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Journalism Vocab
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1. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.
Civil law
Layout (n.)
Lay out(v.)
Slander
2. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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3. 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
Circulation department
Kicker
Voice
Clips
4. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Circulation department
Plagiarism
Voice
Masthead
5. Newsroom library
Investigative journalism
Banner
Morgue
Angle
6. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Investigative journalism
Brightener
Kicker
Sidebar
7. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Shirttail
Byline
Stringer
B-roll
8. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
B-roll
Verification
Puff piece or puffery
Tip
9. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper
Shirttail
Screens
Multiple-element lead
Civil law
10. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
B-roll
Editorialize
Take
Morgue
11. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine
Editorialize
Verification
Feature article
Human interest story
12. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Layout (n.)
Trend story
Sidebar
Anecdotal lead
13. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Cub
Sidebar
Angle
Background
14. 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
Morgue
Beat
Column
Soft news
15. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Kicker
Spin
HFR
Shirttail
16. The name of the reporter
By-line
Masthead
Paraphrase
Deck
17. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.
Puff piece or puffery
Lead story
Civil law
Jump line
18. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
Profile
Wire services
B-roll
General manager
19. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Delayed-identification lead
Plagiarism
General manager
Soft news
20. The place the story was filed
Date line
By-line
Attribution
Sidebar
21. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Anecdotal lead
Add
Plagiarism
Delayed-identification lead
22. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.
Editorialize
Brightener
Editorial
Attribution
23. A story including a number of related events.
Cover
Package
Sources
roundup
24. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Package
Hard news stories
Cub
Source
25. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant
Angle
Futures files
Spin
Off the record
26. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
Gutter
AP The Associated Press
Futures files
Human interest story
27. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.
Screens
Add
Brightener
Beat
28. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.
Clips
Screens
Jump line
Angle
29. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language
Wire services
Add
B-roll
Jargon
30. Abbreviation for paragraph
Follow
Crony journalism
Caption
Graf
31. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Participant observation
Attribution
Jump
Tip
32. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Sidebar
Editor
Caption
Exclusive
33. Believability of a writer or publication
Participant observation
Multiple-element lead
Credibility
By-line
34. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Lead story
Background
Source
Pulitzer Prize
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
Follow
Jump line
Immediate-identification lead
Morgue
36. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Beat
Column
Byline
Off the record
37. A line identifying the author of a story.
Paraphrase
Closed-ended question
Byline
Masthead
38. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.
Add
Take
B-roll
Exclusive
39. 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
Morgue
Package
Date line
Crop
40. 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.)
Attribution
B-roll
Circulation department
Feature article
41. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Verification
Attribution
Add
Immediate-identification lead
42. The opening paragraph of a story that reports two or more newsworthy elements.
Multiple-element lead
Spin
B-roll
Sources
43. 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.
Human interest story
Copy
Rules
Voice
44. A position that is partial or slanted
Masthead
Actual malice
Brightener
Bias
45. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
Crony journalism
Caption
Closed-ended question
Editor
46. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions
Lead or 'lede'
Spin
Clips
Op-ed page
47. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
Wire services
Editorial
AP The Associated Press
Verification
48. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Kicker
Take
Press
Off the record
49. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Editorial
Banner
Cub
Slander
50. 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
Sidebar
Circulation department
Off the record
Masthead