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Journalism Vocab
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1. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Futures files
Byline
By-line
Caption
2. 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
Libel
Angle
Sidebar
Op-ed page
3. To keep abreast of significant developments on a beat or to report on a specfic event.
Libel
Cover
Paraphrase
Attribution
4. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Source
Cover
Gutter
Morgue
5. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Feature article
Add
Libel
Take
6. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.
Participant observation
Lay out(v.)
Investigative journalism
Exclusive
7. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
Gutter
Jump
HFR
Attribution
8. People or records from which a reporter gets information.
Sources
Take
Jump
HFR
9. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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10. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Deck
Op-ed page
Actual malice
Feature article
11. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.
Stringer
Jump
Cutline
Jump line
12. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Banner
B-roll
Human interest story
Civil law
13. A position that is partial or slanted
Lay out(v.)
Inverted pyramid
Layout (n.)
Bias
14. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'
Crony journalism
Bias
Closed-ended question
Anecdotal lead
15. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Press
Brightener
General manager
Participant observation
16. 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
Pulitzer Prize
Jump line
AP The Associated Press
Jump
17. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Credibility
Jump
Circulation department
General manager
18. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
Investigative journalism
Lay out(v.)
Press
Stringer
19. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Pulitzer Prize
Plagiarism
Soft news
Morgue
20. Believability of a writer or publication
Paraphrase
roundup
Immediate-identification lead
Credibility
21. 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.
Spin
Stringer
Exclusive
Paraphrase
22. A story including a number of related events.
Jargon
roundup
Add
Crony journalism
23. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Wire services
Futures files
Sidebar
Layout (n.)
24. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
Editorial
Actual malice
Spin
Exclusive
25. Newsroom library
Morgue
Off the record
Sources
Slander
26. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper
Participant observation
Jargon
Sidebar
Screens
27. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions
Op-ed page
Soft news
Feature article
Column
28. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Column
By-line
Press
Screens
29. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
Crop
Investigative journalism
Credibility
Actual malice
30. Information that is not intended for publication
Date line
Closed-ended question
Morgue
Background
31. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Editorial
Masthead
Voice
Immediate-identification lead
32. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language
Sidebar
Sidebar
Follow
Jargon
33. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
Story
Crony journalism
Graf
Editorialize
34. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Lead story
HFR
Pulitzer Prize
Cutline
35. The place the story was filed
Voice
B-roll
Date line
AP The Associated Press
36. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
General manager
Human interest story
Libel
Rules
37. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
By-line
Column
Lead or 'lede'
Tip
38. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.
Graf
Exclusive
Multiple-element lead
Editor
39. The completed page drawing.
Layout (n.)
Banner
Hard news stories
Multiple-element lead
40. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Slander
Add
Shield laws
B-roll
41. 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)
Civil law
Wire services
Lay out(v.)
Angle
42. 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
Crop
Masthead
Add
Investigative journalism
43. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Take
Editorialize
Voice
Follow
44. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Trend story
Actual malice
Shirttail
Source
45. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
Circulation department
Lay out(v.)
Attribution
Editor
46. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Off the record
Circulation department
Anecdotal lead
Banner
47. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
Press
Anecdotal lead
Kicker
Editor
48. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Exclusive
Spin
Story
Futures files
49. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
Lead story
Profile
General manager
Cutline
50. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant
Angle
Wire services
Crony journalism
Date line