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Journalism Vocab
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1. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.
Add
Delayed-identification lead
Closed-ended question
Voice
2. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Plagiarism
Tip
Off the record
Sidebar
3. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
Plagiarism
Masthead
Inverted pyramid
Cover
4. 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.)
Masthead
Shirttail
Source
B-roll
5. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Lead story
Lay out(v.)
Sidebar
Sources
6. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Plagiarism
Morgue
Off the record
Graf
7. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
Lay out(v.)
Circulation department
Stringer
Sidebar
8. The opening paragraph of a story that reports two or more newsworthy elements.
Crony journalism
Puff piece or puffery
Jargon
Multiple-element lead
9. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Rules
Copy
Futures files
Off the record
10. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Rules
Immediate-identification lead
Copy
Jump line
11. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language
Lay out(v.)
Editorial
Jargon
B-roll
12. To keep abreast of significant developments on a beat or to report on a specfic event.
Shield laws
Participant observation
Cover
Cutline
13. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Trend story
Editorial
Beat
Inverted pyramid
14. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
Attribution
Cover
Feature article
Immediate-identification lead
15. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Voice
Masthead
Follow
Participant observation
16. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Inverted pyramid
Jargon
Gutter
Immediate-identification lead
17. The place the story was filed
Date line
Exclusive
Tip
Crony journalism
18. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Editorialize
Circulation department
Closed-ended question
Slander
19. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
Sources
Shirttail
Gutter
HFR
20. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
Tip
General manager
Banner
Circulation department
21. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Jump
Sidebar
Byline
Exclusive
22. A beginning reporter.
Closed-ended question
Crop
Cub
Voice
23. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
AP The Associated Press
Cutline
Banner
Background
24. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Brightener
Verification
Participant observation
Morgue
25. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
roundup
Editor
Inverted pyramid
Crony journalism
26. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Immediate-identification lead
Byline
Soft news
Anecdotal lead
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.
Actual malice
Date line
Verification
HFR
28. 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.
Date line
Paraphrase
Kicker
Delayed-identification lead
29. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper
Screens
Take
Lead story
Source
30. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story
Cub
Banner
Anecdotal lead
Source
31. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.
Cub
Clips
Human interest story
Closed-ended question
32. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.
Puff piece or puffery
Cover
Spin
Lead story
33. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Brightener
Multiple-element lead
Shield laws
Editorial
34. The name of the reporter
Package
By-line
Lay out(v.)
Attribution
35. Abbreviation for paragraph
Delayed-identification lead
Graf
Actual malice
Circulation department
36. 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
Package
Soft news
Editorialize
Closed-ended question
37. 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.
Libel
Lead story
Cover
Gutter
38. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Pulitzer Prize
Verification
Brightener
Column
39. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
Rules
Crony journalism
Beat
Jump line
40. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Shirttail
Morgue
Spin
Byline
41. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Shirttail
Plagiarism
Lay out(v.)
Closed-ended question
42. 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
Package
Cover
Libel
Voice
43. A line identifying the author of a story.
Wire services
Byline
Morgue
Futures files
44. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.
Human interest story
Rules
Story
Add
45. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.
Soft news
Slander
Profile
Copy
46. 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
Package
Soft news
Sidebar
Crony journalism
47. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Morgue
Story
Kicker
Profile
48. The major story on top of page one.
Lead story
Anecdotal lead
Profile
Kicker
49. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Attribution
Rules
Inverted pyramid
Delayed-identification lead
50. People or records from which a reporter gets information.
General manager
Editorialize
Package
Sources
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