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Journalism Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story
Source
Spin
Immediate-identification lead
Cutline
2. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Shield laws
Voice
Crony journalism
Sidebar
3. A story that focuses on the human side of news and often appeals to the readers' emotion - a piece valued more for its emotional impact or oddity than for its importance.
Lead story
Column
Human interest story
Futures files
4. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Lead story
Exclusive
Kicker
Rules
5. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.
Verification
Wire services
Shield laws
Soft news
6. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Sources
Immediate-identification lead
Actual malice
Banner
7. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
Add
Soft news
Crop
Wire services
8. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.
Column
Attribution
Editorialize
Gutter
9. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Lead story
Verification
Cutline
Take
10. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
Sidebar
Feature article
Stringer
Gutter
11. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Deck
Trend story
Story
Editorial
12. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
roundup
Off the record
Tip
Sidebar
13. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
General manager
Hard news stories
Spin
Credibility
14. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Puff piece or puffery
By-line
Gutter
Rules
15. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Slander
Sidebar
Angle
Copy
16. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine
Feature article
Lay out(v.)
Deck
Cover
17. 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
Feature article
Editorial
Profile
Investigative journalism
18. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Profile
Civil law
Editorial
roundup
19. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
By-line
Delayed-identification lead
Actual malice
Futures files
20. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Cover
Futures files
Exclusive
Profile
21. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Actual malice
Pulitzer Prize
Source
Wire services
22. 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
Human interest story
Sidebar
Package
23. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions
Stringer
Closed-ended question
Op-ed page
Actual malice
24. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Deck
Investigative journalism
B-roll
Column
25. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Circulation department
Voice
Press
Trend story
26. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Rules
Profile
Hard news stories
Press
27. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.
Lay out(v.)
Sources
Delayed-identification lead
Closed-ended question
28. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
Attribution
Story
Rules
Bias
29. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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30. Information that is not intended for publication
Background
Editorial
Anecdotal lead
Morgue
31. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
Beat
Source
Voice
Jargon
32. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer
Plagiarism
Angle
Delayed-identification lead
Banner
33. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.
Screens
Civil law
Cutline
Lead or 'lede'
34. 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)
Layout (n.)
Puff piece or puffery
Crop
Wire services
35. 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
Sidebar
Jump
Trend story
Lead story
36. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
AP The Associated Press
Clips
Human interest story
Bias
37. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Tip
Press
Investigative journalism
Attribution
38. The name of the reporter
Layout (n.)
By-line
Clips
Op-ed page
39. The major story on top of page one.
Caption
Sidebar
Lead story
Screens
40. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.
Add
Date line
Cutline
Puff piece or puffery
41. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Editorial
Off the record
Puff piece or puffery
Caption
42. Believability of a writer or publication
Credibility
Jargon
Lead or 'lede'
B-roll
43. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
General manager
Sidebar
Rules
Plagiarism
44. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Participant observation
Exclusive
Rules
Crop
45. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.
Cutline
Investigative journalism
Date line
Story
46. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.
Inverted pyramid
Caption
Clips
Angle
47. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.
Crony journalism
Attribution
Add
Morgue
48. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Trend story
Profile
roundup
Editor
49. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Caption
B-roll
Copy
Add
50. 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.
Cover
Bias
Angle
Libel