable and transparent
6. Is it possible to specialize in topics that interest you as a journalist?
Answer YES
7. What is a beat?
Answer If you specialize in your topic, it's called your beat. You have proven expertise
Beat categories
Territorial (city or regions), Jurisdictional (defined by government agency or corporation), and Topical (specific issues like weather).
Beat reporters are experts in a particular topic.
