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Bacj 475:Sub Editing Question Paper

Bacj 475:Sub Editing

Course:Communication And Journalism

Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers

Exam Year:2013

KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY

END OF 3''RD ''TRIMESTER 2013 (PT) EXAMINATION
FACULTY : EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT : COMMUNICATION AND JOURNALISM
UNIT CODE : BACJ 475
UNIT TITLE : SUB EDITING
TIME : 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer Question ONE and ANY Other TWO

Questions.

Question One
Rework the article below to brighter it up and ensure all salient features are covered. (30marks)

Kenneth Helton, 28, of 6040 S. Homer St., today

Was sentenced to a year and a day in prison by Federal

Judge Walter J. LaBuy.

He pleaded guilty of robbing a mail box of a $248

Check issued to Urania M. Prince, 641 W. Marquette rd.

Helton indored the check "Urania A. Prince" and tried

to cash it in a currency exchange at 5995 S. Ashland av.

John F. Frost, manager of the exchange, called

Attention to the error and Helton departed. He

Returned a few minutes later, having changed the

initial. Frost, growing suspicious, asked Helton

foridentification papers and Helton turned over his

wallet for inspection. Then, apparently frightened,

Helton fled, leaving the wallet. He was traced and

arrested through cards in the wallet.

Frost, who testified in court today, said he would

not have become suspicious if it hadn`t been for

Helton`s carelessness with the middle initial on the

check.

Question Two

How does headline typeface and size selection indicate the type of leadership a publication targets?

(10marks)

What are the various classifications of leadership profiles in Kenya?

(10marks)

Question Three

Rewrite the following intro to ensure that it is pundry and captures all the important elements of a news story. The fire at Uchumi Supermarket started at 4am. 3 people passed away on the spot. One victim went to his maker after two days at Kenyatta Hospital. The fire started by arsonists was in Nkrumah Rd Mombasa.

(10marks)

Hypothetically, what elements should subsequent paragraphs contain?

(10marks)

Question Four

You have received photographs of a head on collision between a 72 seater bus and an oil tanker and you have been assigned to design a double page spread.

What elements must you include in this spread?

(10marks)

What are the ethical issues you may consider as you design this pictorial spread?

(10marks)

Question Five

A writer has covered a shootout between robbers and police at a commercial bank in Kisumu and is prepared to write a story about the incident. You have been asked to debrief the reporter.

What elements will you ask the writer to capture in his story that will run in tomorrow`s newspaper?

(10marks)

Assuming you were a sub-editor of a weekly publication,What elements will you ask the reporter to capture?

(10marks)

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