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Journalism Vocab
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journalism-and-media
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1. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions
Jump line
Pulitzer Prize
Background
Op-ed page
2. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Civil law
Immediate-identification lead
Participant observation
Credibility
3. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Source
Follow
HFR
Delayed-identification lead
4. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
AP The Associated Press
Sidebar
Sources
Morgue
5. The opening paragraph of a story that reports two or more newsworthy elements.
Multiple-element lead
Follow
roundup
Brightener
6. 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.
Add
Clips
Libel
Wire services
7. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Sidebar
Pulitzer Prize
Jump line
Masthead
8. 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
Cover
Multiple-element lead
Column
Voice
9. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Take
Kicker
Spin
Jump
10. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer
Follow
Story
Lead or 'lede'
Banner
11. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Spin
Beat
Participant observation
Jump
12. A position that is partial or slanted
Deck
Morgue
Bias
Story
13. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.
Masthead
Anecdotal lead
Spin
Copy
14. 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
Package
Editorialize
Graf
Lay out(v.)
15. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Jump
Shirttail
Off the record
Immediate-identification lead
16. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Anecdotal lead
Take
B-roll
By-line
17. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant
Follow
Angle
Investigative journalism
Hard news stories
18. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Date line
Circulation department
Pulitzer Prize
Sidebar
19. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
General manager
Jump line
Futures files
Sidebar
20. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.
Shirttail
Puff piece or puffery
Cutline
Cub
21. People or records from which a reporter gets information.
Sidebar
Story
Sources
Tip
22. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'
Plagiarism
Lay out(v.)
Closed-ended question
Tip
23. The place the story was filed
Paraphrase
Off the record
Lead or 'lede'
Date line
24. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Civil law
Column
Editorial
Lead or 'lede'
25. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Background
Clips
Libel
Press
26. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Graf
Follow
Deck
Caption
27. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
Add
Attribution
Multiple-element lead
Trend story
28. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Jump
Trend story
Crop
Sidebar
29. The name of the reporter
By-line
roundup
Investigative journalism
Press
30. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
Cover
Puff piece or puffery
Beat
Editorial
31. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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32. 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
Layout (n.)
Editorialize
Add
Soft news
33. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Puff piece or puffery
Masthead
Shield laws
Background
34. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Libel
Caption
Column
Profile
35. 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
Editor
Delayed-identification lead
HFR
36. A beginning reporter.
Verification
Press
Cub
Stringer
37. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Plagiarism
Cub
Sidebar
Puff piece or puffery
38. The major story on top of page one.
Immediate-identification lead
Lead story
Story
Voice
39. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story
Cover
Follow
Source
Angle
40. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
HFR
Deck
Credibility
Cub
41. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Package
Slander
Civil law
Take
42. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Shirttail
Exclusive
Editor
Sidebar
43. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
Off the record
Paraphrase
Crop
Slander
44. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Gutter
Source
Voice
Hard news stories
45. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Verification
Paraphrase
B-roll
Deck
46. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Crop
Libel
Screens
Brightener
47. Believability of a writer or publication
Wire services
Inverted pyramid
Cub
Credibility
48. A line identifying the author of a story.
Beat
Press
Human interest story
Byline
49. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
Editor
Multiple-element lead
Copy
Inverted pyramid
50. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Slander
Angle
Wire services
Participant observation