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Journalism Vocab
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1. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
Layout (n.)
Shield laws
Beat
Op-ed page
2. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Shield laws
Closed-ended question
Futures files
Delayed-identification lead
3. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.
Cub
By-line
Delayed-identification lead
Shield laws
4. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.
Voice
Cutline
Tip
Editor
5. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant
Angle
Human interest story
Layout (n.)
Profile
6. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Spin
Caption
Background
Masthead
7. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
Libel
Editorial
Shirttail
Spin
8. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Participant observation
Slander
Anecdotal lead
Op-ed page
9. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Jump
Crony journalism
Jargon
Brightener
10. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'
Sources
Tip
Closed-ended question
Clips
11. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Take
Closed-ended question
Trend story
Caption
12. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Add
Profile
Off the record
Brightener
13. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Deck
Graf
Angle
Column
14. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.
Follow
Editorialize
Civil law
Cover
15. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Caption
Trend story
Investigative journalism
Screens
16. 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.)
Copy
Sidebar
Rules
B-roll
17. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
Investigative journalism
Banner
Crony journalism
Voice
18. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Banner
Shirttail
Anecdotal lead
Column
19. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Crony journalism
Editor
Pulitzer Prize
Kicker
20. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
AP The Associated Press
Paraphrase
Kicker
Exclusive
21. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
Editor
Closed-ended question
Plagiarism
Stringer
22. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.
Profile
Futures files
Package
Story
23. 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
Package
Date line
Jump line
Stringer
24. The completed page drawing.
Delayed-identification lead
Layout (n.)
Hard news stories
Byline
25. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Crony journalism
Immediate-identification lead
Rules
Story
26. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
AP The Associated Press
Clips
Kicker
Beat
27. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Byline
Plagiarism
Delayed-identification lead
Slander
28. Believability of a writer or publication
Credibility
Clips
Rules
Bias
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.
B-roll
Actual malice
Profile
Copy
30. 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.
Voice
Shirttail
Libel
Layout (n.)
31. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language
General manager
By-line
Pulitzer Prize
Jargon
32. Newsroom library
Lead or 'lede'
Jargon
Morgue
Shield laws
33. People or records from which a reporter gets information.
Column
Slander
Sources
Investigative journalism
34. A line identifying the author of a story.
Story
Shirttail
Angle
Byline
35. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.
Screens
Exclusive
roundup
Copy
36. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Civil law
B-roll
Take
Jump line
37. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions
Off the record
Clips
Paraphrase
Op-ed page
38. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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39. 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.
Bias
Investigative journalism
Paraphrase
Participant observation
40. The place the story was filed
AP The Associated Press
Date line
Attribution
Verification
41. 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
Background
Crop
roundup
42. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Verification
Libel
Take
Clips
43. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Jump
Banner
Package
Hard news stories
44. Information that is not intended for publication
Copy
Screens
Background
Stringer
45. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Attribution
Masthead
Delayed-identification lead
Gutter
46. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer
Banner
Op-ed page
Source
Sidebar
47. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Editorialize
Press
Exclusive
HFR
48. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Credibility
Masthead
Graf
Byline
49. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
Plagiarism
Inverted pyramid
Editor
Soft news
50. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Follow
Copy
Op-ed page
Libel