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Journalism Vocab

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1. To keep abreast of significant developments on a beat or to report on a specfic event.






2. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'






3. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper






4. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.






5. The name of the reporter






6. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts






7. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.






8. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.






9. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light






10. People or records from which a reporter gets information.






11. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.






12. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant






13. Story that requires a great amount of research and hard work to come up with facts that might be hidden buried or obscured by people who have a vested interest in keeping those facts from being published






14. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line






15. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.






16. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.






17. Abbreviation for paragraph






18. A position that is partial or slanted






19. 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






20. The major story on top of page one.






21. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published






22. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story

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23. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.






24. The place the story was filed






25. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society






26. 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






27. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.






28. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic






29. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.






30. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.






31. Information that is not intended for publication






32. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers






33. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.






34. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer






35. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.






36. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine






37. Usually means 'don't quote me.'






38. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.






39. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.






40. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.






41. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.






42. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet






43. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.






44. 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






45. 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






46. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.






47. 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.






48. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.






49. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.






50. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.