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Journalism Vocab
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1. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Credibility
Take
Clips
Morgue
2. 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
AP The Associated Press
Graf
Civil law
Voice
3. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Clips
Op-ed page
Gutter
Jump
4. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Source
B-roll
Slander
Caption
5. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
Closed-ended question
Follow
Editor
Human interest story
6. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Jump line
Delayed-identification lead
Shield laws
Take
7. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Circulation department
Investigative journalism
Layout (n.)
HFR
8. The opening paragraph of a story that reports two or more newsworthy elements.
Human interest story
Multiple-element lead
Actual malice
Exclusive
9. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Participant observation
Deck
Source
Package
10. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Angle
Human interest story
Caption
Brightener
11. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.
Shield laws
Cutline
Morgue
Trend story
12. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
Credibility
Byline
Sources
AP The Associated Press
13. 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.
Date line
Off the record
Verification
Human interest story
14. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Column
Profile
Anecdotal lead
Kicker
15. The place the story was filed
Take
Date line
Crony journalism
B-roll
16. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
Crony journalism
Editor
Civil law
By-line
17. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Crop
By-line
Graf
Spin
18. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Puff piece or puffery
Sidebar
Source
Gutter
19. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions
Deck
Plagiarism
Cub
Op-ed page
20. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Package
Tip
Investigative journalism
Exclusive
21. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
General manager
B-roll
Off the record
Wire services
22. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Sidebar
Editorial
Rules
Soft news
23. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Lay out(v.)
Brightener
Gutter
Immediate-identification lead
24. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
Sources
Investigative journalism
Spin
Editorial
25. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Futures files
Rules
Copy
AP The Associated Press
26. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Cub
Profile
Follow
Deck
27. Video images shot specifically to be used over a reporter's words to illustrate the news event or story to cover up audio edits of quotes (to avoid the jerking head effect) or to cover up bad shots (out of focus poorly lighted etc.)
Press
Sidebar
B-roll
Futures files
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)
Multiple-element lead
Brightener
Wire services
Spin
29. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story
Jargon
Source
Background
Jump
30. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Sidebar
Screens
Verification
Kicker
31. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Sidebar
Spin
Verification
Masthead
32. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine
Kicker
Investigative journalism
Follow
Feature article
33. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Sidebar
Lead story
Feature article
Layout (n.)
34. A position that is partial or slanted
Copy
Cover
Cutline
Bias
35. 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.
Futures files
Libel
Attribution
Participant observation
36. 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
Shield laws
Jump line
Anecdotal lead
Beat
37. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant
Anecdotal lead
Clips
Feature article
Angle
38. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Lay out(v.)
Inverted pyramid
Crony journalism
Shirttail
39. Information that is not intended for publication
Background
Gutter
Take
Sidebar
40. The completed page drawing.
Closed-ended question
Column
Layout (n.)
Libel
41. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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42. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper
Package
Feature article
Screens
Tip
43. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.
Editorialize
Inverted pyramid
Soft news
AP The Associated Press
44. Believability of a writer or publication
Credibility
Slander
Jargon
Cutline
45. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.
roundup
Masthead
Soft news
Exclusive
46. Abbreviation for paragraph
Graf
Kicker
Copy
Editorialize
47. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Caption
Attribution
Beat
Follow
48. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.
Lead or 'lede'
Jump line
Plagiarism
Cutline
49. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Cub
Byline
Take
Column
50. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
Crop
Profile
Slander
Morgue