Test your basic knowledge |

Journalism Vocab

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.






2. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.






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






4. 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






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






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






7. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published






8. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.






9. 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)






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






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






12. 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.






13. Believability of a writer or publication






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






15. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page






16. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer






17. The place the story was filed






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






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. 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.






21. A story including a number of related events.






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






23. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.






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






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






26. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.






27. Continuation of a story from one page to another






28. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.






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






30. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


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






32. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts






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






34. 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






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






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






37. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers






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






39. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper






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






41. Abbreviation for paragraph






42. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.






43. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line






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






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






46. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.






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






48. The name of the reporter






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






50. Newsroom library