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Journalism Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Information that is not intended for publication
Morgue
Background
Press
Column
2. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Civil law
Source
Hard news stories
Morgue
3. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Brightener
Exclusive
Sidebar
Inverted pyramid
4. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Brightener
Immediate-identification lead
Follow
Spin
5. 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)
Spin
Tip
Package
Wire services
6. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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7. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
Brightener
Crop
Anecdotal lead
Editor
8. 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
Copy
Attribution
Soft news
Inverted pyramid
9. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.
Masthead
Shield laws
Puff piece or puffery
Circulation department
10. A beginning reporter.
Lead story
Cub
Sidebar
Lead or 'lede'
11. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Byline
Gutter
Shirttail
Follow
12. 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.
Angle
Actual malice
Closed-ended question
Bias
13. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Graf
Gutter
Puff piece or puffery
Rules
14. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Puff piece or puffery
Trend story
Voice
Attribution
15. 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.)
Copy
Date line
B-roll
Verification
16. The opening paragraph of a story that reports two or more newsworthy elements.
Shield laws
Jargon
Cutline
Multiple-element lead
17. 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
Delayed-identification lead
Copy
Package
Kicker
18. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer
Op-ed page
Banner
Follow
Editor
19. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
Date line
Wire services
Profile
General manager
20. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Kicker
Puff piece or puffery
Take
Profile
21. The name of the reporter
By-line
Lay out(v.)
Background
Wire services
22. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant
Angle
Trend story
Banner
By-line
23. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions
Trend story
Closed-ended question
Clips
Op-ed page
24. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.
Rules
Clips
Editorial
Story
25. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Puff piece or puffery
Masthead
Verification
Multiple-element lead
26. 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
HFR
Actual malice
Slander
27. 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
Angle
Lead story
Off the record
28. People or records from which a reporter gets information.
Plagiarism
Press
Sources
Story
29. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
By-line
Closed-ended question
Feature article
Futures files
30. 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
Multiple-element lead
Jump line
Date line
Copy
31. Newsroom library
Angle
Column
HFR
Morgue
32. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Sidebar
Participant observation
Tip
Byline
33. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Anecdotal lead
Soft news
Verification
Editor
34. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine
Closed-ended question
Sidebar
Actual malice
Feature article
35. The major story on top of page one.
Cutline
B-roll
Inverted pyramid
Lead story
36. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Editor
Byline
Layout (n.)
Column
37. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.
Trend story
Screens
Graf
Lay out(v.)
38. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Package
Immediate-identification lead
Take
Clips
39. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Gutter
Delayed-identification lead
Clips
Caption
40. A position that is partial or slanted
Attribution
Cover
Bias
Crony journalism
41. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Slander
Participant observation
Brightener
Verification
42. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Circulation department
Column
Civil law
Attribution
43. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper
Screens
Stringer
Shirttail
Credibility
44. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.
Voice
Shield laws
Sidebar
Actual malice
45. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
Editorial
Verification
Layout (n.)
Credibility
46. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Masthead
Hard news stories
Background
Package
47. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.
Investigative journalism
Slander
Clips
Verification
48. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Circulation department
Civil law
Take
Cub
49. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
Spin
Story
Crony journalism
Byline
50. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
Graf
HFR
Libel
Brightener