Creative Editing
Chapter 5
Exercise 5
5. Use standard reference materials to answer the following questions. Answer in complete sentences as though the information were part of a story you are editing. Give a complete citation for your source for each answer.
a. What is the name of the academic journal that publishes articles about ethics and the mass media? Who is the editor of the journal and where is it published? Check to see whether this journal is available in your local library. If it is, provide the call number.
b. Consult Polk's City Directory for your city (if no directory exists for your city, use one for a nearby city). What information is available about the city's mayor?
c. Describe how Polk's City Directory can be used by reporters and editors in ways that a telephone book cannot be used.
d. Who is currently the artistic director for the New York City Ballet Company?
e. What motion picture won an Academy Award for best feature film of 1994?
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