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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.
Morgue
Add
Slander
Closed-ended question
2. The place the story was filed
Off the record
Cover
Story
Date line
3. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Closed-ended question
Civil law
Bias
Take
4. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Deck
Take
Follow
Lead or 'lede'
5. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Kicker
Shirttail
Press
Banner
6. 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
Package
Clips
Investigative journalism
Jump line
7. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Caption
Futures files
Editorial
Soft news
8. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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9. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Lead or 'lede'
Slander
Follow
Immediate-identification lead
10. Information that is not intended for publication
Voice
Shield laws
Background
Clips
11. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Story
Shirttail
Puff piece or puffery
Crony journalism
12. 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
Voice
Sources
Column
Sidebar
13. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Cutline
Press
Futures files
Soft news
14. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.
Copy
Shield laws
Delayed-identification lead
Exclusive
15. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Rules
Date line
Participant observation
Circulation department
16. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Jump
Package
Slander
Jump line
17. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
Byline
Crop
Anecdotal lead
Package
18. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
Libel
General manager
Profile
Take
19. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Caption
Brightener
Spin
Banner
20. 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.
Date line
Tip
Libel
Closed-ended question
21. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Shield laws
Closed-ended question
Human interest story
Profile
22. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.
Libel
Tip
Puff piece or puffery
Investigative journalism
23. 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.)
Clips
Gutter
Jargon
B-roll
24. The name of the reporter
By-line
Tip
Byline
Story
25. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Spin
Inverted pyramid
Futures files
Op-ed page
26. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.
Cutline
Morgue
Inverted pyramid
Beat
27. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Sidebar
Cub
Deck
Civil law
28. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Angle
Rules
Jump line
Participant observation
29. 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
Civil law
Package
Brightener
By-line
30. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.
Source
Editor
Editorialize
Participant observation
31. To keep abreast of significant developments on a beat or to report on a specfic event.
Caption
Copy
Exclusive
Cover
32. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper
Screens
Cub
Jump line
Editorial
33. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
Investigative journalism
Op-ed page
Editor
Spin
34. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Trend story
Profile
Shirttail
B-roll
35. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Layout (n.)
Verification
Byline
Civil law
36. A story including a number of related events.
roundup
Op-ed page
Lay out(v.)
Copy
37. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
Hard news stories
Attribution
Cover
Copy
38. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.
Story
Editor
Puff piece or puffery
Graf
39. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Plagiarism
Actual malice
Sources
Op-ed page
40. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.
Clips
Cutline
roundup
Editorial
41. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language
Source
Kicker
Jargon
Human interest story
42. 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.
Jump line
Trend story
Actual malice
Take
43. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Hard news stories
Libel
Clips
Shirttail
44. The opening paragraph of a story that reports two or more newsworthy elements.
Multiple-element lead
Profile
Anecdotal lead
Off the record
45. A line identifying the author of a story.
Puff piece or puffery
B-roll
Byline
Jump line
46. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Spin
Multiple-element lead
Verification
Hard news stories
47. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant
Angle
Shield laws
Editorialize
Verification
48. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Off the record
Editor
Caption
General manager
49. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer
Hard news stories
Banner
Lead or 'lede'
Closed-ended question
50. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
Off the record
Cover
Crony journalism
Op-ed page