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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. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Exclusive
Civil law
General manager
Editorialize
2. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Follow
Cub
Layout (n.)
Gutter
3. 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.)
B-roll
Kicker
Banner
Investigative journalism
4. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
General manager
Take
Human interest story
Cutline
5. 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
Layout (n.)
Participant observation
Closed-ended question
Sidebar
6. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Masthead
Delayed-identification lead
Banner
Hard news stories
7. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine
Press
Civil law
Inverted pyramid
Feature article
8. People or records from which a reporter gets information.
Story
Date line
Human interest story
Sources
9. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
By-line
Lead or 'lede'
Editorial
Participant observation
10. 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
Credibility
Caption
Circulation department
11. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Jump
Investigative journalism
Kicker
Inverted pyramid
12. 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.
Stringer
Beat
Take
Libel
13. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Angle
Verification
Futures files
Human interest story
14. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
Editor
Profile
Verification
Stringer
15. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Plagiarism
Shirttail
Lead story
Circulation department
16. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
Slander
Crop
Libel
Editorialize
17. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Morgue
Closed-ended question
Beat
Sidebar
18. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Rules
Package
Trend story
Clips
19. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Pulitzer Prize
Editorial
Shield laws
Verification
20. 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)
Feature article
Caption
Byline
Wire services
21. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Multiple-element lead
Masthead
Column
Shirttail
22. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Actual malice
Futures files
Byline
Sidebar
23. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.
Layout (n.)
Take
Lead or 'lede'
Shield laws
24. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Spin
Jump line
Stringer
Delayed-identification lead
25. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language
Crop
Attribution
Jargon
Jump
26. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.
Cutline
Circulation department
Op-ed page
Verification
27. 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
Jump line
Inverted pyramid
Voice
Date line
28. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Morgue
Brightener
Sidebar
Spin
29. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
Plagiarism
Beat
Crop
Morgue
30. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.
Cover
Investigative journalism
Puff piece or puffery
Masthead
31. 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
Angle
Investigative journalism
Cutline
Gutter
32. A beginning reporter.
Cub
Civil law
Sources
Plagiarism
33. The completed page drawing.
Layout (n.)
Feature article
Verification
Paraphrase
34. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant
Kicker
Profile
Angle
Brightener
35. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer
Shield laws
Banner
Wire services
Column
36. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
Immediate-identification lead
Attribution
Add
Shield laws
37. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Anecdotal lead
By-line
Soft news
Morgue
38. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
Sidebar
Exclusive
Inverted pyramid
Crony journalism
39. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Byline
Off the record
Tip
Editorial
40. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper
Puff piece or puffery
Screens
Clips
Stringer
41. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.
Soft news
Exclusive
Angle
Anecdotal lead
42. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Jargon
Delayed-identification lead
Caption
Editorialize
43. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
Circulation department
Feature article
AP The Associated Press
Voice
44. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story
Investigative journalism
Story
Anecdotal lead
Source
45. Information that is not intended for publication
Take
Futures files
Graf
Background
46. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Libel
Stringer
Slander
General manager
47. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.
Lay out(v.)
AP The Associated Press
Sources
Jargon
48. 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
Inverted pyramid
Voice
Puff piece or puffery
Kicker
49. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Take
Off the record
AP The Associated Press
General manager
50. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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