STUDENT HANDOUT: "WERE YOU LISTENING?" SCAVENGER HUNT
Directions: While you are on the Inside CNN Atlanta Tour, try to find the answers to the questions on this sheet. Hint: Answers might be found in the hallways, in the stairwells, in the videos or in what your tour guide says.
1. What news stories are being covered by CNN on the day of your tour? (Hint: Watch and listen to the live broadcasts on televisions throughout the tour.)
2. Name three major events covered by CNN in its more than two decades of news coverage.
3. In what year was CNN launched? Who is the founder of CNN?
4. Name at least three of CNN's networks.
5. Name at least three CNN bureaus.
6. Why is the control room considered the "heart" of CNN?
7. What is the difference between CNN Air, CNN Program and CNN Preset?
8. What is a router? Name at least 3 things that you might see on a router.
9. Approximately how many people staff a control room? Who are they? What does each one do?
10. What is the name of the electronic device that shows the anchor the copy of the script?
11. Why does the audience not see the anchor's eyes move from side to side when he or she is reading the words on-screen?
12. What will the anchor do when he or she sees the word "break" on the screen?
13. Why do meteorologists sometimes use "broad, non-committal, sweeping gestures" in their reports?
14. What color must a meteorologist never wear while on camera? Why?
15. The helmets worn by journalists in hostile areas are made of what material?
16. What device did CNN journalists use to broadcast their reports after the Iraqi government shut down communication lines during the 1991 Persian Gulf War?
17. On average, how many people work in the newsroom?
18. What two "desks" make up the assignment desk?
19. Diagram the general process of how a news story goes from a potential story to an on-air report. What do the following people do in that process: assignment desk editors, producers, writers and copyeditors?
20. What is an IFB?
21. What was the original name of Headline News?
22. What are the main differences between CNN and Headline News?
23. Who do you think are the primary audiences for CNN International, CNN Airport Network, CNN Newsource and CNN en Espanol?
24. What reasons do the anchors and correspondents featured in the final video mention for why they chose their professions?
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