NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

UNIVERSITY VILLAGE, PLOT 91, CASDASTRAL ZONE, NNAMDI AZIKIWE EXPRESS WAY, JABI, ABUJA.
FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2013 EXAMINATION

COURSE CODE:                 JLS 823

COURSE TITLE:                NEWS WRITING

UNIT:                                       3

INSTRUCTION:                        ANSWER ANY FOUR QUESTIONS              TIME:    3 HOURS

1a.   Through education and training, reporters acquire some basic relevant features necessary in     their duties. Enumerate and fully discuss ten of such attributes.

b.     Multiplicity of sources are available to a news reporter. To a reporter working on the recent helicopter crash which killed Gov. Yakowa and Gen. Azazi, name and discuss ten sources of information.

2a.   To clearly understand the press and the society, one must know theories of the press. Name and discuss at least five of them.

b.     Show with an exhaustive discussion at least five rudiments of a news story.

3a.   Show the unique place of leads in news stories.

b.     Name and explain at least five kinds of leads.

4a.   Distinguish between print and broadcast news writing.

b.     What are the five principles of writing for the ear?

5a.   Of what relevance are the social media to todays’s media practitioners?

b.     Are there any dysfunctional dimensions of the social media?

6a.   Is there any need for the reporter to have knowledge of mass communication laws?

b.            Name and discuss five of such laws.