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2017 Interactive News Editing Internship Test ANSWER KEY

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INSTRUCTIONS Please read these instructions before beginning. The six-page test has a one-hour time limit. It consists of five parts for a total of 100 points: Part 1, current events; Part 2, grammar; Part 3, digital knowledge and Part 4, editing and headline writing. Answers must be written on the test. Test-takers are permitted to have only blank paper, pens and pencils. Traditional headlines should be written in the spaces provided in Part 5 and each line, including spaces, should not exceed the total count. Each letter or space counts as one unit. For example, this headline would have the following count: Editing Test Called Easy (24 units). SEO headlines and tweets should be written on the lines indicated.

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PART 1 — Current Events 10 pts.

1. Devastating floods in ____BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA_______ killed 13 and damaged more than 60,000 homes. 2. U.S. Supreme Court Justice ____ANTONIN SCALIA______, who died in February, has yet to be replaced. 3. Gymnast ____SIMONE BILES won four gold medals and one bronze at the 2016 summer Olympics. 4. Forty-nine people were killed by a gunman at ___PULSE_________ Nightclub in Orlando. 5. Results of Brexit mean the United Kingdom decided to ____LEAVE THE EUROPEAN UNION__________. 6. TPP stands for _____TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP______________________________. 7. An international network of journalists documented corruption on a global scale in reporting based on the leaked _________PANAMA PAPERS___________________. 8. More than 130 people were killed in simultaneous ISIL attacks launched last November in __PARIS/___. 9. More than 8,000 people were rounded up after a failed coup d’etat this summer in ___TURKEY____________. 10. The U.S. denied, then itted it released $1.3 billion to __IRAN_____ connected to freeing American prisoners.

Part 2 — Grammar and Usage: Underline the correct choice in each example. 1 pt. /Total=10 pts. 1. The bidding war among / BETWEEN two rival media companies turned bitter.

2. The salesmen claimed that his product was superior to the conference hosts showed a lack of tack / TACT.

3. If she WERE / was CEO, the firm would be solvent instead of on the verge of bankruptcy.

4. Perennial worries about GERRYMANDERING / jerrymandering dogged the election.

5. Since the attorney general was convicted the call for impeachment was SUPERFLUOUS / supercilious.

6. Possessing 15 pounds of marijuana were / WAS grounds for arrest before the new law took effect.

7. The spectators were rushed OFF / off of the bleachers before they collapsed.

8. The attorney generals / ATTORNEYS GENERAL of 13 states sued to block federal regulations about

9. Everybody knew who’s / WHOSE dog mauled the child.

10. Rebekah was the OLDEST / older of the couple’s four children.

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PART 4 — Name the state and place the number for each question on the map. 2 pts. each/Total =10

1. A sniper killed five police officers after a peaceful Black Lives Matter demonstration ____TEXAS____________. 2. A woman livestreamed her boyfriend’s death after a traffic stop in _____MINNESOTA___________________. 3. The Centers for Disease Control warned of Zika virus cases in neighborhoods here ____FLORIDA____________. 4. The Republican and Democrat nominated for vice president come from __VIRGINIA___ and ____INDIANA_____. 5. A heavily-armed couple killed 14 people at a Christmas party in ____CALIFORNIA____________. PEOPLE — Write the full name for each headshot, a list of their titles appears below in random order. 2 pts. each/Total = 10

TIM KAINE___ _______________

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Chair, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Republican vice presidential candidate Olympic gold medalist Democratic vice presidential candidate U.S. Attorney General

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PART 5 — Editing and Headline Writing: Edit the following story and explain your edits in the margin. Write a one-line headline with a maximum count of 25, a Search Engine Optimization headline and a tweet on the lines below. PRINT HEADLINE 10 pts.

FIRMS RESTORE HEALTH CARE SEO HEADLINE 5 pts.

SMALL FIRMS RESTORE HEALTH PLANS TWEET 2 pts. a. DESPITE RISING S SMALL BUSINESSES RETHINK OFFERING HEALTH CARE COVERAGE TO COMPETE FOR JOB CANDIDATES (Allowing for hashtag or url to story) b. SMALL EMPLOYERS RECONSIDER GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE TO ATTRACT SKILLED WORKERS IN A COMPETITIVE LABOR MARKET (Allowing for hashtag or url to story) Some small companies that dropped group health insurance for their employees are reversing course, driven by a tightening labor market and rising costs and fewer choices for individual coverage. 2 pts. each=Total 8 Laura COTTRELL, owner of a seven-person home-furnishings and home-improvement products CHECK CORRECT SPELLING OF COTTRELL/COTTRALL

business in St. Louis, dropped group coverage in 2014, not only because of the cost but also the complexities of picking the right plan within a short deadline. Instead, she gave her employees a raise to use to buy their own health plans. Now she is looking at adding health benefits to make a cabinetry business she launched this year more attractive to potential employees. If she makes the change, she says she would offer coverage to employees of both of her businesses. “People are looking for health care,” said Ms. COTTRALL, who said she was recently turned down by a

SPELL OUT AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ON FIRST REFERENCE

candidate because she doesn’t offer health benefits.

Unlike large employers, small businesses—those with fewer than 50 full-time employees—aren’t required to offer health benefits under the ACA. Many do anyway, to be competitive in the job market or because they think it’s the right thing to do. Estimates of how many small businesses offer group coverage vary. Fifty-four percent of companies with THREE TO 60 WORKERS offered health benefits last year, about the same as in 2014 but down from

CUTOFF IS 49 WORKERS: WAS SURVEY FOR FIRMS WITH UP TO 60? IS THIS A TYPO OR REPORTER ERROR?

66% in 2000, according to a 2015 Kaiser Family Foundation survey. Conflicting forces are buffeting small companies. In N.C., some companies could face cost increases of as much as 40% for ACA-compliant plans, said Michael Matznick, a Greensboro, insurance broker. At the same time, prices for individual coverage are climbing and insurance companies are dropping out

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of the state and federal marketplaces that sell individual coverage. Last week, Aetna Inc. said it would withdraw from ELEVEN of the 15 state exchanges on which it currently offers coverage. (Part 5 continues on next page)

PART 5 — Editing and Headline Writing: Edit the following story and explain your edits in the margin. Write a one-line headline with a maximum count of 28, a Search Engine Optimization headline and a tweet on the lines below. PRINT HEADLINE 10 pts.

BANK HEIST: HACKED BY PHONE; CROOKS ROB BANKS BY MOBILE 10 pts. SEO HEADLINE 5

pts. MOBILE BANK JOB: HACKERS HIT PHONES or HACKERS ROB BANKS BY CELLPHONE TWEET 2 pts. a. ROBBERS FIND THE WEAK SPOT IN MOBILE BANKING HACK S’ PHONES FOR S AND ID USING TEXT MESSAGES AND ADS. (Leave characters for hashtag, link to story) b. BANK ROBBERS TURN TO POPULAR MALICIOUS SOFTWARE TO BREAK INTO BANK S VIA CELLPHONE AS CARELESS CUSTOMERS LEAVE DEVICES VULNERABLE. (No characters for hashtag, link to story) 2 pts. each=Total 8 Cyberthieves have a new way to hack into consumer bank s: mobile phones.

CHECK MALWARE, AceCard vs. Acecard

Malicious software programs with names like Acecard and GM Bot are gaining popularity around the world as criminals look for new and lucrative ways to attack the financial-services industry. Cyberthieves are using such so-called malware to steal banking credentials from unsuspecting consumers when they log onto their bank s via their mobile phones, according to law-enforcement officials and cybersecurity specialists. The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, which brings together five banking regulatory bodies, in April updated its guidance for banks to include potential threats facing mobile financial services, including mobile-phone malware.

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Ian Holmes, banking fraud solutions manager for security firm SAS, estimates that the AceCard malware has customized overlays to imitate 50 financial-services apps. The malware “is gaining credibility in the criminal underworld,” said Mr. Holmes. The malware typically GET onto a phone when a clicks on a text message from an unknown source or taps an ment on a website. Once installed, it often lays dormant until the opens a banking app. The malware then creates a customized overlay on the authentic banking app. This allows criminals to follow a ’s movements on the phone and eventually grab credentials to the . This type of mobile-phone malware is gaining ground as more consumers are using banking apps and financial firms are rolling out a wider array of mobile services. The most common mobile-banking activity is checking an balance. The Federal Reserve said earlier this year that 53 PERCENT of smartphone s with bank s had used mobile banking in previous 12 months, up from 43% in 2011. Mobile phones are considered uniquely vulnerable to hackers because consumers typically don’t install anti-malware protection onto their devices.

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