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Journalism Vocab
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journalism-and-media
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Plagiarism
Circulation department
General manager
Spin
2. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Verification
Jump
HFR
Beat
3. People or records from which a reporter gets information.
Jump line
Kicker
Sources
Op-ed page
4. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Voice
Caption
Bias
Source
5. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Editorial
Civil law
Shield laws
Column
6. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Crony journalism
Follow
Immediate-identification lead
Background
7. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Sidebar
Lead or 'lede'
Press
Multiple-element lead
8. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Libel
Shield laws
Masthead
Spin
9. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
General manager
By-line
Voice
Immediate-identification lead
10. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.
Trend story
Clips
Date line
Copy
11. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Verification
Editorial
Rules
Story
12. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.
Editorialize
Date line
Lead story
Editor
13. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Soft news
General manager
Profile
Anecdotal lead
14. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
Inverted pyramid
Take
Column
Package
15. The name of the reporter
By-line
Immediate-identification lead
Feature article
Investigative journalism
16. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Graf
Brightener
Kicker
Take
17. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Sources
Graf
Deck
Shirttail
18. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
Stringer
Multiple-element lead
Closed-ended question
AP The Associated Press
19. A line identifying the author of a story.
Deck
Libel
Sources
Byline
20. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language
Jargon
Futures files
Clips
Date line
21. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Clips
General manager
Sidebar
Tip
22. 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
Civil law
Hard news stories
Package
Voice
23. 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
Sources
Sidebar
Banner
Soft news
24. A position that is partial or slanted
Morgue
Gutter
Bias
Rules
25. Story that requires a great amount of research and hard work to come up with facts that might be hidden buried or obscured by people who have a vested interest in keeping those facts from being published
Crony journalism
Sidebar
Investigative journalism
Background
26. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Hard news stories
Masthead
Byline
Copy
27. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Source
Trend story
Cutline
Hard news stories
28. 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
Closed-ended question
Beat
Jump line
Angle
29. 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)
Layout (n.)
Wire services
Morgue
Package
30. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.
Copy
Source
Slander
Shield laws
31. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Editor
Feature article
Editorial
Delayed-identification lead
32. Information that is not intended for publication
Background
AP The Associated Press
Copy
Pulitzer Prize
33. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'
Editor
Cutline
Closed-ended question
Investigative journalism
34. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Jump
Participant observation
Profile
Inverted pyramid
35. To keep abreast of significant developments on a beat or to report on a specfic event.
Pulitzer Prize
Sidebar
Feature article
Cover
36. The place the story was filed
Tip
Date line
Closed-ended question
Lead or 'lede'
37. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Column
Take
Follow
Participant observation
38. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Pulitzer Prize
Story
Press
Plagiarism
39. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Slander
Cover
Crop
Anecdotal lead
40. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.
Byline
Puff piece or puffery
Cub
Editor
41. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.
By-line
Hard news stories
Lay out(v.)
Investigative journalism
42. Newsroom library
Plagiarism
Clips
Cutline
Morgue
43. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
By-line
Crony journalism
Circulation department
Futures files
44. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
Trend story
Editorial
Jump
Pulitzer Prize
45. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
Verification
Story
AP The Associated Press
Stringer
46. 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.)
Source
Banner
Soft news
B-roll
47. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
Jump line
Credibility
HFR
Layout (n.)
48. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant
Column
Angle
Editorial
Jump line
49. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.
Date line
Cutline
Plagiarism
Anecdotal lead
50. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Crop
Plagiarism
Morgue
Soft news