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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. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Pulitzer Prize
Attribution
Actual malice
Follow
2. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
Verification
Immediate-identification lead
Voice
Editor
3. A beginning reporter.
Angle
Rules
Cub
Spin
4. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
Story
Soft news
Inverted pyramid
Human interest story
5. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Layout (n.)
Circulation department
Cover
Tip
6. 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
Soft news
Editorialize
Attribution
Source
7. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
Crop
Shield laws
Date line
Graf
8. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Shield laws
Graf
roundup
Anecdotal lead
9. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Take
Story
Editorial
Sidebar
10. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.
Caption
Slander
Exclusive
Human interest story
11. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Cutline
Sidebar
Slander
Plagiarism
12. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Jargon
Angle
Editorial
Hard news stories
13. 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
Jump line
Cover
Libel
14. 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
Anecdotal lead
Op-ed page
Jump line
Actual malice
15. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.
Lead story
Copy
Multiple-element lead
Story
16. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Package
Lead or 'lede'
Delayed-identification lead
Sidebar
17. 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
Lead story
Op-ed page
Byline
18. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Background
Verification
Column
Morgue
19. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Attribution
Follow
Source
Morgue
20. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Op-ed page
Trend story
Editorialize
Immediate-identification lead
21. Believability of a writer or publication
Credibility
Off the record
Package
Background
22. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Crony journalism
Trend story
Jump line
Gutter
23. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Jump
Masthead
Civil law
Inverted pyramid
24. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.
Shield laws
Deck
Exclusive
Package
25. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.
Human interest story
Puff piece or puffery
Story
Libel
26. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Cutline
Inverted pyramid
Slander
Brightener
27. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Sidebar
Verification
Graf
Kicker
28. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
Civil law
General manager
Spin
Verification
29. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
Inverted pyramid
Brightener
Editorial
Editor
30. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Graf
Sidebar
Spin
Crop
31. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Wire services
Tip
Immediate-identification lead
AP The Associated Press
32. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Jump
Editorialize
Copy
B-roll
33. A line identifying the author of a story.
Futures files
Column
Byline
Sidebar
34. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Layout (n.)
Source
Sidebar
Kicker
35. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.
Civil law
roundup
Inverted pyramid
Story
36. 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
Masthead
Puff piece or puffery
Investigative journalism
Package
37. Newsroom library
Morgue
General manager
Anecdotal lead
Plagiarism
38. The major story on top of page one.
Beat
Wire services
Lead story
Editorialize
39. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Beat
Lead story
Verification
Morgue
40. 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.
Libel
Actual malice
Cutline
Jargon
41. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Sources
Profile
Op-ed page
Libel
42. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Editor
Gutter
Stringer
Participant observation
43. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.
B-roll
Attribution
Sidebar
Add
44. To keep abreast of significant developments on a beat or to report on a specfic event.
Cover
Multiple-element lead
Angle
Jump
45. 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.
Libel
Beat
Lay out(v.)
Angle
46. Information that is not intended for publication
Morgue
Editorialize
Background
Bias
47. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Caption
General manager
Verification
Spin
48. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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49. The completed page drawing.
Take
Kicker
Layout (n.)
Credibility
50. 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
Exclusive
Shield laws
Investigative journalism
Circulation department