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Journalism Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Believability of a writer or publication






2. A line identifying the author of a story.






3. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.






4. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer






5. A story including a number of related events.






6. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language






7. Information that is not intended for publication






8. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.






9. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant






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






11. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.






12. Continuation of a story from one page to another






13. The major story on top of page one.






14. The name of the reporter






15. A beginning reporter.






16. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.






17. 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






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






19. A position that is partial or slanted






20. 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)






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






22. Short related story added to the end of a longer one






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






24. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published






25. The completed page drawing.






26. Usually means 'don't quote me.'






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






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






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






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






31. 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






32. Abbreviation for paragraph






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






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






35. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.






36. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers






37. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.






38. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story






39. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.






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






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






42. 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






43. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic






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






45. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.






46. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper






47. 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.






48. The place the story was filed






49. 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






50. 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