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Journalism Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Clips
Profile
AP The Associated Press
Voice
2. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Source
B-roll
Shirttail
Kicker
3. 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
Sources
Brightener
Beat
Soft news
4. 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
Verification
Deck
Graf
Jump line
5. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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6. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.
Editorialize
Bias
Spin
Participant observation
7. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Follow
Circulation department
Crop
Package
8. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper
Screens
Editorialize
Caption
Source
9. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Hard news stories
Morgue
Banner
Futures files
10. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.
Clips
Trend story
AP The Associated Press
Jump
11. 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.
Jargon
Libel
Caption
Brightener
12. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Futures files
Date line
Jump
Byline
13. 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.
Trend story
Actual malice
Soft news
Layout (n.)
14. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Hard news stories
Caption
Add
Date line
15. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Wire services
Morgue
Paraphrase
Futures files
16. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Wire services
Inverted pyramid
Press
Lead or 'lede'
17. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Graf
Slander
Cover
Spin
18. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Press
Anecdotal lead
Slander
Hard news stories
19. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
Crop
Multiple-element lead
Futures files
Shirttail
20. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Spin
Off the record
AP The Associated Press
Column
21. The place the story was filed
Jump
Date line
Sources
Delayed-identification lead
22. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
Crony journalism
Lead story
Spin
Anecdotal lead
23. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Masthead
Shirttail
Immediate-identification lead
Attribution
24. The completed page drawing.
Layout (n.)
Multiple-element lead
Cutline
Cover
25. A story including a number of related events.
Masthead
roundup
B-roll
Beat
26. Abbreviation for paragraph
Graf
Paraphrase
Gutter
Soft news
27. 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
Lead story
Spin
Sidebar
Masthead
28. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
AP The Associated Press
Puff piece or puffery
Clips
Shield laws
29. To keep abreast of significant developments on a beat or to report on a specfic event.
Jump
Cover
Banner
Participant observation
30. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.
Shirttail
Shield laws
Voice
Story
31. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Circulation department
Anecdotal lead
Sidebar
Shirttail
32. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Crop
Masthead
Screens
Editorial
33. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.
Multiple-element lead
Column
Exclusive
Lead or 'lede'
34. The major story on top of page one.
Brightener
Lead story
Lay out(v.)
Investigative journalism
35. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Date line
Plagiarism
Take
Bias
36. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Rules
Masthead
Banner
B-roll
37. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.
Press
Editorial
Story
Credibility
38. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.
Press
Puff piece or puffery
Credibility
Background
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.
Anecdotal lead
Soft news
Paraphrase
Masthead
40. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Delayed-identification lead
Sidebar
Puff piece or puffery
Date line
41. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language
Follow
Jargon
AP The Associated Press
Attribution
42. Newsroom library
Morgue
Feature article
Press
Cutline
43. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
Layout (n.)
Editor
Cutline
Shield laws
44. Believability of a writer or publication
Editorial
Crony journalism
Credibility
Deck
45. Information that is not intended for publication
Background
Tip
Byline
Anecdotal lead
46. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Immediate-identification lead
Graf
Voice
Follow
47. People or records from which a reporter gets information.
Caption
Sources
Byline
Background
48. The name of the reporter
By-line
Actual malice
Op-ed page
Byline
49. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant
Angle
Brightener
General manager
Editorialize
50. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
Follow
Editor
Beat
Human interest story