SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Journalism Vocab
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
journalism-and-media
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Futures files
Stringer
Civil law
Lead or 'lede'
2. 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
Shirttail
Immediate-identification lead
Package
General manager
3. A line identifying the author of a story.
roundup
Byline
Actual malice
Voice
4. 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
Rules
Jump
Investigative journalism
Delayed-identification lead
5. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Deck
Plagiarism
Caption
Jump
6. 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
Story
Editorial
Follow
7. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
8. 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
Deck
Caption
Sidebar
Lead story
9. The opening paragraph of a story that reports two or more newsworthy elements.
Multiple-element lead
Puff piece or puffery
Copy
Jargon
10. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Off the record
Civil law
Gutter
Tip
11. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Add
Trend story
Take
Off the record
12. 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.
Circulation department
Libel
Add
Brightener
13. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Immediate-identification lead
Tip
Clips
Spin
14. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Immediate-identification lead
Sidebar
Circulation department
Jump line
15. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
HFR
Caption
Feature article
Hard news stories
16. The major story on top of page one.
Add
Tip
Crony journalism
Lead story
17. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Cub
Lead or 'lede'
Delayed-identification lead
General manager
18. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.
Crony journalism
Exclusive
Cutline
Tip
19. Newsroom library
Credibility
Morgue
Rules
roundup
20. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer
Take
Cover
Stringer
Banner
21. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Shirttail
Jargon
Immediate-identification lead
Follow
22. A beginning reporter.
Editor
Cub
Actual malice
Human interest story
23. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Slander
Jump
Follow
Delayed-identification lead
24. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Wire services
Sidebar
Anecdotal lead
Angle
25. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
Masthead
Stringer
Slander
Circulation department
26. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.
Deck
Date line
Credibility
Puff piece or puffery
27. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Editorial
Editor
Rules
Deck
28. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.
Exclusive
Participant observation
General manager
Shield laws
29. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.
Multiple-element lead
Trend story
Kicker
Cutline
30. Believability of a writer or publication
Package
Copy
Credibility
Cover
31. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story
Kicker
Source
Plagiarism
Morgue
32. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Banner
Civil law
Brightener
Jump
33. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Lead or 'lede'
Feature article
Participant observation
Off the record
34. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Column
Gutter
Trend story
Jump line
35. A position that is partial or slanted
Closed-ended question
Multiple-element lead
Deck
Bias
36. People or records from which a reporter gets information.
Cub
Sources
Wire services
HFR
37. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
Morgue
Inverted pyramid
Sources
Circulation department
38. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Kicker
Credibility
Slander
Deck
39. Abbreviation for paragraph
Profile
Feature article
Byline
Graf
40. The name of the reporter
By-line
Futures files
Column
roundup
41. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
Editorial
Op-ed page
Cover
Banner
42. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Editorialize
Masthead
Column
Editor
43. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions
Sidebar
Op-ed page
Civil law
Column
44. 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
Rules
Soft news
Cutline
Crony journalism
45. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
AP The Associated Press
Trend story
Closed-ended question
Sources
46. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Caption
Shirttail
HFR
Spin
47. 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.
Credibility
Masthead
Human interest story
Sources
48. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
Investigative journalism
Story
Lay out(v.)
Crop
49. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
Civil law
Crony journalism
Gutter
Cover
50. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Futures files
Crop
Off the record
Hard news stories