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Journalism Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Slander
Editor
Human interest story
Editorial
2. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.
Puff piece or puffery
Closed-ended question
Rules
Follow
3. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
Masthead
Hard news stories
Beat
Actual malice
4. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Deck
Date line
Human interest story
Multiple-element lead
5. Abbreviation for paragraph
B-roll
Closed-ended question
Graf
Screens
6. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
Inverted pyramid
roundup
Copy
Tip
7. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.
Gutter
Editorialize
Clips
Slander
8. 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.
Cutline
Editor
Banner
Actual malice
9. A story including a number of related events.
roundup
Copy
Jargon
Story
10. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Futures files
Banner
Trend story
Human interest story
11. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
Investigative journalism
General manager
HFR
Editorialize
12. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
Add
Banner
Sources
HFR
13. 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
Slander
Jump line
Caption
Closed-ended question
14. 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.)
Rules
Tip
roundup
B-roll
15. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Exclusive
Column
Trend story
Futures files
16. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Brightener
Morgue
Closed-ended question
Banner
17. The major story on top of page one.
Puff piece or puffery
Screens
Lead story
Add
18. 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
Sidebar
Package
Feature article
Multiple-element lead
19. 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
Sidebar
Immediate-identification lead
Soft news
Rules
20. To keep abreast of significant developments on a beat or to report on a specfic event.
Copy
Voice
Inverted pyramid
Cover
21. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Profile
Participant observation
Story
Sources
22. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Kicker
Voice
HFR
Pulitzer Prize
23. Information that is not intended for publication
Story
Inverted pyramid
Caption
Background
24. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Hard news stories
Layout (n.)
Pulitzer Prize
Beat
25. 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)
Editorialize
Wire services
Verification
Screens
26. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Immediate-identification lead
Press
Voice
Lead story
27. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Bias
B-roll
AP The Associated Press
Delayed-identification lead
28. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Multiple-element lead
Slander
Jump
Trend story
29. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.
Copy
Exclusive
Paraphrase
Inverted pyramid
30. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.
Clips
Bias
Lead story
Take
31. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
Editorial
Angle
Background
Pulitzer Prize
32. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Shirttail
Editor
Trend story
Multiple-element lead
33. 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
Immediate-identification lead
Inverted pyramid
Morgue
Voice
34. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Slander
HFR
Off the record
Morgue
35. 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
Investigative journalism
Add
Soft news
Anecdotal lead
36. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Gutter
Libel
Soft news
Masthead
37. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer
Rules
Banner
AP The Associated Press
By-line
38. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper
Screens
Closed-ended question
Credibility
Multiple-element lead
39. The opening paragraph of a story that reports two or more newsworthy elements.
AP The Associated Press
Lead story
Multiple-element lead
Cutline
40. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Civil law
Take
Plagiarism
Investigative journalism
41. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Off the record
Tip
Brightener
Masthead
42. 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
Investigative journalism
Follow
Soft news
Exclusive
43. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant
Stringer
Jump line
Angle
Lay out(v.)
44. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.
AP The Associated Press
Lay out(v.)
Investigative journalism
General manager
45. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
Editor
Participant observation
Crony journalism
Inverted pyramid
46. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Spin
Graf
Angle
Brightener
47. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'
Verification
Gutter
Shirttail
Closed-ended question
48. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Soft news
Date line
Trend story
Anecdotal lead
49. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Editor
Take
Follow
By-line
50. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language
Jargon
Crop
Brightener
Rules