Bacj 263:Reporting And Writing Question Paper
Bacj 263:Reporting And Writing
Course:Communication And Journalism
Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers
Exam Year:2012
KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY
END OF 3''RD ''TRIMESTER 2012 (DAY) EXAMINATIONS
FACULTY : EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT : COMMUNICATION AND JOURNALISM
UNIT CODE : BACJ 263
UNIT TITLE : ADVANCED REPORTING AND WRITING
TIME : 2 HOURS
Instructions:
Answer question one and any two others.
Question One
Write a 400 word speech for your chairman of department on the occasion of its anniversary. (30 marks)
Question Two
This news flash appears on your phone at 10am. "Thirty five people have been killed in a road crash involving buses travelling in opposite directions in Mwingi District."
List the questions you would ask yourself as editor and of your team of reporters in developing this brief into a comprehensive story.
What are the sources of information you would contact immediately for details on the unfolding story?
How would you bring a national perspective of the story?
How would you stay with this story?
(20 marks)
Question Three
What would you do to make a profile of a local prominent person memorable and remarkable? (20 marks)
Question Four
"internet-based communication leads the way in interactivity. Nothing shrinks the world so much in so short a time and brings together so many people from so many diverse places." Do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. (20 marks)
Question Five
What is journalism of outrage? Why is it called so? (20 marks)
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