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Journalism Vocab

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






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






3. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.






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






5. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper






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






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






8. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society






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






10. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.






11. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.






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






13. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line






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






15. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication






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






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






18. 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.






19. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers






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






21. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.






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






23. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.






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






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






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






27. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper






28. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story

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29. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing






30. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.






31. The completed page drawing.






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






33. 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.






34. 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






35. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.






36. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.






37. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published






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






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






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






41. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts






42. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story






43. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page






44. A position that is partial or slanted






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






46. A line identifying the author of a story.






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






48. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.






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






50. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.