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Journalism Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Spin
Cutline
Masthead
Angle
2. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Follow
Press
Plagiarism
By-line
3. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Caption
AP The Associated Press
Sidebar
Brightener
4. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Verification
Multiple-element lead
Human interest story
Rules
5. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.
Background
B-roll
Actual malice
Copy
6. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
Jargon
Pulitzer Prize
Stringer
Editor
7. Newsroom library
Soft news
Gutter
Editorialize
Morgue
8. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.
Voice
Add
Sources
Shield laws
9. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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10. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Sidebar
Profile
Cub
Column
11. The major story on top of page one.
Sidebar
Lead story
Jargon
Cutline
12. 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
Kicker
Immediate-identification lead
Sidebar
Jump
13. To keep abreast of significant developments on a beat or to report on a specfic event.
Editorialize
Cub
Circulation department
Cover
14. People or records from which a reporter gets information.
Sources
Jump
Voice
AP The Associated Press
15. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Deck
Clips
Sources
Tip
16. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.
Op-ed page
Exclusive
Slander
Shirttail
17. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Press
Caption
Tip
Closed-ended question
18. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Immediate-identification lead
B-roll
Take
Paraphrase
19. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
General manager
Human interest story
Brightener
Editorialize
20. The place the story was filed
Date line
Editorial
Jargon
Credibility
21. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.
Package
Verification
Civil law
Exclusive
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
Hard news stories
Shield laws
Soft news
23. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.
Copy
Editorialize
Banner
Multiple-element lead
24. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Hard news stories
Slander
Soft news
Shirttail
25. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
Credibility
Layout (n.)
Bias
Editor
26. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Source
Hard news stories
Exclusive
Paraphrase
27. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine
Feature article
Beat
Press
Clips
28. The completed page drawing.
Layout (n.)
Copy
Jump line
Attribution
29. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
Layout (n.)
AP The Associated Press
Circulation department
Lead or 'lede'
30. Information that is not intended for publication
Sidebar
Background
Immediate-identification lead
Crony journalism
31. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Bias
Voice
Delayed-identification lead
Package
32. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Attribution
Cover
Graf
Deck
33. A beginning reporter.
Jargon
Cub
Soft news
Crony journalism
34. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions
Brightener
Verification
Soft news
Op-ed page
35. 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.)
Take
Profile
Package
B-roll
36. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Inverted pyramid
B-roll
Slander
Paraphrase
37. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'
Byline
Take
Lead story
Closed-ended question
38. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Gutter
Jump line
Spin
Beat
39. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
Jump line
Participant observation
Clips
HFR
40. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.
Puff piece or puffery
Add
Crop
Immediate-identification lead
41. Abbreviation for paragraph
Pulitzer Prize
HFR
Graf
Tip
42. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Futures files
Multiple-element lead
Deck
Caption
43. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.
Lay out(v.)
Feature article
Trend story
Cover
44. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Spin
Feature article
Anecdotal lead
Circulation department
45. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Jump
Kicker
Shield laws
Add
46. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.
Closed-ended question
Angle
Anecdotal lead
Cutline
47. A position that is partial or slanted
Soft news
Attribution
Caption
Bias
48. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Libel
Date line
Stringer
Off the record
49. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Voice
Rules
Sidebar
Immediate-identification lead
50. 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
Cub
Gutter
Jump line
Actual malice