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Journalism Vocab
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1. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Participant observation
Actual malice
Bias
Press
2. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Civil law
Anecdotal lead
Screens
Credibility
3. A story including a number of related events.
Circulation department
roundup
Lay out(v.)
Paraphrase
4. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.
Participant observation
Take
Story
Kicker
5. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
Crop
Feature article
Civil law
Editorial
6. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
Inverted pyramid
Shirttail
B-roll
Editorialize
7. 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
Editorial
Shirttail
Voice
Puff piece or puffery
8. 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
Kicker
Trend story
Sources
Package
9. 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
Puff piece or puffery
Soft news
Cub
Kicker
10. 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
Puff piece or puffery
Jump line
Editor
Op-ed page
11. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Credibility
Editorialize
Futures files
Attribution
12. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Cub
Deck
Byline
By-line
13. A line identifying the author of a story.
Byline
Masthead
Banner
Cub
14. 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.
Kicker
Rules
Closed-ended question
Paraphrase
15. 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.
Shield laws
Crop
Libel
Brightener
16. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant
Beat
Angle
Cutline
Wire services
17. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Participant observation
Angle
By-line
Lead or 'lede'
18. The opening paragraph of a story that reports two or more newsworthy elements.
Package
Background
Multiple-element lead
Puff piece or puffery
19. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
Jargon
Crony journalism
Crop
Spin
20. Abbreviation for paragraph
Graf
Human interest story
Feature article
Editorialize
21. 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.
Brightener
Paraphrase
Actual malice
Civil law
22. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.
Attribution
Verification
Civil law
Lay out(v.)
23. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Follow
Shield laws
Credibility
Lead or 'lede'
24. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Wire services
Delayed-identification lead
Attribution
Crop
25. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Hard news stories
Jump
Cover
Attribution
26. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Voice
Screens
Editor
Kicker
27. The name of the reporter
By-line
Press
Background
Caption
28. 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)
Wire services
Gutter
Rules
Plagiarism
29. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.
Wire services
Puff piece or puffery
Shirttail
Investigative journalism
30. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
AP The Associated Press
Source
Add
Cub
31. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Hard news stories
Column
General manager
Take
32. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Sidebar
roundup
Press
Investigative journalism
33. Believability of a writer or publication
Trend story
Kicker
Credibility
Futures files
34. The major story on top of page one.
Lead story
Morgue
General manager
Editor
35. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Inverted pyramid
Sidebar
Brightener
Crony journalism
36. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Copy
Shirttail
Sidebar
Cover
37. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper
Sidebar
Trend story
Editor
Screens
38. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine
Feature article
Caption
Futures files
AP The Associated Press
39. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions
Brightener
Jump
Op-ed page
Plagiarism
40. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story
Actual malice
Brightener
Source
Gutter
41. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.
Libel
Add
Paraphrase
General manager
42. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Circulation department
Lead or 'lede'
Date line
Deck
43. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Caption
Editorialize
Sources
Plagiarism
44. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Masthead
Slander
Banner
Participant observation
45. A position that is partial or slanted
Lay out(v.)
Bias
Cub
Column
46. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Anecdotal lead
Crony journalism
Follow
By-line
47. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Clips
Pulitzer Prize
Profile
Off the record
48. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
Cutline
Profile
Editor
Credibility
49. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'
Deck
Cutline
Closed-ended question
Layout (n.)
50. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Delayed-identification lead
Caption
Editorial
Screens