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Journalism Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society






2. 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






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






4. 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)






5. A position that is partial or slanted






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






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






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






9. People or records from which a reporter gets information.






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






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






12. The major story on top of page one.






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






14. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic






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






16. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions






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






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

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19. 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






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






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






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






23. The place the story was filed






24. 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.






25. 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.






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






27. Newsroom library






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






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






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






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






32. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.






33. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.






34. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.






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






36. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.






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






38. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet






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






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






41. Information that is not intended for publication






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






43. Abbreviation for paragraph






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






45. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published






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






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






48. Believability of a writer or publication






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






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