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Journalism Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
HFR
Trend story
Clips
Brightener
2. 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
Lay out(v.)
Investigative journalism
Gutter
Screens
3. The major story on top of page one.
Hard news stories
Lead story
Libel
Delayed-identification lead
4. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Story
Verification
Multiple-element lead
General manager
5. 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
Libel
Sidebar
Sources
Background
6. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
Actual malice
Crony journalism
Kicker
Sidebar
7. The opening paragraph of a story that reports two or more newsworthy elements.
AP The Associated Press
Cutline
Clips
Multiple-element lead
8. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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9. Believability of a writer or publication
Civil law
Jargon
Credibility
Investigative journalism
10. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Credibility
Lay out(v.)
Copy
Shirttail
11. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.
Profile
Add
Sources
Rules
12. A position that is partial or slanted
HFR
Add
Bias
Angle
13. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Multiple-element lead
Delayed-identification lead
B-roll
Banner
14. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Futures files
Story
Press
Spin
15. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Human interest story
Pulitzer Prize
Libel
Sidebar
16. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Shield laws
Deck
Tip
Gutter
17. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Screens
Cub
Multiple-element lead
Profile
18. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Closed-ended question
Attribution
Off the record
Sidebar
19. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
Crop
Bias
Copy
Multiple-element lead
20. Abbreviation for paragraph
Anecdotal lead
Graf
Jargon
Delayed-identification lead
21. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Editor
Crop
Deck
Pulitzer Prize
22. 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
Jump line
Banner
Sidebar
Crony journalism
23. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Cutline
Paraphrase
Plagiarism
Circulation department
24. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
Brightener
HFR
Exclusive
Jump line
25. 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.
Actual malice
Lead story
Brightener
Inverted pyramid
26. The completed page drawing.
Layout (n.)
Cub
Lead or 'lede'
Tip
27. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Morgue
Spin
Stringer
Take
28. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
Add
Story
Editorial
Editor
29. Information that is not intended for publication
Wire services
Sources
Jump line
Background
30. The name of the reporter
By-line
Tip
Bias
Press
31. To keep abreast of significant developments on a beat or to report on a specfic event.
Cub
Story
AP The Associated Press
Cover
32. 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)
Crony journalism
Cover
Deck
Wire services
33. 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
Soft news
Investigative journalism
Stringer
General manager
34. 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.
Op-ed page
Human interest story
Attribution
Lead or 'lede'
35. Newsroom library
Pulitzer Prize
Morgue
Delayed-identification lead
Deck
36. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Editorial
Futures files
Layout (n.)
HFR
37. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Angle
Layout (n.)
Morgue
Follow
38. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'
Off the record
Lead story
Closed-ended question
Profile
39. 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
Stringer
Package
Delayed-identification lead
Closed-ended question
40. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Masthead
Bias
Story
Off the record
41. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
roundup
Anecdotal lead
Column
Spin
42. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Press
Editorial
Civil law
Sources
43. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Immediate-identification lead
Byline
Editorial
Jump
44. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
Byline
Off the record
Jargon
Beat
45. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Plagiarism
Banner
Jump
Inverted pyramid
46. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
Off the record
Editorialize
Sidebar
Attribution
47. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Closed-ended question
Gutter
Copy
Brightener
48. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
Op-ed page
Shield laws
Copy
Stringer
49. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.
Deck
Story
Paraphrase
Participant observation
50. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.
Slander
Pulitzer Prize
Date line
Editorialize