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Journalism Vocab
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journalism-and-media
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The place the story was filed
Kicker
Clips
Paraphrase
Date line
2. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Immediate-identification lead
Copy
Spin
Cover
3. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Shirttail
Off the record
Hard news stories
Jump
4. A line identifying the author of a story.
Stringer
Byline
Human interest story
Credibility
5. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
Inverted pyramid
Feature article
Spin
B-roll
6. A beginning reporter.
Kicker
Anecdotal lead
Circulation department
Cub
7. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Sidebar
Trend story
Plagiarism
Feature article
8. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Banner
Background
Hard news stories
Deck
9. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Editorialize
Shirttail
Byline
Rules
10. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Masthead
Column
Date line
Sidebar
11. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine
Feature article
Background
Column
Tip
12. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Closed-ended question
Plagiarism
Multiple-element lead
Press
13. A position that is partial or slanted
Package
Closed-ended question
Trend story
Bias
14. 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
Rules
Cub
Delayed-identification lead
15. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
Take
Libel
Background
Crony journalism
16. The major story on top of page one.
Lead story
Jump
Source
Kicker
17. 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
Jump
Attribution
Clips
Sidebar
18. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Kicker
Slander
Pulitzer Prize
Editor
19. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Immediate-identification lead
Jump
Off the record
Gutter
20. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Feature article
Trend story
Anecdotal lead
Futures files
21. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Participant observation
Jargon
Lay out(v.)
General manager
22. Newsroom library
Gutter
Jargon
Morgue
B-roll
23. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Press
Shirttail
Attribution
Brightener
24. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Attribution
Crony journalism
Follow
Exclusive
25. The opening paragraph of a story that reports two or more newsworthy elements.
roundup
Credibility
Multiple-element lead
Attribution
26. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions
Op-ed page
Crop
Take
Stringer
27. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
Follow
Cub
General manager
Puff piece or puffery
28. 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
Package
Sidebar
Voice
Verification
29. 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
HFR
Plagiarism
Profile
30. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Circulation department
Banner
Follow
Profile
31. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Byline
Feature article
By-line
Masthead
32. The name of the reporter
Add
By-line
Profile
Cover
33. 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)
Op-ed page
Sources
Source
Wire services
34. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Editorialize
Plagiarism
Lead story
Shield laws
35. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Puff piece or puffery
Verification
Spin
AP The Associated Press
36. 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.
Byline
Closed-ended question
Human interest story
Puff piece or puffery
37. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Crony journalism
Date line
Caption
Futures files
38. Believability of a writer or publication
Rules
Cutline
Anecdotal lead
Credibility
39. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.
Story
Verification
Brightener
Immediate-identification lead
40. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Press
Copy
Rules
Lay out(v.)
41. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
Date line
HFR
Closed-ended question
B-roll
42. Information that is not intended for publication
Futures files
Op-ed page
Background
Story
43. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
Immediate-identification lead
Beat
roundup
Delayed-identification lead
44. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Wire services
Follow
Futures files
Shirttail
45. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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46. 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
Civil law
Feature article
Soft news
Package
47. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
Background
Bias
Banner
Crop
48. The completed page drawing.
Copy
Layout (n.)
Column
Editor
49. 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.
Paraphrase
Lead or 'lede'
Actual malice
Morgue
50. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
B-roll
Screens
Crony journalism
Tip