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Journalism Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Follow
Jump line
Trend story
Paraphrase
2. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant
Angle
Closed-ended question
Crony journalism
Press
3. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Stringer
General manager
Layout (n.)
Tip
4. 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
Crony journalism
Package
Sidebar
Lay out(v.)
5. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
Editor
Participant observation
Voice
B-roll
6. A story including a number of related events.
Stringer
roundup
Lay out(v.)
Civil law
7. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Gutter
Angle
Participant observation
HFR
8. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Off the record
Story
Column
Kicker
9. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.
Add
Voice
Date line
Story
10. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
Angle
General manager
Bias
Beat
11. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
Shirttail
Verification
General manager
Jump line
12. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.
Cover
Jargon
Editorialize
Civil law
13. The place the story was filed
Angle
Caption
Date line
Bias
14. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Soft news
Shield laws
Sidebar
Verification
15. 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
Soft news
Off the record
Clips
By-line
16. The major story on top of page one.
Circulation department
Off the record
Copy
Lead story
17. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Jump line
Spin
Cub
Closed-ended question
18. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
Attribution
Lay out(v.)
Spin
Banner
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.
Rules
Add
Libel
Tip
20. A line identifying the author of a story.
Byline
Jump line
Hard news stories
Paraphrase
21. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'
Closed-ended question
Spin
Cub
Kicker
22. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Press
Gutter
Take
Profile
23. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Delayed-identification lead
Clips
Shirttail
Paraphrase
24. People or records from which a reporter gets information.
roundup
Gutter
Paraphrase
Sources
25. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Actual malice
Editorialize
Rules
Verification
26. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine
Feature article
B-roll
Sidebar
Editorialize
27. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Sidebar
Jump line
Shield laws
Civil law
28. Believability of a writer or publication
Credibility
Shirttail
Paraphrase
Libel
29. A beginning reporter.
roundup
Cub
Cover
Masthead
30. A position that is partial or slanted
Bias
General manager
Actual malice
Stringer
31. 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
General manager
Sidebar
Story
Shield laws
32. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Masthead
Screens
Date line
Multiple-element lead
33. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Crop
Brightener
Profile
Op-ed page
34. 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.
Actual malice
Copy
Pulitzer Prize
Screens
35. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Editor
Pulitzer Prize
Shield laws
Participant observation
36. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
Follow
Graf
HFR
Caption
37. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Shirttail
Editor
Anecdotal lead
Jump
38. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Take
Feature article
Off the record
Editor
39. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.
Lay out(v.)
Sidebar
Shield laws
Futures files
40. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.
Wire services
Caption
Copy
Plagiarism
41. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.
Shield laws
Closed-ended question
Multiple-element lead
Verification
42. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.
Caption
Clips
Paraphrase
General manager
43. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Kicker
Source
Futures files
Soft news
44. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Layout (n.)
Circulation department
Actual malice
Immediate-identification lead
45. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
Crop
Shirttail
Add
Lay out(v.)
46. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
47. The name of the reporter
Futures files
Background
By-line
Clips
48. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Attribution
Futures files
Participant observation
Tip
49. 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
Voice
Jump line
Deck
Verification
50. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.
Cub
Date line
Exclusive
Cutline