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Journalism Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Screens
AP The Associated Press
Anecdotal lead
Trend story
2. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Tip
Human interest story
Masthead
Profile
3. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.
B-roll
Soft news
Op-ed page
Lay out(v.)
4. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Follow
Feature article
Lead story
Editorial
5. 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
Circulation department
Puff piece or puffery
Sidebar
Tip
6. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
Stringer
Add
HFR
Editorialize
7. A beginning reporter.
Cub
Editorial
Immediate-identification lead
Sidebar
8. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Off the record
Tip
Slander
Jump
9. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.
Libel
Clips
Paraphrase
Inverted pyramid
10. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Soft news
Masthead
B-roll
Package
11. 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
Verification
Voice
Brightener
Cutline
12. A story including a number of related events.
Delayed-identification lead
roundup
Package
Sources
13. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language
Jargon
Hard news stories
Sidebar
Human interest story
14. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Feature article
Jump line
Circulation department
By-line
15. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Source
Verification
Background
Kicker
16. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.
Sidebar
Copy
Spin
Feature article
17. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.
Slander
Angle
Voice
Shield laws
18. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
Attribution
Jargon
General manager
Off the record
19. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Anecdotal lead
Participant observation
Closed-ended question
Spin
20. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.
Story
Lead story
Clips
Caption
21. Newsroom library
Jump line
Human interest story
Immediate-identification lead
Morgue
22. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Slander
Date line
Add
Jump
23. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Sidebar
Spin
Caption
By-line
24. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Layout (n.)
Futures files
Sources
Stringer
25. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Kicker
Immediate-identification lead
Brightener
Wire services
26. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Multiple-element lead
Crony journalism
Pulitzer Prize
Rules
27. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Plagiarism
Exclusive
Masthead
Off the record
28. To keep abreast of significant developments on a beat or to report on a specfic event.
Cover
Shirttail
Stringer
Puff piece or puffery
29. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Kicker
Futures files
Take
Brightener
30. A line identifying the author of a story.
Human interest story
Package
HFR
Byline
31. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.
Verification
Background
Editorialize
Date line
32. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Cub
Voice
Editor
Column
33. 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.
Paraphrase
Delayed-identification lead
Hard news stories
Layout (n.)
34. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.
Gutter
Kicker
Cutline
Human interest story
35. 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.
Libel
Civil law
Plagiarism
Human interest story
36. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer
Editorial
Shirttail
Banner
Screens
37. The name of the reporter
Shield laws
Cover
By-line
Screens
38. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Immediate-identification lead
Background
Profile
Kicker
39. Information that is not intended for publication
Op-ed page
Inverted pyramid
Trend story
Background
40. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
AP The Associated Press
Deck
Lay out(v.)
Credibility
41. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Lay out(v.)
Pulitzer Prize
Voice
General manager
42. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
HFR
Screens
Jump line
General manager
43. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Tip
roundup
Jargon
Verification
44. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'
Add
Closed-ended question
Sources
Libel
45. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Hard news stories
Human interest story
Deck
Graf
46. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Credibility
Brightener
Byline
Feature article
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.
Cub
Slander
Actual malice
Column
48. 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.)
Shirttail
Add
B-roll
Investigative journalism
49. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Feature article
Copy
Beat
Participant observation
50. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.
Add
Editor
HFR
Date line