What important feature of newsworthy information do organizationsabide by when they contact the media to announce something as soon as it occurs?

Which sentence below is an acceptable paraphrase of the statement, "I failed the test. I might as well drop out of school."

A) Don't feel so bad; you'll do better next time. B) If you had studied instead of going out the night before, you'd have done O.K. C) I've failed tests, too. I know how bad it feels. D) Because you failed the test, you feel like a failure in college.

A brief, accurate speech where the goals are to provide information and build another speaker's credibility is a(n)

a. speech of introduction. b. toast. c. commemorative address. d. award presentation.