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Journalism Vocab
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1. 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.
Immediate-identification lead
Sidebar
Puff piece or puffery
Libel
2. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Jargon
Attribution
AP The Associated Press
Pulitzer Prize
3. 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.
Tip
Investigative journalism
Anecdotal lead
Actual malice
4. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
Stringer
Off the record
Follow
Editor
5. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Angle
Puff piece or puffery
Hard news stories
Investigative journalism
6. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Feature article
Inverted pyramid
Take
Package
7. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
Off the record
Jump
Screens
Attribution
8. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Spin
Deck
Cover
Credibility
9. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Graf
Rules
Exclusive
Circulation department
10. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
Beat
Stringer
Background
Soft news
11. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Jump line
Crony journalism
Take
Plagiarism
12. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Press
Participant observation
Puff piece or puffery
Lead or 'lede'
13. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Lead story
Circulation department
Cutline
Caption
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
Rules
Multiple-element lead
Cub
Jump line
15. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper
Masthead
Off the record
Crony journalism
Screens
16. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Delayed-identification lead
Participant observation
B-roll
Stringer
17. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Investigative journalism
Caption
Civil law
Sidebar
18. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
Anecdotal lead
Slander
Banner
Crony journalism
19. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'
Lead story
Closed-ended question
Puff piece or puffery
roundup
20. 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.
Voice
Civil law
Human interest story
Futures files
21. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Tip
Slander
Voice
Cutline
22. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Futures files
Pulitzer Prize
Paraphrase
Layout (n.)
23. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Anecdotal lead
Package
B-roll
Crony journalism
24. 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
Clips
Crop
Editorial
25. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.
Story
Puff piece or puffery
Rules
Sources
26. The completed page drawing.
Layout (n.)
Lead or 'lede'
Multiple-element lead
Background
27. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant
B-roll
Human interest story
Immediate-identification lead
Angle
28. A beginning reporter.
Banner
By-line
Profile
Cub
29. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
General manager
Profile
Brightener
Hard news stories
30. The name of the reporter
Shirttail
By-line
Date line
Package
31. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.
Clips
Take
Investigative journalism
Source
32. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Shield laws
Column
Follow
Feature article
33. 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)
Wire services
Background
Lead or 'lede'
Shirttail
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
Sidebar
Morgue
Cub
Crop
35. 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
Investigative journalism
roundup
Soft news
Lead story
36. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
Inverted pyramid
Verification
Libel
Exclusive
37. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.
Bias
Shield laws
Banner
Sources
38. 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.)
Credibility
B-roll
Background
Trend story
39. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
Lead or 'lede'
Immediate-identification lead
HFR
Delayed-identification lead
40. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story
Jargon
Attribution
Source
Graf
41. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine
Add
Feature article
Editor
Bias
42. People or records from which a reporter gets information.
Banner
Soft news
Sources
Brightener
43. Newsroom library
Trend story
Morgue
Cutline
Delayed-identification lead
44. A story including a number of related events.
Clips
roundup
Verification
Editorial
45. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.
Spin
Slander
Package
Exclusive
46. The place the story was filed
Soft news
Exclusive
Lead story
Date line
47. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Press
Slander
Copy
HFR
48. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Deck
Follow
General manager
Kicker
49. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
By-line
Editorial
Slander
B-roll
50. Believability of a writer or publication
roundup
Spin
Credibility
Futures files
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