2018 Digital Media Internship Test

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2018 Digital Media Internship Test Fund Use: Score PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY Applicant s Name Email Address College/University Phone Number ( ) Name and Title of Monitor Phone Number ( ) Monitor s Address

1 2018 Digital Media Internship Test Fund Use: Score PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY Applicant s Name Address College/University Phone Number ( ) Name and Title of Monitor Phone Number ( ) Monitor s Address City State ZIP Monitor s Address Date Test Given / /2017 Applicant s statement: I have applied for/plan to apply for an internship at dowjonesnewsfund.org Yes No INSTRUCTIONS Please read these instructions before beginning. The test has a one-hour time limit. It consists of five parts: Part 1, Current Events; Part 2, Grammar; Part 3, Geography; Part 4, Story Treatment and Part 5, Digital Treatment. Test-takers are permitted to have only blank paper, pens and pencils. Headlines and tweets should be written on the lines indicated. Do not begin the test until you have been instructed to do so by the monitor. Participants and monitors for this national competition should not divulge the contents of this exercise. No parts of this exercise can be reproduced without written permission of the Dow Jones News Fund. Copyright 2017 Dow Jones News Fund, Inc. PART 1 CURRENT EVENTS 1. England was the site of at least two terror attacks, including one that began on London and another at a concert by in Manchester. 2. was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice, returning the court to members. 3. After 146 years, the gave its final performance in May. 4. Juan Manuel Santos, president of, won the Nobel Peace prize for his efforts to end his country s civil war. 5. took a public relations hit when Dr. David Dao was dragged off one of its planes. 6. A jury found a Minnesota police officer in the death of Philando Castile. 7., not, won the Oscar for Best Picture. 8. On August 21, a crossed the U.S. from Oregon to South Carolina. 9. Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for. 10. President Trump reversed Barack Obama s easing of diplomatic relations with.

Underneath each photo, identify the person by their name and news identity.

British prime minister German chancellor Housing and Urban Development secretary Russia investigation special counsel U.S. ambassador to U.N.

Soviet President Vladimir Putin rebutted / refuted claims he interfered with U.S. elections. 2. Gov.

For sale: baby shoes, never worn is a quote that / which Ernest Hemingway never said. 4.

Trapped in a flooded compartment / Its starboard side caved in, seven sailors died when the USS Fitzgerald was struck by a cargo ship. 6.

2 Underneath each photo, identify the person by their name and news identity. Names (in alphabetical order) Ben Carson Carrie Fisher Nikki Haley Theresa May Angela Merkel Robert Mueller Identity (in alphabetical order) Actress, died British prime minister German chancellor Housing and Urban Development secretary Russia investigation special counsel U.S. ambassador to U.N. PART 2 GRAMMAR, USAGE AND PUNCTUATION: Underline the correct choice in each example. 1. Soviet President Vladimir Putin rebutted / refuted claims he interfered with U.S. elections. 2. Gov. Christie, photographed laying / lying on a beach chair, had closed that beach to the public during a budget impasse. 3. For sale: baby shoes, never worn is a quote that / which Ernest Hemingway never said. 4. The hot air balloon collided with / hit power lines before it crashed, killing 16 people. 5. Trapped in a flooded compartment / Its starboard side caved in, seven sailors died when the USS Fitzgerald was struck by a cargo ship. 6. Despite discrete / discreet settlements of sexual harassment allegations, Fox News fired Bill O Reilly. 7. Everyone / Every one of New Orleans Confederate statues were / was removed. 8. Chelsea Manning, born Edward on December 17, 1987 / December 17, 1987, / Dec. 17, 1987 / Dec. 17, 1987, was pardoned by President Obama. 9. "The president used the word wiretaps / 'wiretaps' in quotes to mean, broadly, surveillance and other activities," said White House press secretary Sean Spicer. 10. President Trump withdrew from the Paris climate accord, saying it adversely / aversely affects / effects the United States.

PART 3 GEOGRAPHY. Name the state and place the number for each question on the map. 1. Fire destroyed an abandoned warehouse that had been converted into an arts collective, killing 36, in. 2.

3 PART 3 GEOGRAPHY. Name the state and place the number for each question on the map. 1. Fire destroyed an abandoned warehouse that had been converted into an arts collective, killing 36, in. 2. The team that ended the Curse of the Billy Goat by winning the World Series is in. 3. The Great Smoky Mountains wildfires killed 14 and damaged more than 1,600 structures in. 4. Two men died when they tried to stop an anti-muslim rant aimed at two young women in. 5. Thousands camped out in to protest a pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. 6. A woman was killed and more than 20 were injured when a driver rammed counter-protesters at a white supremacist rally in. 7. Ten smuggled immigrants died in a boiling hot tractor-trailer in.

4 PART 4 STORY TREATMENT: A. Edit the following story and explain your edits in the margin. B. Write a Search Engine Optimization headline C. Write a tweet. SEO HEADLINE TWEET Former FBI Director Jimmy Comey said in a farewell note to colleagues he had long believed a president could fire an FBI director for any reason, or for no reason at all, in his first remarks to be made public since he was fired. Comey learned of his firing from a television news broadcast while at a law-enforcement event in Los Angeles. Comey didn t receive a courtesy call from the White House, and he initially thought it was part of an elaborate joke, according to a close associate. The White House said they were following protocol in delivering the dismissal letter to his Washington office. His dismissal has sent morale at the FBI plummeting, creating the most divisive atmosphere since J. Edgar Hoover was director. Agents viewed the firing as a bellwether of President Donald Trump s willingness to work with the investigation into Russia s alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election. Trump initially said he fired Comey after receiving a 3-page memo from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, in which he said Comey s actions regarding Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton s use had led the FBI to lose the public s trust. But two days later, Trump said he was going to fire Comey irregardless of Rosenstine s recommendation. The firing highlighted the fraught position of FBI directors, who often must run a gauntlet of conducting impartial investigations amid political storms. In Comey s farewell letter, he said he hoped those at the FBI wouldn t spend time on the decision or the way it was executed. He also said he was disinterested in doing so himself. It is done, and I will be fine, Comey said.

5 PART 5 DIGITAL TREATMENT. List three ideas on how to present the Comey story online. Be specific about the elements you would use and their placement in the piece. FINAL INSTRUCTIONS: When you have finished, return this test to your monitor whose signature will certify it was completed within one hour. The monitor must mail your test postmarked by Nov. 1, 2017, to the Dow Jones News Fund, P.O. Box 300, Princeton, NJ Signature of Monitor Date

2018 Digital Media Internship Test

2018 Digital Media Internship Test Fund Use: Score PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY Applicant s Name Email Address College/University Phone Number ( ) Name and Title of Monitor Phone Number ( ) Monitor s Address City