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Journalism Vocab

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






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






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






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






5. The opening paragraph of a story that reports two or more newsworthy elements.






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






7. 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.






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






9. The name of the reporter






10. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own






11. A story including a number of related events.






12. The place the story was filed






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. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. A beginning reporter.






23. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.






24. 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.)






25. 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






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






27. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.






28. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.






29. A line identifying the author of a story.






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language






39. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions






40. 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)






41. The completed page drawing.






42. 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.






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






44. 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.






45. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.






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






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






48. 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






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

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







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