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Journalism Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The completed page drawing.






2. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.






3. 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






4. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts






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






6. The major story on top of page one.






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






8. 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.






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






10. Newsroom library






11. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper






12. 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






13. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue






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






15. 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.)






16. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.






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






18. Abbreviation for paragraph






19. People or records from which a reporter gets information.






20. The place the story was filed






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






22. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published






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






24. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.






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






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






27. 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.






28. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.






29. 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






30. To keep abreast of significant developments on a beat or to report on a specfic event.






31. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.






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






33. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own






34. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'






35. A line identifying the author of a story.






36. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine






37. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page






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






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






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






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






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






43. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light






44. 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.






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






46. A beginning reporter.






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






48. Short related story added to the end of a longer one






49. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.






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