The document provides a list of 16 questions about key concepts in news writing and reporting. The questions cover topics such as the inverted pyramid structure, attribution, definitions of hard news and soft news, news values, interview types, story forms like readers and packages, and elements of news stories like leads and central points.

1. Write short notes on:
1) Describe the inverted-pyramid form of news writing.
2) What is attribution, and why is it needed?
3) Define news.
4) Define and give examples of hard news events.
5) Define and give examples of soft news events.
6) List and discuss the seven news values that are most often
considered to determine newsworthiness.
7) What are the advantages of the inverted-pyramid style?
8) What are the disadvantages of the inverted-pyramid style?
9) Write about interview on the record, and interview on
background.
10) What is a nut graph?
11) Explain observation. Why is it important in a story?
12) What are the major differences between a hard news
story and a feature?
13) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the
following methods of gathering information.
A)Interview in person.
B)Telephone interview.
C)Online via e-mail or instant messaging interview.
14) Define the basic broadcast story forms:
A)Reader.
B)VO.
C)VOSOT.
D)Package.
15) Define “delayed” leads, and give examples.
16) Define the central point, and explain its importance.