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Journalism Vocab
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1. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Background
Kicker
Take
Circulation department
2. A position that is partial or slanted
Bias
Profile
Background
Crony journalism
3. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.
Sidebar
Exclusive
Add
General manager
4. 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
Jargon
Sidebar
Op-ed page
Crony journalism
5. The place the story was filed
Date line
Graf
Jump line
roundup
6. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Deck
Jargon
Profile
Civil law
7. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.
Story
Jargon
Participant observation
Immediate-identification lead
8. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Byline
Shield laws
Credibility
Delayed-identification lead
9. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer
Libel
Banner
Shirttail
Spin
10. Believability of a writer or publication
Source
Pulitzer Prize
Credibility
Editor
11. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Civil law
Clips
Multiple-element lead
Byline
12. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
Crop
Press
Editor
Pulitzer Prize
13. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.
Copy
Take
Lead story
Story
14. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Morgue
Cub
Slander
Add
15. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Hard news stories
Brightener
Slander
Stringer
16. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Op-ed page
Profile
Brightener
Paraphrase
17. 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)
Hard news stories
Actual malice
Spin
Wire services
18. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
Shield laws
Brightener
AP The Associated Press
Editor
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
Investigative journalism
Credibility
Editor
Banner
20. The major story on top of page one.
Angle
Copy
Lead story
Take
21. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Lay out(v.)
Investigative journalism
Jump line
Column
22. 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
Voice
Bias
Gutter
Inverted pyramid
23. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
General manager
Crop
Circulation department
Pulitzer Prize
24. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
Beat
Editorialize
Investigative journalism
Circulation department
25. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Puff piece or puffery
Cub
Pulitzer Prize
Crop
26. Newsroom library
Morgue
Angle
Cub
Editorial
27. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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28. 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.
Take
By-line
Human interest story
Civil law
29. The name of the reporter
By-line
Slander
Byline
Morgue
30. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Stringer
Byline
Crop
Immediate-identification lead
31. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
Gutter
Credibility
Graf
Stringer
32. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Soft news
Investigative journalism
Off the record
Jargon
33. 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
Sidebar
Jump line
Column
Inverted pyramid
34. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Voice
Multiple-element lead
Follow
Cover
35. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Take
Trend story
Anecdotal lead
Rules
36. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.
Package
Exclusive
Jargon
Inverted pyramid
37. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Screens
Participant observation
Editorialize
Date line
38. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'
By-line
Credibility
Copy
Closed-ended question
39. To keep abreast of significant developments on a beat or to report on a specfic event.
Multiple-element lead
Masthead
Paraphrase
Cover
40. The completed page drawing.
Angle
Date line
Layout (n.)
Immediate-identification lead
41. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story
Pulitzer Prize
Hard news stories
Source
Feature article
42. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Press
Tip
Human interest story
Attribution
43. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
Attribution
AP The Associated Press
Take
By-line
44. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
Morgue
Source
Verification
HFR
45. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Rules
Anecdotal lead
Date line
Inverted pyramid
46. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Jargon
Take
Circulation department
Source
47. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.
Clips
Feature article
Futures files
Rules
48. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Lead or 'lede'
Press
Spin
Human interest story
49. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Participant observation
Brightener
Soft news
Jump
50. 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
Source
Cover
Soft news
Morgue