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Journalism Vocab

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1. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.






2. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.






3. Short related story added to the end of a longer one






4. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.






5. The major story on top of page one.






6. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.






7. 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)






8. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.






9. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.






10. The name of the reporter






11. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers






12. The completed page drawing.






13. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.






14. A line identifying the author of a story.






15. 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.






16. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.






17. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.






18. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet






19. 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






20. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.






21. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.






22. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.






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






24. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication






25. Usually means 'don't quote me.'






26. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.






27. 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.






28. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line






29. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story

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30. Newsroom library






31. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.






32. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.






33. Abbreviation for paragraph






34. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published






35. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.






36. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page






37. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story






38. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.






39. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.






40. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language






41. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.






42. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer






43. A beginning reporter.






44. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper






45. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own






46. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue






47. Information that is not intended for publication






48. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.






49. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.






50. 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.)