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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. 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
Date line
Trend story
Background
Sidebar
2. The opening paragraph of a story that reports two or more newsworthy elements.
Pulitzer Prize
Multiple-element lead
Lead story
Screens
3. 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
Cub
Investigative journalism
Participant observation
Verification
4. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Libel
Gutter
Actual malice
Clips
5. 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.
Human interest story
Actual malice
Anecdotal lead
Inverted pyramid
6. Newsroom library
Cub
Morgue
Profile
Masthead
7. Information that is not intended for publication
Credibility
Background
Crop
Investigative journalism
8. To cut or mask the unwanted portions usually of a photograph.
Shield laws
Crop
Futures files
Press
9. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Participant observation
Inverted pyramid
Multiple-element lead
Pulitzer Prize
10. 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
Credibility
Verification
Jump line
Kicker
11. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
Slander
Human interest story
Crony journalism
Editor
12. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.
Tip
Op-ed page
Add
Editorial
13. Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.
Exclusive
Paraphrase
Press
Human interest story
14. A feature story that focuses on the current fads directions tendencies and inclinations of society
Bias
Crop
Editor
Trend story
15. 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.
Follow
Op-ed page
Human interest story
Investigative journalism
16. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Jargon
Kicker
Take
Paraphrase
17. Abbreviation for 'hold for release.' Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
HFR
Plagiarism
Deck
Crony journalism
18. The major story on top of page one.
Morgue
Gutter
Graf
Lead story
19. A line identifying the author of a story.
Byline
Brightener
Anecdotal lead
Rules
20. 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.
Copy
Jargon
Paraphrase
By-line
21. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
Wire services
Plagiarism
Beat
Follow
22. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Immediate-identification lead
Hard news stories
Crony journalism
Editorialize
23. Abbreviation for paragraph
Trend story
Sources
Immediate-identification lead
Graf
24. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Press
Take
Trend story
Lay out(v.)
25. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
Plagiarism
General manager
Paraphrase
Lay out(v.)
26. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant
Brightener
Add
Angle
HFR
27. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'
Civil law
Copy
Closed-ended question
Paraphrase
28. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story
Source
Copy
Editorial
Immediate-identification lead
29. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Paraphrase
Off the record
Delayed-identification lead
Angle
30. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Brightener
Sidebar
Lay out(v.)
Follow
31. The place the story was filed
Date line
Civil law
Press
Screens
32. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.
Crop
Paraphrase
Cutline
Rules
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)
Sources
Jump
Investigative journalism
Wire services
34. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Jump
Screens
Editorialize
Caption
35. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Column
Follow
Bias
Lay out(v.)
36. 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
Verification
Soft news
Rules
Participant observation
37. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Gutter
Caption
HFR
Plagiarism
38. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Paraphrase
Package
Jargon
Sidebar
39. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Attribution
Immediate-identification lead
Anecdotal lead
Press
40. 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
Banner
Source
Package
Sidebar
41. Usually means 'don't quote me.'
Editor
Kicker
Off the record
Attribution
42. Lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page
Morgue
Rules
Inverted pyramid
Tip
43. Short related story added to the end of a longer one
Feature article
Editorialize
Sources
Shirttail
44. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Immediate-identification lead
Masthead
Anecdotal lead
Kicker
45. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Deck
Trend story
Jargon
Circulation department
46. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Masthead
Participant observation
Crony journalism
Lead or 'lede'
47. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Tip
Verification
Credibility
Crop
48. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Exclusive
Trend story
Profile
Spin
49. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.
Verification
Wire services
Clips
Lead story
50. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
Add
Editorial
Cutline
Deck