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Journalism Vocab
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1. 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
Jargon
Angle
Bias
Soft news
2. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
General manager
Follow
Libel
By-line
3. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Lead story
Voice
Participant observation
Cub
4. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
By-line
Morgue
Anecdotal lead
Plagiarism
5. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Inverted pyramid
Cub
Verification
Rules
6. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.
Copy
Cover
Morgue
Package
7. A story including a number of related events.
Profile
Bias
Participant observation
roundup
8. Newsroom library
Hard news stories
Banner
B-roll
Morgue
9. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Futures files
Soft news
Off the record
Editorial
10. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Spin
Morgue
Rules
Masthead
11. The opening paragraph of a story that reports two or more newsworthy elements.
Delayed-identification lead
Multiple-element lead
Puff piece or puffery
Cover
12. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Source
Shirttail
By-line
Follow
13. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Byline
Follow
Kicker
Caption
14. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
Human interest story
Editorial
B-roll
Package
15. 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.
Masthead
Participant observation
Paraphrase
Beat
16. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Caption
Verification
Tip
Clips
17. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
Crop
Rules
Editor
Sidebar
18. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Slander
Screens
Circulation department
Graf
19. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language
Jargon
Sidebar
Tip
Immediate-identification lead
20. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
Shirttail
Investigative journalism
Stringer
Multiple-element lead
21. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
Editor
Attribution
Lead or 'lede'
Civil law
22. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
roundup
Layout (n.)
Masthead
Package
23. 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
AP The Associated Press
Voice
Byline
Wire services
24. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine
Feature article
Graf
Gutter
Stringer
25. The major story on top of page one.
Exclusive
roundup
Lead story
Shirttail
26. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
Inverted pyramid
Pulitzer Prize
Story
Lead or 'lede'
27. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Package
Lay out(v.)
Screens
Deck
28. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
General manager
Trend story
By-line
Crony journalism
29. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.
Exclusive
Trend story
Jump
Jump line
30. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Morgue
Slander
Banner
Circulation department
31. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer
Cover
Shirttail
Press
Banner
32. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Op-ed page
Shirttail
Verification
Lay out(v.)
33. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Press
Inverted pyramid
Package
Immediate-identification lead
34. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.
Sidebar
Cutline
Hard news stories
Voice
35. 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)
Feature article
Morgue
Wire services
Bias
36. The completed page drawing.
Jargon
Puff piece or puffery
Take
Layout (n.)
37. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Closed-ended question
Layout (n.)
Brightener
Civil law
38. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.
Sidebar
Story
Closed-ended question
Inverted pyramid
39. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.
Banner
Exclusive
Add
Deck
40. 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
Editorialize
General manager
Gutter
Jump line
41. 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
Paraphrase
Spin
Investigative journalism
42. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Column
Jump
Screens
Sources
43. The name of the reporter
Lay out(v.)
Sidebar
Banner
By-line
44. Abbreviation for paragraph
B-roll
Immediate-identification lead
Jump
Graf
45. A line identifying the author of a story.
Editorialize
Crop
Exclusive
Byline
46. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Pulitzer Prize
Credibility
Puff piece or puffery
Screens
47. Believability of a writer or publication
Credibility
Soft news
By-line
Exclusive
48. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
AP The Associated Press
Bias
Exclusive
Caption
49. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant
Puff piece or puffery
Angle
Voice
Verification
50. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions
Crop
Brightener
Op-ed page
Slander