Special Exam Midterm Comm 14

Our Lord’s Grace Montessori School and Colleges Commonwealth Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City PUBLICATION AND EDITING (COMM 14) SPECIAL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION February 24, 2004 Name: _____________________________________________________________________________ I.

Evaluating Good and Bad Leads. Critically evaluate the following leads. Select the best leads and explain why they are effective. In addition point out the flaws in the remaining leads. (20 pts) 1. Six automobiles were broken into Friday at the Midtown Motel, 929 W. Colonial Drive and property valued at more than $1,600 was stolen. _________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 2. A teacher whose child was born blind and deaf is suing a medical laboratory for negligence. ______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 3. Two persons remain hospitalized after a collision on State Road 419 at 2:30 am Thursday. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4. The City Council listened to preliminary plans Monday night for a $56 million high rise condominium development on the shores of Lake Howell. __________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 5. Circuit Court Judge Marilyn Picott today refused to allow James Roger Carrig to attend the funeral services for his parents, whom he is accused of murdering. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 6. The results of a $88,000 study about the policies the city might adopt to lower its utility bills were revealed today. _______________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 7. A school bus carrying 46 students to an elementary school in the city was involved in a collision on Jefferson Avenue at 8:10 am today. __________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 8. Kennedy High School is the only school in the city that has a school-community liaison counselor. _______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 9. Syndicated columnist Jack Anderson spoke Tuesday evening to a crowd of about 350 people in the Student Union. _________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

10. Could you swim 40 miles, jog 100 miles or bike 400 miles in one month? ______________________________________________________________________ II.

Writing Leads. (35 pts) 1. Answer Exercise 3, pp. 99-101 items 1-3, 5-7, 9-12 of the attached paper. 2. Answer Exercise 7, p 112-113 Part 1 items 1-3 and Part III items 7-9 of the attached paper. (Please use the blank papers attached at the back for your answers)

III.

Writing News and Features (40 pts) 1. Write a complete news story about the “Divorce Decree” controversy pp. 160-161 of the attached paper. (10 pts) 2. Write a straight news lead for each of the following stories. Then write a complete feature story for each set of facts with a feature lead. Page 578 items 1-2 (20 pts). 3. Write a complete news story on “Child Smothering” p. 37 of the attached paper. (10 pts)