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Journalism Vocab
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journalism-and-media
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.)
Screens
AP The Associated Press
Editorialize
B-roll
2. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story
Source
Brightener
Masthead
Gutter
3. A line identifying the author of a story.
Background
Byline
Soft news
Masthead
4. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine
Shield laws
Feature article
Gutter
Package
5. 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.
Actual malice
Profile
Rules
Futures files
6. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
Futures files
Crop
Jump
Caption
7. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Sources
Jump
Add
Kicker
8. To keep abreast of significant developments on a beat or to report on a specfic event.
Cover
Investigative journalism
B-roll
Story
9. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Off the record
Beat
Wire services
Jump
10. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Investigative journalism
Deck
Gutter
Civil law
11. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.
Shield laws
Add
Circulation department
Background
12. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
Morgue
Graf
Editorialize
HFR
13. 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.
Futures files
Puff piece or puffery
Jump line
Human interest story
14. Information that is not intended for publication
Layout (n.)
Jargon
Futures files
Background
15. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Jump line
Column
Editorialize
Caption
16. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Crop
Off the record
Tip
Jump
17. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Cover
Exclusive
Gutter
Profile
18. The name of the reporter
By-line
AP The Associated Press
Background
Cub
19. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Slander
Tip
Brightener
Trend story
20. The completed page drawing.
Layout (n.)
Kicker
Deck
Cub
21. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Deck
Banner
Gutter
Sources
22. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Closed-ended question
Sidebar
General manager
Plagiarism
23. The major story on top of page one.
Lead story
Copy
Civil law
Pulitzer Prize
24. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Stringer
Caption
Spin
Package
25. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Gutter
Plagiarism
Delayed-identification lead
Shirttail
26. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant
Trend story
Angle
Hard news stories
Shield laws
27. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper
Libel
Banner
Press
Screens
28. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.
Pulitzer Prize
Lay out(v.)
Participant observation
Sources
29. Believability of a writer or publication
Source
Layout (n.)
Trend story
Credibility
30. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Inverted pyramid
Brightener
Tip
Masthead
31. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Spin
Deck
Anecdotal lead
Brightener
32. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Closed-ended question
Background
Sources
Sidebar
33. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Soft news
Take
Participant observation
Gutter
34. 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
Investigative journalism
Delayed-identification lead
Stringer
35. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
Date line
Cover
Civil law
Crony journalism
36. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer
Clips
Banner
Crony journalism
Jargon
37. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
Inverted pyramid
Credibility
Paraphrase
Package
38. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Voice
Press
Lay out(v.)
Follow
39. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.
Editorial
By-line
Paraphrase
Shield laws
40. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.
Cutline
Press
Lead or 'lede'
Caption
41. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Verification
Story
Deck
Puff piece or puffery
42. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Brightener
Jump
Caption
Off the record
43. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language
Caption
Jargon
Sidebar
Editorialize
44. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'
Exclusive
Closed-ended question
Kicker
Editorial
45. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.
Paraphrase
Circulation department
Crony journalism
Clips
46. People or records from which a reporter gets information.
Follow
Puff piece or puffery
Credibility
Sources
47. 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
roundup
By-line
Lead or 'lede'
48. The opening paragraph of a story that reports two or more newsworthy elements.
Package
Libel
Multiple-element lead
Voice
49. 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
Investigative journalism
General manager
Feature article
Credibility
50. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story