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Journalism Vocab

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1. 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.






2. Abbreviation for paragraph






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






4. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant






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






6. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.






7. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.






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






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






10. The name of the reporter






11. 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






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


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






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






15. Believability of a writer or publication






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






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






18. A position that is partial or slanted






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






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






21. 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.






22. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.






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






24. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers






25. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.






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






27. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published






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






29. 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






30. A beginning reporter.






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






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






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






34. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.






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






36. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine






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






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






39. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper






40. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.






41. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.






42. 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






43. 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.)






44. Newsroom library






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






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






47. 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






48. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.






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






50. To keep abreast of significant developments on a beat or to report on a specfic event.