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Journalism Vocab
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journalism-and-media
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
Multiple-element lead
Exclusive
Attribution
Crony journalism
2. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Trend story
Copy
Masthead
Wire services
3. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Slander
Press
Brightener
Copy
4. 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
General manager
Soft news
Bias
Participant observation
5. 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.
Sidebar
Human interest story
Jump
Paraphrase
6. People or records from which a reporter gets information.
Trend story
Screens
Sources
Morgue
7. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Op-ed page
Masthead
Multiple-element lead
Hard news stories
8. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Sources
Morgue
Slander
Profile
9. Newsroom library
Cutline
Libel
Graf
Morgue
10. 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.
Stringer
Libel
Cub
Lead or 'lede'
11. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.
Puff piece or puffery
Closed-ended question
Beat
Rules
12. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Crony journalism
Date line
Sources
Delayed-identification lead
13. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Copy
Hard news stories
Op-ed page
Futures files
14. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.
Beat
Stringer
Sidebar
Lay out(v.)
15. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story
Source
Sidebar
Clips
Jump
16. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant
Copy
Feature article
Source
Angle
17. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions
Op-ed page
Sources
Stringer
Jargon
18. Information that is not intended for publication
Press
Byline
Background
Follow
19. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Lay out(v.)
Pulitzer Prize
Plagiarism
Libel
20. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
Lead or 'lede'
Beat
General manager
Feature article
21. 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.
Jump line
Exclusive
Stringer
Paraphrase
22. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Off the record
Puff piece or puffery
Deck
Brightener
23. 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)
Hard news stories
Angle
Spin
Wire services
24. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
Shirttail
AP The Associated Press
Closed-ended question
Lay out(v.)
25. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper
Package
Screens
Follow
Clips
26. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer
Lead or 'lede'
Banner
AP The Associated Press
Lead story
27. The name of the reporter
Morgue
By-line
Copy
Cutline
28. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Shield laws
Date line
Circulation department
Voice
29. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
Masthead
Date line
Kicker
Stringer
30. 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
Attribution
roundup
Graf
Sidebar
31. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.
Shield laws
Caption
By-line
Libel
32. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
HFR
Source
Copy
Sidebar
33. The major story on top of page one.
Editorial
Civil law
Lead story
Take
34. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.
Clips
HFR
Cover
Lead story
35. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Libel
Slander
Brightener
Beat
36. To keep abreast of significant developments on a beat or to report on a specfic event.
Cover
Attribution
Op-ed page
Pulitzer Prize
37. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Tip
Immediate-identification lead
Jump
Deck
38. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Spin
Gutter
Background
Press
39. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Sidebar
Spin
Voice
Caption
40. The place the story was filed
Date line
Gutter
Libel
Op-ed page
41. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Kicker
Puff piece or puffery
Participant observation
Rules
42. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Civil law
Wire services
Banner
Rules
43. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Trend story
Add
Lay out(v.)
Plagiarism
44. 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
Circulation department
Tip
Package
Hard news stories
45. Abbreviation for paragraph
Story
Verification
Graf
Caption
46. 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
Profile
Sources
Investigative journalism
Inverted pyramid
47. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Closed-ended question
Trend story
Lead or 'lede'
Kicker
48. 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.
Date line
Beat
Graf
Actual malice
49. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.
Feature article
Copy
HFR
B-roll
50. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
Layout (n.)
Story
Inverted pyramid
Crop