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Journalism Vocab
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1. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.
Sidebar
Civil law
Add
Lead or 'lede'
2. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Hard news stories
Trend story
Pulitzer Prize
Graf
3. 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
Brightener
Press
Sidebar
Jump line
4. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Off the record
Trend story
Source
Spin
5. 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
Clips
Jump line
Package
6. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.
Spin
Puff piece or puffery
Off the record
Closed-ended question
7. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Spin
Futures files
Screens
Circulation department
8. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
Rules
Editor
Cover
Byline
9. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'
Caption
Closed-ended question
Angle
Trend story
10. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Trend story
Tip
Brightener
Clips
11. Information that is not intended for publication
Spin
Participant observation
Background
Lead or 'lede'
12. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
Participant observation
Stringer
Beat
Verification
13. A position that is partial or slanted
Stringer
Sidebar
Bias
Banner
14. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
Circulation department
Cover
Wire services
General manager
15. 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.
Crop
Column
Copy
Actual malice
16. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Verification
Take
Closed-ended question
Slander
17. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Multiple-element lead
Delayed-identification lead
Graf
Lay out(v.)
18. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.
Cub
Beat
Editorialize
Source
19. 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.)
Immediate-identification lead
Tip
Circulation department
B-roll
20. The completed page drawing.
Shirttail
Voice
AP The Associated Press
Layout (n.)
21. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine
Anecdotal lead
Source
Crony journalism
Feature article
22. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.
Spin
Credibility
Angle
Shield laws
23. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Shirttail
Graf
Copy
Shield laws
24. 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
Sidebar
Voice
Anecdotal lead
AP The Associated Press
25. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Profile
Add
Jump line
Source
26. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Participant observation
Spin
Anecdotal lead
Graf
27. 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
Beat
Exclusive
Libel
Investigative journalism
28. A beginning reporter.
Jargon
Cub
Graf
Date line
29. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
Closed-ended question
HFR
Voice
Press
30. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Background
Lead or 'lede'
Kicker
Jargon
31. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Rules
Lead or 'lede'
roundup
Inverted pyramid
32. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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33. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Column
Kicker
Caption
Actual malice
34. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
B-roll
Inverted pyramid
AP The Associated Press
Anecdotal lead
35. The major story on top of page one.
Slander
Beat
Package
Lead story
36. People or records from which a reporter gets information.
Profile
Paraphrase
Graf
Sources
37. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Spin
Sources
Add
Background
38. The name of the reporter
Background
Deck
By-line
Cub
39. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
Story
Crony journalism
Crop
Follow
40. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.
Circulation department
Copy
Lead or 'lede'
Paraphrase
41. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Sidebar
Anecdotal lead
Background
Attribution
42. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Circulation department
Jump
Immediate-identification lead
Shirttail
43. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Tip
Actual malice
Verification
Follow
44. 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
Soft news
roundup
Verification
Sidebar
45. The place the story was filed
Date line
AP The Associated Press
Package
General manager
46. 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.
HFR
Plagiarism
Voice
Human interest story
47. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Column
Crony journalism
Cover
Take
48. 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.
Shield laws
Pulitzer Prize
Paraphrase
Follow
49. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Date line
Spin
AP The Associated Press
Anecdotal lead
50. Newsroom library
Press
Sidebar
Op-ed page
Morgue