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Journalism Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Exclusive
Sources
Stringer
Human interest story
2. Believability of a writer or publication
By-line
Date line
Profile
Credibility
3. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Press
Editorial
Anecdotal lead
B-roll
4. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Op-ed page
Futures files
Editor
Masthead
5. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Story
Source
Op-ed page
Caption
6. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Participant observation
Gutter
Stringer
Kicker
7. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
Rules
Attribution
Cutline
Date line
8. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Beat
Circulation department
Participant observation
Jump
9. 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
Clips
Plagiarism
Jump line
Circulation department
10. A line identifying the author of a story.
Byline
Puff piece or puffery
Date line
Plagiarism
11. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.
Trend story
Human interest story
Add
Circulation department
12. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Profile
Plagiarism
Puff piece or puffery
Off the record
13. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
Editor
Paraphrase
Slander
Kicker
14. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper
Screens
Trend story
Closed-ended question
Anecdotal lead
15. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
Crony journalism
Inverted pyramid
By-line
Delayed-identification lead
16. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer
Clips
Multiple-element lead
Banner
Deck
17. The completed page drawing.
Lead story
Layout (n.)
Spin
Hard news stories
18. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Screens
Paraphrase
Circulation department
Futures files
19. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Banner
Spin
Kicker
Jargon
20. 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.
Shirttail
Deck
Shield laws
Libel
21. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Jump line
Multiple-element lead
Editor
Trend story
22. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Take
B-roll
Actual malice
Civil law
23. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Tip
Lead story
Deck
Source
24. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Puff piece or puffery
Delayed-identification lead
Voice
Editorial
25. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Column
Sidebar
Cutline
Editor
26. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Plagiarism
Exclusive
Trend story
Wire services
27. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Sidebar
Attribution
Follow
Hard news stories
28. A position that is partial or slanted
Jump line
Bias
By-line
Spin
29. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Verification
Kicker
Copy
Byline
30. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.
HFR
Circulation department
Copy
Delayed-identification lead
31. 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
Human interest story
Immediate-identification lead
Inverted pyramid
32. 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
Sidebar
By-line
Investigative journalism
Anecdotal lead
33. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Closed-ended question
Exclusive
Copy
Rules
34. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Sidebar
Beat
Slander
Hard news stories
35. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Tip
Pulitzer Prize
Add
Column
36. A story including a number of related events.
Voice
Delayed-identification lead
roundup
Soft news
37. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.
Rules
roundup
Jump line
Editorialize
38. 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
Press
Jump line
Hard news stories
Voice
39. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
Gutter
AP The Associated Press
Cutline
Crony journalism
40. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Package
Follow
Column
Editorial
41. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Hard news stories
Tip
Masthead
Copy
42. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant
Slander
Pulitzer Prize
Press
Angle
43. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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44. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
Verification
Story
Cutline
Beat
45. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'
Delayed-identification lead
Closed-ended question
Bias
Crop
46. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story
Source
Deck
Crop
Feature article
47. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Spin
Shirttail
Multiple-element lead
Masthead
48. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Deck
Off the record
Wire services
Follow
49. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Anecdotal lead
Kicker
Credibility
Caption
50. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.
Human interest story
Multiple-element lead
Story
Attribution