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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
Brightener
Clips
Human interest story
2. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
Immediate-identification lead
HFR
Actual malice
Layout (n.)
3. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Hard news stories
Shirttail
Delayed-identification lead
Editor
4. 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
Circulation department
Date line
Spin
Soft news
5. A story including a number of related events.
Inverted pyramid
Follow
roundup
Slander
6. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Jump
Slander
Civil law
Immediate-identification lead
7. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Column
Lead or 'lede'
Background
Masthead
8. The completed page drawing.
Shield laws
Screens
Layout (n.)
Brightener
9. 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
Byline
Sidebar
Clips
Rules
10. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.
Sidebar
Anecdotal lead
Exclusive
Editorialize
11. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper
Actual malice
Screens
Graf
Spin
12. A position that is partial or slanted
Background
Bias
Jump
Morgue
13. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Closed-ended question
Soft news
Rules
By-line
14. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Tip
Voice
Story
Package
15. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Morgue
Hard news stories
Delayed-identification lead
Deck
16. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Beat
Circulation department
Delayed-identification lead
Cover
17. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Profile
Delayed-identification lead
Beat
Kicker
18. A beginning reporter.
Cub
Puff piece or puffery
Actual malice
Screens
19. 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
Jump line
Crony journalism
B-roll
Kicker
20. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
B-roll
Anecdotal lead
Soft news
Inverted pyramid
21. Newsroom library
Sidebar
Morgue
Tip
Lead or 'lede'
22. The opening paragraph of a story that reports two or more newsworthy elements.
Gutter
Puff piece or puffery
Plagiarism
Multiple-element lead
23. Believability of a writer or publication
Credibility
Hard news stories
Tip
Crop
24. Information that is not intended for publication
Background
Attribution
Angle
Source
25. 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
Graf
Cub
Editorialize
26. 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.
Paraphrase
Libel
B-roll
Tip
27. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Take
General manager
roundup
Graf
28. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language
Rules
Layout (n.)
Libel
Jargon
29. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
Investigative journalism
Sidebar
Follow
Beat
30. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Deck
Brightener
Attribution
Sidebar
31. 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.
Anecdotal lead
Crony journalism
Libel
Beat
32. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Cover
Add
Futures files
Deck
33. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Libel
Spin
Deck
Date line
34. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.
Copy
Hard news stories
Jump line
Shirttail
35. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
Editor
Participant observation
Anecdotal lead
Banner
36. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Gutter
Editor
Jump line
Cub
37. Abbreviation for paragraph
Clips
Editor
Brightener
Graf
38. The major story on top of page one.
Deck
Civil law
Graf
Lead story
39. 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
Voice
By-line
Layout (n.)
Investigative journalism
40. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Crop
Editorialize
Angle
Off the record
41. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Pulitzer Prize
Masthead
Actual malice
Caption
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.
Op-ed page
Human interest story
Actual malice
Stringer
43. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
Inverted pyramid
Lead or 'lede'
Voice
Exclusive
44. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
Attribution
Shield laws
Credibility
B-roll
45. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
Lead or 'lede'
Op-ed page
Stringer
Verification
46. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant
Deck
Circulation department
Crony journalism
Angle
47. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Cover
Immediate-identification lead
Jump
Civil law
48. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.
Puff piece or puffery
Clips
Hard news stories
Column
49. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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50. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Crop
Take
Column
Cover