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Journalism Vocab
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journalism-and-media
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
Angle
Human interest story
AP The Associated Press
Attribution
2. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
Delayed-identification lead
Take
Actual malice
HFR
3. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Slander
Shirttail
Source
Byline
4. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions
Shield laws
Follow
Op-ed page
Off the record
5. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Civil law
Anecdotal lead
Stringer
Paraphrase
6. A completed television news story on tape which is edited before a news show goes on air and contains reporter's stand-ups narration over images and an out-cue for the anchor to start speaking at the end of the tape
Spin
Editorial
Press
Package
7. The opening paragraph of a story that reports two or more newsworthy elements.
Graf
Masthead
Multiple-element lead
Profile
8. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.
Delayed-identification lead
Lay out(v.)
roundup
Closed-ended question
9. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Jump line
Kicker
Verification
Story
10. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Angle
Source
Futures files
Investigative journalism
11. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Futures files
Kicker
Exclusive
Rules
12. A story including a number of related events.
roundup
Profile
Exclusive
Jargon
13. People or records from which a reporter gets information.
Sources
Jump
Date line
Masthead
14. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.
Story
roundup
Shield laws
Editor
15. 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.
Spin
Paraphrase
Soft news
roundup
16. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
Immediate-identification lead
Angle
Inverted pyramid
Op-ed page
17. Stories that are interesting but less important than hard news - focusing on people as well as facts and information and including interviews reviews articles and editorials
Puff piece or puffery
Cub
Actual malice
Soft news
18. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.
Cutline
Trend story
Screens
Editorialize
19. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Slander
Wire services
Plagiarism
Deck
20. A position that is partial or slanted
Jump
Bias
Credibility
Screens
21. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
Soft news
Investigative journalism
Editorial
Bias
22. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine
Feature article
Attribution
Circulation department
Cutline
23. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Source
Sources
Off the record
Morgue
24. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Futures files
Tip
Gutter
Column
25. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
Clips
Shirttail
Attribution
Follow
26. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.
Copy
Story
Verification
Exclusive
27. 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
Circulation department
Press
Hard news stories
28. Services that provide news from around the world to publications that subscribe for a fee (e.g. Associated Press Canadian Press Reuters and United Press International)
Anecdotal lead
Wire services
Inverted pyramid
Lead or 'lede'
29. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Deck
Sidebar
Lay out(v.)
B-roll
30. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.
Beat
roundup
Clips
Op-ed page
31. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
Crony journalism
Hard news stories
Actual malice
Op-ed page
32. A beginning reporter.
Verification
Cutline
Cub
Clips
33. The major story on top of page one.
Futures files
Add
Lead story
Screens
34. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
Stringer
Jump
Spin
Lay out(v.)
35. A column of copy and/or graphics which appears on the page of a magazine or newspaper to communicate information about the story or contents of the paper
Byline
Gutter
Background
Sidebar
36. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Graf
Screens
Soft news
Profile
37. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.
Plagiarism
Voice
Cover
Editorialize
38. A line identifying the author of a story.
Off the record
Clips
Byline
Profile
39. Information that is not intended for publication
Background
Package
Jargon
Wire services
40. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Sidebar
Byline
Morgue
Brightener
41. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
Press
Sidebar
General manager
Hard news stories
42. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Take
Jump line
Profile
Gutter
43. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Package
Story
Pulitzer Prize
Slander
44. A story that focuses on the human side of news and often appeals to the readers' emotion - a piece valued more for its emotional impact or oddity than for its importance.
Package
Human interest story
Cub
By-line
45. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Plagiarism
HFR
Participant observation
Add
46. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
roundup
Civil law
Investigative journalism
Press
47. 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
Jump
Sources
Kicker
Jump line
48. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant
Copy
Slander
Sidebar
Angle
49. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Plagiarism
Deck
Circulation department
Jump
50. Damage to a person's reputation caused by a false written statement that brings the person into hatred contempt or ridicule or injures his or her business or occupation.
Libel
Screens
Press
roundup