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Journalism Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The name of the reporter
Closed-ended question
Date line
Stringer
By-line
2. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Source
Profile
Jump
Human interest story
3. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Lead story
Slander
Layout (n.)
AP The Associated Press
4. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
Slander
AP The Associated Press
Voice
Inverted pyramid
5. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
Graf
Story
Circulation department
Editor
6. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Actual malice
Circulation department
Stringer
Participant observation
7. A story including a number of related events.
Sources
Rules
Tip
roundup
8. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.
Lay out(v.)
Column
Investigative journalism
Wire services
9. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Hard news stories
Delayed-identification lead
Background
Lead or 'lede'
10. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Anecdotal lead
Plagiarism
Add
Libel
11. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Hard news stories
Press
Add
B-roll
12. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
Take
Clips
Crop
Inverted pyramid
13. 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
Editorialize
Background
Soft news
B-roll
14. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Cutline
Kicker
General manager
Credibility
15. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer
Off the record
Background
Spin
Banner
16. The opening paragraph of a story that reports two or more newsworthy elements.
Anecdotal lead
Press
Multiple-element lead
AP The Associated Press
17. 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.)
Actual malice
B-roll
Beat
Puff piece or puffery
18. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'
Tip
Source
Closed-ended question
Trend story
19. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine
Deck
Sources
Feature article
Package
20. To keep abreast of significant developments on a beat or to report on a specfic event.
Follow
Cover
Stringer
Profile
21. Newsroom library
Libel
Caption
Hard news stories
Morgue
22. 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.
Puff piece or puffery
Investigative journalism
Paraphrase
Take
23. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Shield laws
Masthead
Crop
Background
24. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Masthead
Brightener
roundup
Byline
25. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Beat
Futures files
Lead story
Layout (n.)
26. 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
Banner
Voice
Immediate-identification lead
Feature article
27. People or records from which a reporter gets information.
Sources
B-roll
Sidebar
By-line
28. The place the story was filed
Crop
Date line
Participant observation
Investigative journalism
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
Lead story
Package
Screens
Pulitzer Prize
30. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Package
Plagiarism
Caption
Source
31. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Op-ed page
Column
Crony journalism
Trend story
32. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Jump
Closed-ended question
Shirttail
Off the record
33. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.
Crony journalism
Exclusive
Multiple-element lead
Lay out(v.)
34. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Caption
Lead or 'lede'
Immediate-identification lead
Profile
35. The major story on top of page one.
Libel
Press
Lead story
Shield laws
36. 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)
Shield laws
Wire services
Cover
Credibility
37. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions
Attribution
Op-ed page
Lay out(v.)
Take
38. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Caption
Take
Anecdotal lead
Sidebar
39. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Spin
Cover
Lead story
Lead or 'lede'
40. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
Puff piece or puffery
Crony journalism
Screens
Delayed-identification lead
41. 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.
Attribution
Human interest story
Crony journalism
Civil law
42. 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
Deck
Investigative journalism
Jargon
By-line
43. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Editor
Sidebar
Tip
Pulitzer Prize
44. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
Copy
Puff piece or puffery
HFR
Cub
45. 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.
Column
Actual malice
Jump
Shield laws
46. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Wire services
Gutter
Layout (n.)
Verification
47. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
Sources
General manager
Rules
Stringer
48. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
Caption
Take
Attribution
Libel
49. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.
Morgue
Add
Angle
Profile
50. Information that is not intended for publication
Editorial
Lead or 'lede'
Sources
Background