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Journalism Vocab
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1. A line identifying the author of a story.
Byline
Sidebar
Caption
Cub
2. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Shield laws
Futures files
Verification
Crop
3. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
Editorial
Caption
Clips
Jump line
4. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
General manager
Profile
HFR
Stringer
5. A position that is partial or slanted
Shirttail
Slander
Crony journalism
Bias
6. 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.
Lead or 'lede'
Investigative journalism
Cutline
Paraphrase
7. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Source
Add
Attribution
Masthead
8. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Pulitzer Prize
Attribution
Profile
Follow
9. A beginning reporter.
Delayed-identification lead
Lead story
Cub
Circulation department
10. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Shirttail
Add
Shield laws
HFR
11. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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12. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
Add
Stringer
Take
By-line
13. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Date line
Voice
Editorialize
Press
14. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.
Morgue
Puff piece or puffery
Cutline
Stringer
15. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer
Wire services
Follow
Banner
Spin
16. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Stringer
Shield laws
Column
Verification
17. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Immediate-identification lead
Profile
Tip
Plagiarism
18. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.
By-line
Story
Op-ed page
Background
19. Information that is not intended for publication
Layout (n.)
Copy
Crony journalism
Background
20. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Lead story
Paraphrase
Gutter
Press
21. A story including a number of related events.
Sources
Layout (n.)
roundup
Delayed-identification lead
22. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Sidebar
Add
Human interest story
Plagiarism
23. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Caption
Shirttail
Deck
Bias
24. 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.
Lead story
Follow
Sidebar
Actual malice
25. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine
Sources
Editorial
Feature article
Attribution
26. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Cover
Attribution
Trend story
Kicker
27. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Multiple-element lead
Column
Caption
Hard news stories
28. 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.
Jump
Libel
Package
Futures files
29. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
Paraphrase
Bias
Soft news
Crop
30. 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.)
Paraphrase
Anecdotal lead
Lay out(v.)
B-roll
31. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Beat
Lead or 'lede'
Delayed-identification lead
Layout (n.)
32. 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)
Sidebar
Morgue
Wire services
AP The Associated Press
33. 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
Source
Press
Circulation department
Jump line
34. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Brightener
Tip
Story
Actual malice
35. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Crop
Bias
Jump
Feature article
36. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
Stringer
Cutline
Inverted pyramid
Circulation department
37. 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
Jargon
Human interest story
Package
Spin
38. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Sidebar
Crony journalism
Brightener
Kicker
39. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Investigative journalism
Paraphrase
Immediate-identification lead
Slander
40. 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
Soft news
Pulitzer Prize
Shirttail
roundup
41. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
Inverted pyramid
Exclusive
Cub
Attribution
42. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Masthead
Slander
Attribution
Beat
43. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'
Beat
Soft news
Closed-ended question
Angle
44. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Shield laws
Spin
Soft news
Voice
45. To keep abreast of significant developments on a beat or to report on a specfic event.
Editor
B-roll
Off the record
Cover
46. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.
Op-ed page
Lead story
Shield laws
Banner
47. Believability of a writer or publication
Pulitzer Prize
Credibility
Follow
Cover
48. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.
Beat
Off the record
Lay out(v.)
Screens
49. Newsroom library
Sources
Actual malice
Attribution
Morgue
50. The opening paragraph of a story that reports two or more newsworthy elements.
Multiple-element lead
Jargon
Package
Date line