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Journalism Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Cutline
Package
Actual malice
Wire services
2. 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.
Crony journalism
Libel
Gutter
Wire services
3. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.
Inverted pyramid
Add
Exclusive
Jargon
4. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
AP The Associated Press
Credibility
Shield laws
Beat
5. The major story on top of page one.
Libel
Angle
Lead story
Source
6. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Deck
Tip
Op-ed page
Hard news stories
7. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Cover
Column
Sources
Take
8. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Shirttail
Trend story
Package
Kicker
9. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Add
Follow
Inverted pyramid
Beat
10. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
Cover
AP The Associated Press
Cub
Attribution
11. People or records from which a reporter gets information.
Delayed-identification lead
roundup
Sources
Actual malice
12. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper
Screens
Bias
Futures files
Hard news stories
13. To keep abreast of significant developments on a beat or to report on a specfic event.
Cover
Bias
Editorialize
Trend story
14. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer
Banner
Soft news
Circulation department
Feature article
15. A beginning reporter.
Cub
Closed-ended question
Lay out(v.)
Delayed-identification lead
16. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Kicker
Shirttail
Morgue
Editorialize
17. The name of the reporter
Deck
By-line
Off the record
Lead or 'lede'
18. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
Attribution
Cutline
Slander
Exclusive
19. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Immediate-identification lead
Shirttail
Feature article
Layout (n.)
20. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story
Inverted pyramid
Lead story
Source
Kicker
21. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'
Closed-ended question
Sidebar
Shirttail
Press
22. A position that is partial or slanted
Civil law
Cub
Bias
Attribution
23. A line identifying the author of a story.
Copy
Byline
Kicker
Take
24. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
Wire services
Trend story
Crop
Background
25. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Deck
Press
Editor
Follow
26. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.
Futures files
Jargon
Plagiarism
Clips
27. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
Anecdotal lead
Inverted pyramid
Angle
Byline
28. Information that is not intended for publication
Bias
Background
Lead or 'lede'
Cover
29. 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
Voice
Credibility
Stringer
Crop
30. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Follow
Voice
Press
Caption
31. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Plagiarism
Spin
B-roll
Date line
32. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.
Date line
Copy
Kicker
Press
33. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions
Civil law
Circulation department
Feature article
Op-ed page
34. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Tip
Profile
Stringer
Plagiarism
35. 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
Brightener
36. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
Editorial
Slander
Sidebar
Angle
37. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Column
By-line
Sidebar
Closed-ended question
38. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Add
Verification
Lead or 'lede'
Crony journalism
39. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Shirttail
Masthead
roundup
Closed-ended question
40. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Press
Package
AP The Associated Press
Actual malice
41. 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
Add
Sidebar
Futures files
Plagiarism
42. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
Kicker
Stringer
Column
Exclusive
43. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.
Rules
Pulitzer Prize
Jump line
Cutline
44. 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.
Pulitzer Prize
Human interest story
Civil law
Exclusive
45. 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)
Shield laws
Pulitzer Prize
Column
Wire services
46. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Rules
Civil law
Sidebar
Spin
47. 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
Attribution
Futures files
AP The Associated Press
48. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Soft news
Graf
Closed-ended question
Off the record
49. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
HFR
Op-ed page
Verification
Lay out(v.)
50. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Take
Puff piece or puffery
Credibility
Gutter