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Journalism Vocab

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1. A position that is partial or slanted






2. 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.)






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






4. Abbreviation for paragraph






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






6. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.






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






8. 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






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






10. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.






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






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






13. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. Short related story added to the end of a longer one






21. 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)






22. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.






23. 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.






24. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper






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






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






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






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






29. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication






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






31. Newsroom library






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






33. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.






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

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35. The completed page drawing.






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






37. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.






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






39. The major story on top of page one.






40. 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.






41. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine






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






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






44. 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






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






46. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published






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






48. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.






49. Continuation of a story from one page to another






50. Believability of a writer or publication