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Journalism Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Actual malice
Lay out(v.)
Delayed-identification lead
Participant observation
2. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.
Clips
Background
Human interest story
Immediate-identification lead
3. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.
Sources
Exclusive
Voice
Column
4. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.
Masthead
Copy
Angle
roundup
5. Information that is not intended for publication
Background
Exclusive
Multiple-element lead
Puff piece or puffery
6. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Credibility
Circulation department
Delayed-identification lead
Caption
7. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story
Source
Copy
Jump line
Closed-ended question
8. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.
Feature article
Shield laws
By-line
roundup
9. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
Story
Crony journalism
Lead story
Package
10. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
Credibility
Press
Lead or 'lede'
Beat
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
Actual malice
Copy
Puff piece or puffery
Voice
12. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Gutter
Spin
Layout (n.)
Byline
13. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Press
Masthead
Hard news stories
Cutline
14. A beginning reporter.
Editor
Feature article
Cub
Editorial
15. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Civil law
Tip
Package
Exclusive
16. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
AP The Associated Press
Copy
Kicker
Delayed-identification lead
17. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine
Feature article
Verification
Cover
roundup
18. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Plagiarism
Exclusive
Cub
Beat
19. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
Stringer
Closed-ended question
Follow
Voice
20. 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.
Cub
Anecdotal lead
Paraphrase
Actual malice
21. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Press
Pulitzer Prize
Paraphrase
Wire services
22. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
Byline
Editorial
Crop
Shield laws
23. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.
Editorialize
Crony journalism
Tip
Kicker
24. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Angle
Editorial
Lead or 'lede'
Gutter
25. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions
Op-ed page
Exclusive
Bias
Jump line
26. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
Deck
Morgue
AP The Associated Press
Crop
27. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Source
Column
Futures files
Slander
28. The major story on top of page one.
Press
Plagiarism
Immediate-identification lead
Lead story
29. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Tip
Brightener
Editorial
Date line
30. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Clips
Puff piece or puffery
Jump
Column
31. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.
Cutline
Hard news stories
Lead story
Crony journalism
32. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Trend story
Angle
Deck
Follow
33. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Rules
Kicker
Take
Sidebar
34. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Jump
Take
Cub
Cover
35. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Futures files
B-roll
Shield laws
Press
36. The name of the reporter
By-line
Screens
Tip
Plagiarism
37. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Slander
Rules
Off the record
Banner
38. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Cover
Brightener
Immediate-identification lead
Copy
39. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.
Add
Lay out(v.)
Graf
Package
40. A line identifying the author of a story.
Byline
Participant observation
Op-ed page
Plagiarism
41. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
Wire services
Editorialize
Package
Attribution
42. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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43. The place the story was filed
Date line
Source
Deck
Circulation department
44. 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
Trend story
Sidebar
Copy
Jump line
45. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.
Cutline
Story
By-line
Immediate-identification lead
46. To keep abreast of significant developments on a beat or to report on a specfic event.
Editor
Sidebar
Cover
Beat
47. The completed page drawing.
Credibility
Layout (n.)
Investigative journalism
Actual malice
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.)
AP The Associated Press
Stringer
B-roll
Caption
49. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Wire services
Participant observation
Screens
Brightener
50. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Morgue
Plagiarism
Byline
Profile