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Journalism Vocab

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






2. The place the story was filed






3. 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.)






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






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






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






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






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






9. The name of the reporter






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






11. 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.






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






13. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers






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






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






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






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






18. Abbreviation for paragraph






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






20. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper






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






22. The completed page drawing.






23. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue






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






25. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






31. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.






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






33. 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






34. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.






35. A beginning reporter.






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






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






38. 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






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

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






41. 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






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






43. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published






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






45. A position that is partial or slanted






46. 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






47. A line identifying the author of a story.






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






49. 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.






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