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Journalism Vocab

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






2. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.






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






4. A story including a number of related events.






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






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






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






8. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.






9. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions






10. 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






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






12. The major story on top of page one.






13. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts






14. 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






15. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society






16. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.






17. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.






18. 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.






19. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet






20. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.






21. Abbreviation for paragraph






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






23. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.






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






25. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine






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






27. 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






28. 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






29. Information that is not intended for publication






30. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.






31. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers






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

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33. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper






34. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.






35. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue






36. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.






37. 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






38. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.






39. 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)






40. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line






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






42. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published






43. 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.






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






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






46. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'






47. A beginning reporter.






48. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.






49. A position that is partial or slanted






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