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Journalism Vocab
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1. Line of type at the bottom of a column which directs the reader to somewhere else in the paper where the story is completed allowing more space for stories to begin on the front page
Background
Immediate-identification lead
Masthead
Jump line
2. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.
Exclusive
Banner
Graf
Clips
3. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.
Pulitzer Prize
Cutline
Crop
AP The Associated Press
4. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Column
Immediate-identification lead
Shirttail
Editor
5. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Caption
Editor
AP The Associated Press
Lead story
6. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Participant observation
Press
Shield laws
Hard news stories
7. An indirect quote or summary of the words the news maker said - condensing and clarifying a quotation to convey the meaning more precisely than the way the speaker expressed it.
HFR
Lead or 'lede'
Paraphrase
Human interest story
8. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Stringer
Credibility
Gutter
Plagiarism
9. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Off the record
Puff piece or puffery
Gutter
Circulation department
10. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Libel
Sidebar
B-roll
Human interest story
11. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
roundup
Take
Masthead
Slander
12. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Immediate-identification lead
Copy
Slander
Hard news stories
13. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
Morgue
Bias
Attribution
Cub
14. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language
Jargon
Verification
Byline
Sidebar
15. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
Off the record
General manager
Date line
Civil law
16. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
Multiple-element lead
Cutline
Delayed-identification lead
HFR
17. A writer's development of distinctive characteristics and idiosyncrasies of language use that make his or her writing as easily recognizable as the inflections tone and pronunciation of speech that make a person's vocalized speech pat terns distinc
Voice
Spin
Press
Tip
18. Believability of a writer or publication
Trend story
Credibility
Shield laws
Screens
19. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Immediate-identification lead
Futures files
Bias
Cutline
20. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer
Stringer
Credibility
Banner
Column
21. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Column
Rules
Shirttail
Paraphrase
22. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine
Take
Op-ed page
Background
Feature article
23. The place the story was filed
Lead story
Take
Date line
Inverted pyramid
24. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant
Angle
Gutter
Stringer
roundup
25. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Immediate-identification lead
Trend story
Background
Jump
26. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Libel
Pulitzer Prize
Stringer
Multiple-element lead
27. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Participant observation
Story
Take
Rules
28. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Profile
Sidebar
Tip
Caption
29. Information that is not intended for publication
Investigative journalism
Gutter
Background
Profile
30. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Source
Jump
Date line
Trend story
31. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Angle
Lead story
Masthead
Civil law
32. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Clips
Trend story
HFR
Circulation department
33. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Morgue
Gutter
Hard news stories
Multiple-element lead
34. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Masthead
Delayed-identification lead
Feature article
Bias
35. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Banner
Jargon
Immediate-identification lead
Trend story
36. Newsroom library
Exclusive
Deck
Morgue
Rules
37. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.
Source
Press
Follow
Story
38. The major story on top of page one.
Beat
Voice
Lead story
Follow
39. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Sidebar
Participant observation
Attribution
Morgue
40. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Banner
HFR
Column
Lay out(v.)
41. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
Stringer
Off the record
Editorial
Press
42. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Slander
Lead story
Lead or 'lede'
Shirttail
43. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.
Copy
Package
Lay out(v.)
Editor
44. The name of the reporter
AP The Associated Press
Paraphrase
Column
By-line
45. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.
Stringer
Puff piece or puffery
Shield laws
Lead story
46. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.
Exclusive
Anecdotal lead
Add
Masthead
47. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
Shield laws
Crop
Slander
Deck
48. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'
Closed-ended question
Copy
Jump
General manager
49. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Attribution
Kicker
Closed-ended question
Cub
50. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Off the record
Closed-ended question
Spin
Lead story