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Journalism Vocab

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.






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






3. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers






13. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.






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






15. Believability of a writer or publication






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






17. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.






24. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.






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






26. 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.)






27. 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






28. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper






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






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






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






32. Newsroom library






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






34. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic






35. 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






36. A story including a number of related events.






37. 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.






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






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






40. Usually means 'don't quote me.'






41. The major story on top of page one.






42. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.






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






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






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






46. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published






47. A position that is partial or slanted






48. A line identifying the author of a story.






49. 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.






50. 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.






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