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Journalism Vocab
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1. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
Beat
Human interest story
AP The Associated Press
Soft news
2. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
Jump line
Take
Editor
Shield laws
3. 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)
Clips
Delayed-identification lead
Wire services
Editorialize
4. Information that is not intended for publication
Credibility
Jump line
Background
Cover
5. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language
HFR
Lead story
Jargon
Shield laws
6. 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
Op-ed page
Jump line
Human interest story
7. A line identifying the author of a story.
Byline
Cover
Crop
Take
8. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.
Lay out(v.)
Pulitzer Prize
Morgue
Take
9. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Editorialize
Add
Wire services
Column
10. Abbreviation for paragraph
Graf
Date line
Follow
Source
11. A position that is partial or slanted
Byline
Crony journalism
Exclusive
Bias
12. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Editorial
Kicker
Shield laws
Background
13. Newsroom library
Spin
Date line
Morgue
Byline
14. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Anecdotal lead
Background
Libel
By-line
15. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.
Lay out(v.)
Civil law
Puff piece or puffery
Story
16. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions
Kicker
Beat
Op-ed page
Verification
17. A story including a number of related events.
roundup
Human interest story
Actual malice
Investigative journalism
18. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Source
Brightener
Editorial
Multiple-element lead
19. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Profile
Cub
Credibility
Lead or 'lede'
20. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
Jump
Crop
Multiple-element lead
AP The Associated Press
21. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Background
Masthead
Take
Graf
22. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Stringer
Verification
Lead or 'lede'
Kicker
23. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.
Story
Column
Hard news stories
Angle
24. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
Futures files
Crony journalism
General manager
Caption
25. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
Angle
Inverted pyramid
Editorial
Stringer
26. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
Civil law
Cub
Crop
Stringer
27. 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
Morgue
Beat
Investigative journalism
Byline
28. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Morgue
Pulitzer Prize
Kicker
Feature article
29. 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
Package
Take
Hard news stories
Jargon
30. Believability of a writer or publication
Copy
Credibility
Circulation department
Gutter
31. People or records from which a reporter gets information.
Background
Bias
Delayed-identification lead
Sources
32. 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
Follow
Immediate-identification lead
Cover
33. The first sentence or first few sentences of a story
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34. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
Off the record
Actual malice
General manager
Shirttail
35. The name of the reporter
Jump
Human interest story
By-line
Immediate-identification lead
36. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Trend story
Civil law
Human interest story
Delayed-identification lead
37. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Stringer
Deck
Hard news stories
Voice
38. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Paraphrase
Jump
Civil law
Crony journalism
39. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Follow
AP The Associated Press
Libel
Tip
40. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Libel
Immediate-identification lead
Lead or 'lede'
Masthead
41. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.
Clips
Angle
Crop
Column
42. Using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own
Column
By-line
Plagiarism
Tip
43. A collection filed according to date of newspaper clippings letters notes and other information to remind editors of stories to assign.
Futures files
Delayed-identification lead
Profile
Layout (n.)
44. 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.
Plagiarism
Masthead
Hard news stories
Paraphrase
45. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
Inverted pyramid
Brightener
Tip
Story
46. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Immediate-identification lead
Profile
Masthead
Editor
47. 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
Column
Shield laws
Soft news
48. 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.
Plagiarism
Package
Morgue
Actual malice
49. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Crony journalism
Actual malice
General manager
Sidebar
50. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Press
Tip
Editorialize
Soft news
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