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Journalism Vocab

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






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






3. Newsroom library






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






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

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6. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper






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






8. 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






9. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication






10. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing






11. The name of the reporter






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






13. 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.






14. 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






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






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






17. 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)






18. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.






19. The major story on top of page one.






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






21. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers






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






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






24. Abbreviation for paragraph






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






26. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.






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






28. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.






29. Information that is not intended for publication






30. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published






31. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue






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






33. The place the story was filed






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






35. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.






36. Short related story added to the end of a longer one






37. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.






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






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






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






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






42. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story






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






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






45. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.






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






47. 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.






48. 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.






49. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.






50. 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






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