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Journalism Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Believability of a writer or publication
Sources
Credibility
Hard news stories
Civil law
2. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Cutline
Layout (n.)
Brightener
Byline
3. 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.
B-roll
Lay out(v.)
Human interest story
AP The Associated Press
4. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Bias
Rules
Sidebar
Participant observation
5. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Lead or 'lede'
Civil law
Shirttail
Verification
6. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
Layout (n.)
General manager
Tip
Angle
7. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story
Attribution
Masthead
Story
Source
8. 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
Package
By-line
Screens
Date line
9. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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10. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Gutter
Tip
Clips
Inverted pyramid
11. 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.)
Wire services
Slander
B-roll
Futures files
12. To keep abreast of significant developments on a beat or to report on a specfic event.
Inverted pyramid
Cover
Verification
Pulitzer Prize
13. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Package
Credibility
Cub
Press
14. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
Voice
AP The Associated Press
Futures files
Graf
15. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.
Column
Editor
Beat
Lay out(v.)
16. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Byline
Jargon
Circulation department
Civil law
17. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Shirttail
Cub
Civil law
B-roll
18. A position that is partial or slanted
Investigative journalism
Bias
Shield laws
Profile
19. 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
Slander
Add
Investigative journalism
Inverted pyramid
20. Abbreviation for paragraph
Graf
Slander
Civil law
Source
21. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Slander
Libel
Soft news
Voice
22. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Graf
Spin
Hard news stories
Jump line
23. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Layout (n.)
Kicker
Shield laws
Sidebar
24. 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)
Angle
Lay out(v.)
Credibility
Wire services
25. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language
Jargon
Paraphrase
Immediate-identification lead
Tip
26. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.
Feature article
Inverted pyramid
Wire services
Cutline
27. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Spin
Participant observation
Soft news
Masthead
28. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Masthead
Off the record
Byline
Verification
29. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Take
Morgue
Slander
Sidebar
30. 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
Op-ed page
Jump
Attribution
Sidebar
31. The place the story was filed
Voice
Date line
Morgue
Libel
32. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Rules
Actual malice
Crony journalism
Futures files
33. A beginning reporter.
Slander
Participant observation
Feature article
Cub
34. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Add
Byline
Shirttail
Pulitzer Prize
35. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Stringer
Libel
Delayed-identification lead
Trend story
36. 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.
Libel
Follow
Wire services
Delayed-identification lead
37. 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
General manager
Soft news
Jargon
Story
38. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
Graf
Copy
Beat
Inverted pyramid
39. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Wire services
Actual malice
Crony journalism
Kicker
40. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.
Story
Jump line
Clips
Caption
41. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Civil law
Follow
Jump
Libel
42. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.
Cutline
Immediate-identification lead
Exclusive
Circulation department
43. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
Investigative journalism
Stringer
Feature article
Lead or 'lede'
44. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper
Copy
Slander
Screens
Column
45. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Caption
Stringer
Credibility
Jump
46. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Futures files
Tip
AP The Associated Press
B-roll
47. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'
Caption
Closed-ended question
Profile
Stringer
48. The name of the reporter
Human interest story
Sidebar
Civil law
By-line
49. Newsroom library
Human interest story
Shirttail
Layout (n.)
Morgue
50. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Jump
roundup
Add
Delayed-identification lead