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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. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Source
Pulitzer Prize
Shield laws
Human interest story
2. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
Caption
Crop
AP The Associated Press
Source
3. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Take
Circulation department
Sidebar
Press
4. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Immediate-identification lead
Cover
Attribution
Soft news
5. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer
Banner
Brightener
Jump
Stringer
6. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.
By-line
Exclusive
Tip
Closed-ended question
7. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Spin
Copy
Shirttail
Jump line
8. 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)
Wire services
Sidebar
Exclusive
Attribution
9. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Screens
Tip
Participant observation
Brightener
10. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language
Off the record
Byline
Jargon
Credibility
11. 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
Jump
Caption
Editorialize
Voice
12. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Credibility
Human interest story
Editorialize
Spin
13. A line identifying the author of a story.
Crop
B-roll
Inverted pyramid
Byline
14. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.
Gutter
Follow
Jump
Puff piece or puffery
15. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Actual malice
Slander
Add
Column
16. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper
Trend story
Screens
Credibility
Off the record
17. Newsroom library
Follow
Banner
Add
Morgue
18. People or records from which a reporter gets information.
Shield laws
Cub
Sources
Participant observation
19. 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.)
Cub
Sidebar
B-roll
Cover
20. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Beat
Exclusive
Soft news
Deck
21. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions
Follow
Op-ed page
Byline
Delayed-identification lead
22. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Follow
Crony journalism
Verification
Cub
23. The major story on top of page one.
Jump line
Circulation department
Lead story
Wire services
24. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
Editor
Shield laws
Credibility
Verification
25. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Profile
Gutter
Deck
Column
26. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
Actual malice
Investigative journalism
Lay out(v.)
Beat
27. The place the story was filed
Hard news stories
Date line
Libel
Masthead
28. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.
Kicker
Plagiarism
Lay out(v.)
Gutter
29. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Crony journalism
Jump line
Editorialize
Civil law
30. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.
Actual malice
Byline
Background
Editorialize
31. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Jump
Futures files
Trend story
Editor
32. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
Tip
Sidebar
Cub
Inverted pyramid
33. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
Hard news stories
Crony journalism
Soft news
Crop
34. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
Attribution
Paraphrase
Wire services
By-line
35. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story
Source
Copy
Inverted pyramid
Human interest story
36. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Soft news
Shield laws
Verification
Take
37. 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.
Human interest story
Inverted pyramid
Source
Date line
38. A beginning reporter.
Sidebar
Cub
Stringer
Investigative journalism
39. The completed page drawing.
Background
Layout (n.)
Add
Participant observation
40. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Anecdotal lead
Circulation department
Plagiarism
Tip
41. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Futures files
Layout (n.)
Background
AP The Associated Press
42. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Hard news stories
Cutline
Cover
Wire services
43. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Op-ed page
Profile
Feature article
Beat
44. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Sidebar
Brightener
Civil law
By-line
45. The name of the reporter
Multiple-element lead
By-line
Lead story
Spin
46. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Sidebar
Date line
Follow
Voice
47. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Graf
Press
Anecdotal lead
Spin
48. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
Human interest story
Multiple-element lead
AP The Associated Press
Editorial
49. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Follow
Off the record
Deck
Clips
50. 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
Wire services
Civil law
Package
Deck