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Journalism Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The name of the reporter






2. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line






3. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.






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






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






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






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






8. The completed page drawing.






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.






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






18. Abbreviation for paragraph






19. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic






20. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published






21. 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.






22. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.






23. 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






24. A story including a number of related events.






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






31. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light






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






33. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.






34. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.






35. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.






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






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






38. 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)






39. 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.






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






41. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication






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






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






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






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






46. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer






47. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.






48. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper






49. 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






50. 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.