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Journalism Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. Newsroom library






3. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic






4. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.






5. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.






6. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'






7. A beginning reporter.






8. 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)






9. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light






10. The place the story was filed






11. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.






12. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions






13. 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






14. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.






15. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.






16. The completed page drawing.






17. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.






18. A story including a number of related events.






19. 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.






20. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue






21. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.






22. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.






23. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.






24. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.






25. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.






26. Information that is not intended for publication






27. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.






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.






29. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own






30. Usually means 'don't quote me.'






31. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication






32. A position that is partial or slanted






33. People or records from which a reporter gets information.






34. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.






35. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story






36. Short related story added to the end of a longer one






37. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.






38. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet






39. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.






40. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society






41. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.






42. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language






43. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.






44. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing






45. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.






46. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.






47. The major story on top of page one.






48. 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.






49. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.






50. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper