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Journalism Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Crony journalism
Take
Date line
Background
2. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story
Wire services
Sidebar
Clips
Source
3. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Gutter
Copy
Jump
Bias
4. 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.
Morgue
Paraphrase
Deck
AP The Associated Press
5. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
Graf
Cutline
Profile
AP The Associated Press
6. A line identifying the author of a story.
Stringer
Hard news stories
Byline
Futures files
7. 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
Editorialize
Sources
Column
Voice
8. 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
Rules
Package
Angle
Lead or 'lede'
9. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
Actual malice
Puff piece or puffery
Package
Editorial
10. 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
roundup
Sidebar
Layout (n.)
Futures files
11. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions
Copy
Op-ed page
Human interest story
Delayed-identification lead
12. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Immediate-identification lead
Anecdotal lead
Column
Hard news stories
13. 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
Sources
Package
Cub
14. 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
Investigative journalism
Libel
Editorialize
Off the record
15. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
B-roll
Sidebar
Paraphrase
Profile
16. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Futures files
Jump
By-line
Soft news
17. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
Crop
Take
Voice
Tip
18. Information that is not intended for publication
B-roll
Paraphrase
Background
Off the record
19. The major story on top of page one.
Lead story
Delayed-identification lead
Verification
Masthead
20. Newsroom library
Exclusive
Morgue
Jump
Beat
21. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Beat
Banner
Stringer
Press
22. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Trend story
Editorial
Copy
Date line
23. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.
Add
Wire services
Cub
Date line
24. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Deck
Background
Jargon
Immediate-identification lead
25. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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26. Believability of a writer or publication
Story
Beat
Credibility
Libel
27. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Tip
HFR
Voice
Rules
28. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'
Closed-ended question
Lead story
Clips
Follow
29. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
Column
Profile
HFR
Crop
30. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine
Beat
Feature article
Cutline
Lead story
31. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Pulitzer Prize
Press
Sidebar
Cub
32. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Package
Screens
Deck
Participant observation
33. A position that is partial or slanted
Clips
Bias
Masthead
Layout (n.)
34. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Press
Package
Soft news
Hard news stories
35. Abbreviation for paragraph
Masthead
Byline
Graf
Press
36. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.
Banner
Verification
Editorialize
Investigative journalism
37. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
General manager
Layout (n.)
Civil law
Rules
38. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Editor
Delayed-identification lead
Exclusive
Rules
39. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
Masthead
Stringer
Graf
Jump
40. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
Participant observation
Crony journalism
Follow
Editor
41. 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.
Plagiarism
Human interest story
Brightener
Background
42. People or records from which a reporter gets information.
Off the record
Pulitzer Prize
Actual malice
Sources
43. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.
Cutline
Add
Shield laws
Stringer
44. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.
Cutline
Civil law
Closed-ended question
Slander
45. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.
Shield laws
Shirttail
Kicker
Clips
46. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.
Shirttail
Exclusive
Banner
Story
47. 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
Jump line
Editorial
Op-ed page
Sidebar
48. The opening paragraph of a story that reports two or more newsworthy elements.
Exclusive
Editorial
Caption
Multiple-element lead
49. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Kicker
Follow
Exclusive
Package
50. 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.
Wire services
Soft news
Libel
Tip