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Journalism Vocab

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






2. Newsroom library






3. The name of the reporter






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






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






6. The opening paragraph of a story that reports two or more newsworthy elements.






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






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






9. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.






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






11. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.






12. The major story on top of page one.






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






14. 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.






15. 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






16. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers






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






18. 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.)






19. 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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. A position that is partial or slanted






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Information that is not intended for publication






33. Believability of a writer or publication






34. 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






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






36. A story including a number of related events.






37. 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)






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






39. The completed page drawing.






40. The place the story was filed






41. Continuation of a story from one page to another






42. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published






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






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






45. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic






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






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






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






49. 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.






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