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Journalism Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






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






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






5. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.






6. 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.)






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






8. 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.






9. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society






10. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.






11. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.






12. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.






13. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.






14. 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






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






16. 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.






17. Believability of a writer or publication






18. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers






19. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant






20. 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






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


22. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story






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






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






25. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.






26. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story






27. Newsroom library






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






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






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






31. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.






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






33. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published






34. 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






35. A position that is partial or slanted






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






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






38. The name of the reporter






39. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.






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






41. A beginning reporter.






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






43. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.






44. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.






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






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






47. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper






48. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.






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






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