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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. People or records from which a reporter gets information.
Civil law
Column
HFR
Sources
2. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Soft news
Credibility
General manager
Spin
3. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Profile
roundup
Follow
Hard news stories
4. 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
Libel
Op-ed page
Soft news
Bias
5. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer
Follow
Press
Plagiarism
Banner
6. The completed page drawing.
Layout (n.)
Futures files
Op-ed page
Pulitzer Prize
7. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Multiple-element lead
Follow
Verification
Gutter
8. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Plagiarism
Cub
Press
Follow
9. 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
Participant observation
Hard news stories
Slander
Voice
10. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
Editorial
Layout (n.)
General manager
Libel
11. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Caption
Angle
Brightener
Editorialize
12. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Futures files
Banner
Stringer
Op-ed page
13. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Rules
Masthead
Sidebar
Date line
14. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Trend story
AP The Associated Press
Slander
Lead or 'lede'
15. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Brightener
Off the record
Spin
Sources
16. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.
Shield laws
Sidebar
Lay out(v.)
Date line
17. 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
Follow
By-line
Deck
18. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
Beat
General manager
Jump line
AP The Associated Press
19. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Lay out(v.)
Delayed-identification lead
Jargon
Profile
20. A line identifying the author of a story.
roundup
Byline
Source
Hard news stories
21. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Cub
Pulitzer Prize
Delayed-identification lead
Libel
22. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Sidebar
Cutline
Plagiarism
Op-ed page
23. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions
Kicker
Verification
HFR
Op-ed page
24. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Rules
Date line
Cub
Immediate-identification lead
25. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper
Graf
Shirttail
Editorialize
Screens
26. Newsroom library
Masthead
Human interest story
Morgue
Cover
27. The name of the reporter
Rules
By-line
Feature article
Gutter
28. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
Feature article
Stringer
Immediate-identification lead
Editor
29. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
Pulitzer Prize
Package
Stringer
AP The Associated Press
30. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Editorialize
Soft news
Stringer
Verification
31. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
Angle
Crony journalism
Column
Off the record
32. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'
Inverted pyramid
Morgue
Gutter
Closed-ended question
33. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
General manager
Attribution
B-roll
Jargon
34. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Cub
Participant observation
Background
Civil law
35. Information that is not intended for publication
Actual malice
Editorial
By-line
Background
36. A beginning reporter.
Cub
Deck
Package
Investigative journalism
37. 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.)
Puff piece or puffery
Cover
Shirttail
B-roll
38. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine
Feature article
Immediate-identification lead
Circulation department
Wire services
39. A story including a number of related events.
roundup
Anecdotal lead
Package
Plagiarism
40. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.
Editorial
Deck
Copy
Human interest story
41. 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
Soft news
Jump line
Jargon
42. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Investigative journalism
Kicker
Source
AP The Associated Press
43. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
Angle
Tip
Off the record
HFR
44. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Hard news stories
Morgue
Tip
Editor
45. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.
Cutline
Spin
Actual malice
Background
46. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.
Puff piece or puffery
Cover
Futures files
Shield laws
47. 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
Background
Package
Wire services
Slander
48. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.
Delayed-identification lead
Puff piece or puffery
Exclusive
Anecdotal lead
49. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Futures files
HFR
Clips
Column
50. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Feature article
Jump
Byline
Participant observation