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Journalism Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Spin
Civil law
Jump
Profile
2. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Off the record
Anecdotal lead
B-roll
Plagiarism
3. The major story on top of page one.
Sources
Shield laws
Lead story
Bias
4. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
Wire services
Sidebar
Cutline
Beat
5. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Editor
Follow
General manager
Paraphrase
6. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.
Background
Spin
Inverted pyramid
Lay out(v.)
7. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
HFR
Jump
Beat
Jargon
8. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Soft news
Immediate-identification lead
Circulation department
HFR
9. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Pulitzer Prize
Hard news stories
Deck
Paraphrase
10. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper
Actual malice
Libel
Feature article
Screens
11. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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12. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Soft news
Shield laws
Masthead
Lead story
13. Abbreviation for paragraph
Exclusive
roundup
Graf
Date line
14. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
Op-ed page
Clips
Delayed-identification lead
Editorial
15. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Shield laws
Circulation department
Participant observation
Spin
16. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
Paraphrase
General manager
Jump line
Morgue
17. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Deck
Tip
Plagiarism
Off the record
18. A beginning reporter.
Sidebar
Jargon
Graf
Cub
19. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Press
Caption
Editor
Lead or 'lede'
20. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
Lead story
Jump line
Stringer
Follow
21. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.
Multiple-element lead
Jump line
Add
Gutter
22. Believability of a writer or publication
Profile
Date line
Masthead
Credibility
23. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story
Source
Date line
Attribution
Exclusive
24. 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)
Investigative journalism
Actual malice
Jump line
Wire services
25. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Sidebar
Verification
Trend story
Editorial
26. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Verification
Background
Inverted pyramid
Hard news stories
27. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Circulation department
Crop
Sources
Press
28. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Circulation department
Exclusive
Story
AP The Associated Press
29. 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.
Add
Op-ed page
Source
Libel
30. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Brightener
Take
roundup
By-line
31. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Sidebar
Graf
Follow
Hard news stories
32. A line identifying the author of a story.
Byline
Anecdotal lead
Jump
Date line
33. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
B-roll
General manager
Story
Editor
34. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'
Jump
Profile
Closed-ended question
Graf
35. A position that is partial or slanted
Jump line
Graf
Bias
Lead story
36. Information that is not intended for publication
Background
HFR
Banner
Exclusive
37. To keep abreast of significant developments on a beat or to report on a specfic event.
Cover
Masthead
Credibility
Source
38. The place the story was filed
Column
Date line
Trend story
Investigative journalism
39. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Spin
Add
Lay out(v.)
Delayed-identification lead
40. 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.
Add
Voice
Paraphrase
Jump
41. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Crop
Brightener
Sidebar
Background
42. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
Crop
Morgue
Human interest story
Editorialize
43. 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
Pulitzer Prize
Investigative journalism
Beat
Angle
44. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
B-roll
Immediate-identification lead
Spin
Column
45. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Screens
Gutter
Wire services
Anecdotal lead
46. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Civil law
Pulitzer Prize
Clips
Lead story
47. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Actual malice
Deck
Off the record
Cutline
48. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
Graf
Editorialize
Puff piece or puffery
Attribution
49. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Shirttail
Jump
Pulitzer Prize
Circulation department
50. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Paraphrase
Op-ed page
Verification
Shirttail