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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. Newsroom library
Morgue
Story
Participant observation
Jump
2. Abbreviation for paragraph
Actual malice
Credibility
Jump
Graf
3. 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
Story
Shield laws
Investigative journalism
Rules
4. The completed page drawing.
Stringer
Caption
Layout (n.)
Banner
5. A story including a number of related events.
HFR
roundup
By-line
Delayed-identification lead
6. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Stringer
Jargon
Byline
Gutter
7. Information that is not intended for publication
Source
Anecdotal lead
Inverted pyramid
Background
8. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
AP The Associated Press
Banner
Inverted pyramid
Slander
9. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Immediate-identification lead
Editorialize
Anecdotal lead
Closed-ended question
10. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
B-roll
HFR
Lead story
Crop
11. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer
Futures files
Banner
Soft news
Closed-ended question
12. The major story on top of page one.
Soft news
Screens
Lead story
Sidebar
13. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
Copy
Masthead
Take
General manager
14. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Editor
Bias
Shirttail
Closed-ended question
15. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Pulitzer Prize
Shirttail
Column
By-line
16. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.
Verification
Actual malice
Futures files
Add
17. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.
Masthead
Beat
Clips
Crony journalism
18. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Byline
Actual malice
Voice
Immediate-identification lead
19. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Package
Jump
Column
Brightener
20. The place the story was filed
HFR
Screens
Date line
Sources
21. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
Spin
Rules
Beat
Exclusive
22. Believability of a writer or publication
Screens
Editorial
Puff piece or puffery
Credibility
23. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Voice
Cub
Press
Date line
24. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Profile
Shirttail
Cub
Futures files
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)
Verification
Wire services
Editorialize
Morgue
26. 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.
Actual malice
Source
Editor
Gutter
27. 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.)
B-roll
Deck
Editor
Crop
28. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Slander
Package
Shirttail
Cub
29. 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
Lay out(v.)
Actual malice
Bias
30. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.
Cutline
By-line
Cover
Copy
31. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.
Lay out(v.)
Immediate-identification lead
Pulitzer Prize
Graf
32. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.
Gutter
Jargon
Editorialize
Screens
33. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language
Jargon
Press
Libel
Shirttail
34. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story
Futures files
Bias
Jump line
Source
35. 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.
Jargon
Paraphrase
Angle
Libel
36. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Add
Off the record
Investigative journalism
Slander
37. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.
Puff piece or puffery
Lead story
Multiple-element lead
roundup
38. 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
By-line
Editorial
Copy
39. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
Crop
Story
Lay out(v.)
Editorial
40. 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
Lay out(v.)
Voice
Participant observation
Banner
41. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Byline
Investigative journalism
Deck
Tip
42. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine
Voice
Off the record
Slander
Feature article
43. 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
Paraphrase
Soft news
Take
Gutter
44. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Add
Kicker
Clips
Slander
45. 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
Voice
Closed-ended question
Package
Screens
46. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Circulation department
Source
Caption
Jump
47. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.
Exclusive
Lead story
Gutter
Editorialize
48. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
Delayed-identification lead
HFR
Column
By-line
49. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
Shield laws
Editor
Layout (n.)
Deck
50. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Clips
Actual malice
Sources
Spin