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Journalism Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Information that is not intended for publication
Puff piece or puffery
Sidebar
Pulitzer Prize
Background
2. A line identifying the author of a story.
Trend story
Byline
By-line
General manager
3. Abbreviation for paragraph
Graf
Lay out(v.)
Angle
Inverted pyramid
4. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Cub
Pulitzer Prize
Graf
Stringer
5. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Sidebar
Soft news
Spin
Cutline
6. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Profile
Circulation department
Multiple-element lead
Immediate-identification lead
7. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language
Deck
Jargon
Sidebar
Stringer
8. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions
Brightener
Cover
Op-ed page
Attribution
9. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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10. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Participant observation
Layout (n.)
Take
Jargon
11. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Spin
Caption
Clips
Masthead
12. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.
Take
Copy
Story
Delayed-identification lead
13. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Sidebar
Puff piece or puffery
Verification
Investigative journalism
14. 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
Brightener
Soft news
Civil law
Profile
15. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine
Lay out(v.)
Feature article
Source
Immediate-identification lead
16. 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
Inverted pyramid
Circulation department
Investigative journalism
Closed-ended question
17. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Screens
Brightener
Cub
Add
18. A story including a number of related events.
Slander
Pulitzer Prize
roundup
Bias
19. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.
Voice
Profile
Libel
Exclusive
20. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Bias
Wire services
Take
Rules
21. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.
Shield laws
Layout (n.)
Lay out(v.)
Graf
22. The name of the reporter
Hard news stories
Lay out(v.)
By-line
Actual malice
23. 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.
Press
Libel
Attribution
Bias
24. A position that is partial or slanted
Credibility
Beat
Editorialize
Bias
25. The completed page drawing.
General manager
Layout (n.)
Editorial
Hard news stories
26. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
Exclusive
Source
Inverted pyramid
Participant observation
27. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
Crony journalism
Beat
Human interest story
Shield laws
28. The place the story was filed
Kicker
Date line
Paraphrase
Trend story
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
Bias
Multiple-element lead
Package
Story
30. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Spin
Human interest story
Jump
B-roll
31. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Banner
Package
Pulitzer Prize
Kicker
32. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
Editor
Wire services
Follow
Copy
33. 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)
Wire services
Jump line
Plagiarism
Op-ed page
34. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
AP The Associated Press
Angle
Layout (n.)
Cover
35. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.
Futures files
Pulitzer Prize
Clips
Puff piece or puffery
36. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Credibility
Lead story
Plagiarism
Beat
37. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Sidebar
Shield laws
Spin
Delayed-identification lead
38. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Beat
Credibility
Deck
Shield laws
39. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Human interest story
Attribution
Caption
Investigative journalism
40. 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
Jump line
Inverted pyramid
Banner
Sidebar
41. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story
Caption
Source
Date line
Editorialize
42. 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
Stringer
Source
Add
43. To keep abreast of significant developments on a beat or to report on a specfic event.
Futures files
B-roll
Caption
Cover
44. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
Jargon
Immediate-identification lead
Tip
Stringer
45. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
HFR
Voice
Off the record
Attribution
46. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
Background
HFR
Cutline
Crop
47. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper
Bias
Jump line
Deck
Screens
48. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
Editorial
Masthead
Byline
HFR
49. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Jump line
Circulation department
Lay out(v.)
Futures files
50. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.
Spin
Column
Lead or 'lede'
Editorialize