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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. The name of the reporter
Editorialize
By-line
Editor
Plagiarism
2. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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3. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Slander
Voice
Byline
Shirttail
4. 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.)
Voice
Jump
Jargon
B-roll
5. 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
Column
Soft news
Jargon
Brightener
6. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Puff piece or puffery
Immediate-identification lead
Kicker
Sources
7. 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.
Graf
Delayed-identification lead
Cub
Actual malice
8. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Immediate-identification lead
Libel
Exclusive
Trend story
9. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Futures files
Shirttail
AP The Associated Press
Jump line
10. A line identifying the author of a story.
Voice
Attribution
Cover
Byline
11. 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
Clips
Jargon
Futures files
Jump line
12. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Masthead
Circulation department
Tip
Editor
13. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Cover
Graf
Column
Source
14. 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
Feature article
Inverted pyramid
Investigative journalism
Multiple-element lead
15. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
HFR
Attribution
Human interest story
Beat
16. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Sources
Spin
Follow
Banner
17. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
Crony journalism
Verification
Kicker
Feature article
18. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Immediate-identification lead
Crop
General manager
Human interest story
19. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Participant observation
AP The Associated Press
Voice
Press
20. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Column
Participant observation
Gutter
B-roll
21. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
Editorial
Attribution
Gutter
Add
22. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions
Lay out(v.)
Bias
Op-ed page
Sources
23. The completed page drawing.
Rules
Layout (n.)
Kicker
Banner
24. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story
Source
Hard news stories
Clips
Participant observation
25. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
Libel
Soft news
Column
Inverted pyramid
26. The place the story was filed
Date line
Masthead
Actual malice
Lay out(v.)
27. Newsroom library
Follow
Press
Morgue
Inverted pyramid
28. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
AP The Associated Press
Circulation department
Investigative journalism
Stringer
29. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Lead story
Deck
Add
Jump
30. People or records from which a reporter gets information.
Hard news stories
Sources
Investigative journalism
Byline
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
Exclusive
Sidebar
Lead or 'lede'
General manager
32. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Participant observation
Editorialize
Rules
Brightener
33. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Morgue
Trend story
Press
Masthead
34. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine
Feature article
Editorialize
roundup
Lead or 'lede'
35. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
Layout (n.)
Futures files
Crop
Profile
36. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Pulitzer Prize
Package
Human interest story
Sidebar
37. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.
Editorialize
Cover
Civil law
Crop
38. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.
Copy
Sources
Gutter
Lay out(v.)
39. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Caption
Civil law
Slander
Package
40. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.
Exclusive
Press
Brightener
Feature article
41. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.
Deck
Libel
Cutline
Plagiarism
42. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Anecdotal lead
Multiple-element lead
Closed-ended question
Cutline
43. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer
Rules
Deck
Banner
Futures files
44. 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)
Shirttail
By-line
Off the record
Wire services
45. A story including a number of related events.
roundup
Human interest story
Column
General manager
46. 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
Shirttail
AP The Associated Press
Package
Copy
47. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Kicker
Trend story
Civil law
Cutline
48. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.
Tip
Story
Libel
Feature article
49. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language
Puff piece or puffery
Paraphrase
Credibility
Jargon
50. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Column
Rules
Lead story
Civil law