FBQ1: The Nigerian press is believed to have started with the activities of Reverend _____ who founded the first newspaper in Nigeria Answer: Henry Townsend FBQ2: Newspapers Nigeria were immensely used as an opposition tool for colonial oppression and a foundation for_______ movements Answer: nationalist FBQ3: News is categorised into two namely, expected and unexpected news. True or False Answer: True FBQ4: _______news is a term used to describe the everyday events that journalists cover. Answer: Expected FBQ5: _____ news on the other hand is used to describe the news that is collected as a result of regular monitoring of law enforcement institutions among others Answer: Unexpected FBQ6: Journalists sometimes underestimate their audience and their needs in selecting the appropriate news items from the myriads of events that happen daily within and outside their society. True or False____ Answer: True FBQ7: In the history of the Nigerian mass media, the definition of news value especially during the colonial era was defined by the need to first ______ Answer: inform FBQ8: Though all journalists can be termed as investigators due to the nature of the job, investigative reporting deals with people more. True or False_____ Answer: False FBQ9: In a way, all stories are investigative stories because they require research, digging, interviewing and writing. True or false____ Answer: False FBQ10: In investigative reporting, Reporters need a clear sense of what their mission is and whom they serve. True or false_____ Answer: True FBQ11: Because of its in-depth nature, it calls for greater_____, team working and time than a routine news report Answer: resources FBQ12: The basic difference between a feature article and an in-depth article is that while in-depth articles involve in-depth interviews feature articles involved in-depth questions .True or False Answer: False FBQ13: The limitation of deadlines and routine beats, which characterises the production of hard news, is present in investigative reporting. True or False ____? Answer: False FBQ14: The core of investigative journalism is to ________information that is in the public’s interest. Answer: uncover FBQ15: The Nigerian investigative journalist has limited access to official _______and records Answer: archives FBQ16: The Committee to Protect Journalist in 1991 reported that there were 1262 cases of attacks against journalists out of this number, 267 of the cases were recorded in Nigeria. True or false Answer: False FBQ17: _______ reporting involves the journalist’s ability to give meaning to daily events and its effect or impact on the receiver and their future Answer: Interpretative FBQ18: The word Communication is from ___ language Answer: Latin FBQ19: The journalist must be aware of the fact that ____is not an isolated incident but one inevitably linked to a chain of important events Answer: News FBQ20: Missing gaps is one of the limitations of _____ Journalism Answer: Interpretative FBQ21: Most of the time, the dominant political group determines how an issue will be interpreted by the journalist. True or False? Answer: True FBQ22: News stories like myths do not tell it like it is but rather tell it like it means. True or false? Answer: True FBQ23: Journalists in presenting a news item feel the need to fit into the culturally determined definitions the characters they come across with in their investigation and interpretation of the information obtained. True or False Answer: True FBQ24: ______ News is a bureaucratic accomplishment organisationally geared up to‘routinise’ the unexpected and to ‘tame’ the news environment. Answer: News FBQ25: The_________ division of labour, which assigns journalists to news beats Answer: Newsroom FBQ26: The sociological organisation of the production of news often favours not the resource poor in the society but rather the dominant groups identified by McNair in the dominant paradigm. True or False Answer: True FBQ27: News presentation has been greatly affected by globalisation. True or false Answer: True FBQ28: The spread of the effect of international stations through satellite cables has enabled stations such as CNN to be viewed in almost every country. True or False____ Answer: True FBQ29: The effect of the Internet has often had a detrimental effect on local news presentation style and format. True or False Answer: True FBQ30: The _______theory explores how public anxieties are generated by the media through processes of media amplification involving sensationalisation, exaggerating, distorting and symbolising investigated events and social actors. Answer: moral panic FBQ31: ___ mainly concerned with the language, grammar and syntax used in film and television programmes. Answer: Text FBQ32: It can be said that the more violent the words used by a journalist in describing an event or individual, the more violent the public will be in their reactions to a variety of issues that concerns them. True or False_____ Answer: True FBQ33: _____ Interactionism: This concept explores how labels and meanings inform human interactions and understanding. Answer: Symbolic FBQ34: The way and method of investigation and the ultimate interpretation given to the issues may result in the journalist giving_______ to personalities or groups involved Answer: labels FBQ35: The way journalist lay down principles and policies does not affect and influence the way a news item is told and even disseminated. True or False Answer: False FBQ36: As a journalist, working on an investigative story means understanding the implication of the ______item to the society and its development. Answer: news FBQ37: the objective behind any journalist’s need to carry out any investigation should be based on the professional interests. True or False Answer: False FBQ38: A primary source may either be a person or a written document or _____l report on atopic. Answer: official FBQ39: Through primary sources of information, a journalist obtains diluted information about an issue. True or false Answer: False FBQ40: To get some background information about the area one is reporting on it is important to get secondary data> True or False Answer: False FBQ41: Primary sources of information can also be described as those providing_______Evidence. Answer: direct FBQ42: Secondary sources can be used to add weight and _______to a report. Answer: authority FBQ43: To succeed in the newsrooms of this modern age, reporters need to master a range of new _______skills Answer: technical FBQ44: Through on-line newspaper access, a journalist can quickly access the necessary information in the development of a ______ Answer: story FBQ45: _____allows the reporter to send personal messages to individuals thus providing more privacy. Answer: E-mail FBQ46: ______This is software maintains the list of a community of people linked together not by geography but rather by a common interest Answer: Listservs FBQ47: ______messages are posted publically and are available for anyone to read and respond to. Answer: Newsgroup FBQ48: ______ chatting involves real-time typed ‘conversations’ with others who are on the internet at the same time. Answer: On-line FBQ49: ______hypertext system of marking text and other kinds of files with consistent codes so that users anywhere can access them Answer: World Wide Web FBQ50: The most prominent of the search engines is____ Answer: Google MCQ1: What newspaper did Robert Campbell established? Answer: Anglo-African MCQ2: _______ news is strictly factual reporting of news that iscurrent and important Answer: straight MCQ3: One of these is a characteristic considered by journalist to select a newsworthy event. Answer: Impact MCQ4: News provided by a journalist performs one of these major functions Answer: Judgement MCQ5: One of these is an element is investigative reporting Answer: It should be multi-sourced MCQ6: The definition of investigative journalism comes out of the traditional view of journalists as ______ Answer: watchdogs MCQ7: Which of these is the importance of investigative journalism to the society Answer: make the media more credible in the eyes of the society MCQ8: One of the misconceptions of investigative reporting is that it _______ Answer: reveals scandals MCQ9: In investigating reporting misconceptions journalists are given the image of brave and _______reporters Answer: Individualistic MCQ10: One of these is not of interest to investigative reporting Answer: Detecting undercover MCQ11: The Nigerian investigative journalist as in with many of their counterparts in Africa have to be far more ___ and _____ to find alternative routes to the evidence they need Answer: creative and flexible MCQ12: The concept of interpretative reporting considers the role of the journalist to interpret ___ and ____ Answer: issues and events MCQ13: _____ are indexes that are generated by software programmes that systematically roam the Web Answer: robots MCQ14: Investigative reporters and interpreters of issues and events often use_____ Answer: interviews MCQ15: Itule and Anderson (2007) liken an investigative reporter’s newsgathering tactics to a ______ Answer: dart game MCQ16: The investigative reporter information gathering tactic begins with people and documents in the ______ Answer: outer rings MCQ17: Interviews are based on two major aims for the journalist and these are_____ and ___  Answer: trust and information MCQ18: The interviewee must be ______answering the questions asked in order to positively respond by giving honest and sincere information. Answer: comfortable MCQ19: Interviews are up-to-date when compared to Answer: written documents MCQ20: More credibility is ascribed to _______than when a journalist quotes a written source Answer: interview quotes MCQ21: One of these is a disadvantage of interview Answer: Accuracy of source MCQ22: As an interviewer, the journalist may ask leading questions that force the interviewee to give answers that support the journalist’s agenda is a ___ of interview Answer: Disadvantage MCQ23: _____ is a form of interview pattern, the key questions are asked immediately. Answer: Inverted funnel interview pattern MCQ24: In developing an investigative report item more than one source is essential and ideal to ensure the _____of the story is high. Answer: credibility MCQ25: There are some important stories that cannot be told if the reporter did not rely on______ sources. Answer: confidential MCQ26: Anderson (2008) believe that the hallmark of investigative reporting iscareful ______ Answer: documentation MCQ27: In reporting It must be noted that people do not believe _____sources but may have more confidence if a document is backed with evidence. Answer: unidentified MCQ28: During an interview, reporters should try to talk a ____ source into going on the record by telling him or her to how important the information is to the story Answer: reluctant MCQ29: Reporters who work on investigative reports do not have the samedeadline pressure as do those who cover _______items. Answer: breaking news MCQ30: An investigative reporter should base stories on two or more sources and ensure that the information is________. Answer: confirmed MCQ31: The aim of any investigative reportage is to produce a fair and accurate, well balanced, impartial and informative write up that is in the ____interest Answer: public’s MCQ32: Sometimes when a reporter is working on an in-depth article, they go______ Answer: None of the options MCQ33: Gang protection rackets is an example of _______ reporting issue Answer: Investigative MCQ34: The history of in depth reporting dates back a long way in such Sunday newspapers as _____ Answer: the News of the World MCQ35: Insight Investigators” began to appear in the Sunday Times in the _____ Answer: 1960s MCQ36: ______ the first newspaper to allocate a team of reporters under aproject editor to carry out investigative work on a regular basis. Answer: Sunday Times MCQ37: In-depth investigative reports are _______assignments because they allow reporters to explore a topic thoroughly Answer: choice MCQ38: Good investigative journalism requires good and_________. Answer: logical thinking MCQ39: In investigative reporting _________simply connotes that you do not just jump into the story without first getting things set for the story. Answer: Preliminary Preparation MCQ40: __________ is used to create a skeletal framework for the feature piece before using available information and good sentences and paragraphs Answer: Outline MCQ41: ______an important part of the entire piece because it is the first centre of attraction for the reader. Answer: caption MCQ42: Leads that are not summaries usually fall into______ Answer: staccato MCQ43: A narrative lead is also known as ______lead Answer: anecdotal MCQ44: A helpful approach in writing your lead is to ask yourself the question:  Answer: “what is my story about?” MCQ45: News stories are seldom written in the ______because reporters are taught to stay out of their writing, to present both sides of a story. Answer: first person MCQ46: Unlike a hard news story written as an inverted pyramid however, an in depth investigative can be written to involve its readers in an ______story. Answer: emotional MCQ47: ________is particularly important because it is the tool writersuse to move subtly from one person or area to the next. Answer: Transition MCQ48: ___ is the philosophical principles used to justify a particular course of action. Answer: Ethics MCQ49: _______is defamation by written words or by communication in some other tangible form, whereas ‘Slander’ is defamation by spoken words or gestures. Answer: None of the options MCQ50: Utilitarianism was developed by Answer: Jeremy Bentham