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Journalism Vocab
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1. Abbreviation for paragraph
Delayed-identification lead
Kicker
Graf
Editorial
2. A story including a number of related events.
Deck
Credibility
roundup
Angle
3. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Rules
Civil law
Gutter
Graf
4. 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.
Profile
Libel
Pulitzer Prize
Sources
5. Newsroom library
Morgue
Lead story
Shield laws
HFR
6. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Cub
Column
Op-ed page
Bias
7. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Sidebar
Caption
Package
Civil law
8. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Editorial
Slander
Bias
Paraphrase
9. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
Column
HFR
Investigative journalism
AP The Associated Press
10. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.
General manager
Sidebar
Kicker
Copy
11. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Actual malice
Rules
Shirttail
Graf
12. The major story on top of page one.
Plagiarism
Slander
Sidebar
Lead story
13. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.
General manager
Lead or 'lede'
Story
Take
14. A line identifying the author of a story.
Byline
Source
roundup
Actual malice
15. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Immediate-identification lead
Copy
Investigative journalism
Shirttail
16. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Futures files
Crony journalism
Jump
Byline
17. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Kicker
Deck
Trend story
Participant observation
18. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
Beat
Shield laws
Deck
Crop
19. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Off the record
Package
Editor
Civil law
20. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
Plagiarism
Attribution
Editorialize
Jump line
21. 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
Package
Soft news
Libel
Take
22. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Date line
Spin
Shirttail
Lead or 'lede'
23. Believability of a writer or publication
Editor
Cover
Credibility
Story
24. People or records from which a reporter gets information.
Sources
Editor
Editorial
Feature article
25. The place the story was filed
Actual malice
Press
Editorial
Date line
26. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Wire services
Jump
Anecdotal lead
Soft news
27. The completed page drawing.
Layout (n.)
Kicker
Exclusive
HFR
28. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story
Tip
Source
Slander
Cutline
29. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
Editorial
Plagiarism
Actual malice
Morgue
30. 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
Editorialize
Voice
Anecdotal lead
Plagiarism
31. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
B-roll
Crony journalism
Lead or 'lede'
Shirttail
32. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language
Jargon
Gutter
Lead or 'lede'
Credibility
33. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Shirttail
General manager
Puff piece or puffery
Circulation department
34. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Crop
Trend story
Plagiarism
Beat
35. 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.
Paraphrase
Lead or 'lede'
Masthead
Story
36. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
By-line
Crony journalism
Rules
Press
37. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Plagiarism
Cover
Package
Delayed-identification lead
38. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Civil law
Lay out(v.)
Masthead
Banner
39. 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
Civil law
Shirttail
Paraphrase
Soft news
40. 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
Voice
Jump line
Op-ed page
41. The opening paragraph of a story that reports two or more newsworthy elements.
Cover
Multiple-element lead
Lead story
AP The Associated Press
42. A position that is partial or slanted
Sidebar
Libel
Bias
Rules
43. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Paraphrase
Morgue
Soft news
Hard news stories
44. A beginning reporter.
Cub
Feature article
Sidebar
Shield laws
45. 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
Banner
Soft news
Sidebar
Delayed-identification lead
46. In libel law a reckless disregard for the truth such as when a reporter or an editor knows that a statement is false and prints or airs it anyway.
Spin
Actual malice
Human interest story
Circulation department
47. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Rules
Take
Copy
Immediate-identification lead
48. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Cub
Circulation department
Pulitzer Prize
Brightener
49. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.
Voice
Circulation department
Add
Wire services
50. 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)
roundup
Package
Wire services
Sidebar