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Journalism Vocab
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1. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.
Package
Caption
Clips
HFR
2. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Shirttail
Jump
Paraphrase
Spin
3. The major story on top of page one.
Lead story
Inverted pyramid
Cutline
Voice
4. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
Closed-ended question
Op-ed page
HFR
Immediate-identification lead
5. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
Layout (n.)
Attribution
Inverted pyramid
Follow
6. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Exclusive
HFR
Delayed-identification lead
Lead or 'lede'
7. The place the story was filed
Date line
Banner
Crop
Sidebar
8. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Credibility
Puff piece or puffery
Anecdotal lead
Byline
9. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Morgue
Verification
Sidebar
Wire services
10. Abbreviation for paragraph
Puff piece or puffery
Beat
Graf
Background
11. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.
Background
Puff piece or puffery
Human interest story
Cover
12. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
AP The Associated Press
Cover
Story
Gutter
13. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Source
Column
Layout (n.)
Sidebar
14. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
Editorial
Off the record
Wire services
Gutter
15. People or records from which a reporter gets information.
Jump
Sources
roundup
Slander
16. 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
Jump line
Slander
Story
Cover
17. Newsroom library
Rules
Inverted pyramid
Morgue
Plagiarism
18. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.
Jump line
Closed-ended question
Editorialize
Multiple-element lead
19. 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
Cover
Feature article
Beat
Voice
20. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language
Jargon
Inverted pyramid
Cover
Civil law
21. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
By-line
Exclusive
Verification
Slander
22. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Kicker
AP The Associated Press
Package
Pulitzer Prize
23. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Cover
Clips
Masthead
By-line
24. A beginning reporter.
Cub
General manager
Shield laws
Layout (n.)
25. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions
Editorial
Deck
Editor
Op-ed page
26. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Kicker
Wire services
Attribution
Paraphrase
27. Believability of a writer or publication
Credibility
Civil law
By-line
Slander
28. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
By-line
Attribution
Masthead
Profile
29. 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.
Tip
Credibility
Actual malice
Background
30. 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)
Follow
Wire services
Profile
Bias
31. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Package
Crop
roundup
Brightener
32. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper
Screens
Pulitzer Prize
Brightener
Voice
33. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Byline
Banner
Jump
Pulitzer Prize
34. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
Actual malice
Editor
Paraphrase
Anecdotal lead
35. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.
Cutline
Bias
AP The Associated Press
Exclusive
36. 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.
Source
Hard news stories
Shirttail
Paraphrase
37. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Paraphrase
Column
Lead story
Gutter
38. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.
Add
Rules
Cutline
Libel
39. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Multiple-element lead
Layout (n.)
Closed-ended question
Civil law
40. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.
Verification
Stringer
Shield laws
Immediate-identification lead
41. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Sidebar
Investigative journalism
Immediate-identification lead
Masthead
42. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Plagiarism
Closed-ended question
Futures files
Press
43. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.
Multiple-element lead
Beat
Exclusive
Profile
44. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Actual malice
Deck
Paraphrase
Date line
45. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Profile
Libel
Closed-ended question
Beat
46. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
Rules
Crony journalism
Wire services
Beat
47. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
General manager
Jargon
Graf
Tip
48. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Participant observation
Inverted pyramid
Pulitzer Prize
Exclusive
49. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Hard news stories
Investigative journalism
Puff piece or puffery
Rules
50. A position that is partial or slanted
roundup
Bias
Shirttail
Lead story