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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. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Cutline
Civil law
Hard news stories
Caption
2. The opening paragraph of a story that reports two or more newsworthy elements.
Gutter
Multiple-element lead
Civil law
Follow
3. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.
Brightener
Rules
Cutline
Inverted pyramid
4. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Sources
Investigative journalism
Jump
Press
5. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.
Puff piece or puffery
Jump line
Banner
Delayed-identification lead
6. 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
Deck
Immediate-identification lead
Bias
Voice
7. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Kicker
Delayed-identification lead
Brightener
Sidebar
8. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Tip
Inverted pyramid
Delayed-identification lead
Futures files
9. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Closed-ended question
Puff piece or puffery
Profile
Futures files
10. 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.)
Bias
Wire services
B-roll
Crop
11. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Verification
Multiple-element lead
Paraphrase
Investigative journalism
12. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
Lead story
General manager
Inverted pyramid
Jargon
13. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Story
Gutter
Lead story
Jump
14. 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
Op-ed page
Soft news
Cover
Sources
15. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Background
Hard news stories
Gutter
Beat
16. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Participant observation
roundup
Attribution
Masthead
17. 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
Inverted pyramid
Pulitzer Prize
Jump line
Date line
18. 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
Investigative journalism
Gutter
Soft news
Sidebar
19. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Deck
Editorialize
Human interest story
Clips
20. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Gutter
Clips
Profile
Angle
21. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper
Date line
Hard news stories
Screens
Source
22. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.
Attribution
Lay out(v.)
Press
Circulation department
23. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine
Column
Tip
Feature article
AP The Associated Press
24. 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
Pulitzer Prize
Sidebar
Libel
Tip
25. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
Deck
AP The Associated Press
Caption
Take
26. A position that is partial or slanted
Trend story
Tip
Bias
roundup
27. 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
Gutter
Clips
Closed-ended question
28. Believability of a writer or publication
Credibility
Beat
Inverted pyramid
Package
29. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Puff piece or puffery
B-roll
Civil law
Screens
30. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'
Angle
Closed-ended question
Profile
Take
31. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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32. 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
Layout (n.)
Banner
Human interest story
33. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant
Angle
Human interest story
Voice
Shield laws
34. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Tip
Angle
Spin
Background
35. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Lay out(v.)
Immediate-identification lead
Paraphrase
Civil law
36. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Source
Slander
Closed-ended question
Brightener
37. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Column
Stringer
Follow
Cub
38. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.
Clips
Editorial
Add
Multiple-element lead
39. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
roundup
Inverted pyramid
Closed-ended question
Cub
40. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
Stringer
Off the record
Trend story
Tip
41. Information that is not intended for publication
Background
Stringer
Cub
Package
42. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Actual malice
Package
Delayed-identification lead
Anecdotal lead
43. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Package
Lead or 'lede'
Sidebar
Column
44. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
Hard news stories
Beat
Crony journalism
HFR
45. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Profile
Civil law
Slander
By-line
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.
Voice
Actual malice
Puff piece or puffery
Jump line
47. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer
Multiple-element lead
Story
Editorialize
Banner
48. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
Column
Soft news
Background
Attribution
49. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.
Story
Off the record
Jargon
Tip
50. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Attribution
Editor
Banner
Off the record