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Journalism Vocab

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1. 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)






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






3. 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.






4. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper






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






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






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






8. 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






9. 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.






10. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.






11. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page






12. A beginning reporter.






13. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.






14. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story






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






16. 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






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






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






19. The place the story was filed






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






21. 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.)






22. 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.






23. Newsroom library






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light






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






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






34. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.






35. A line identifying the author of a story.






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






37. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.






38. 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.






39. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.






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






41. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.






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






43. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication






44. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.






45. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer






46. The completed page drawing.






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






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

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49. Abbreviation for paragraph






50. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.