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Journalism Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The major story on top of page one.
Background
Lead story
Masthead
Press
2. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
Exclusive
Cutline
Angle
Editor
3. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.
Press
Screens
Multiple-element lead
Trend story
4. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.
Take
Story
Tip
Pulitzer Prize
5. A direct question designed to draw a specific response; for example 'Will you be a candidate?'
Civil law
Bias
Closed-ended question
Soft news
6. A story including a number of related events.
Banner
Masthead
Caption
roundup
7. A page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page and contains columns articles letters for readers and other items expressing opinions
Angle
Op-ed page
Kicker
Soft news
8. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Anecdotal lead
Paraphrase
Cover
Crony journalism
9. Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter.
Jump
Shield laws
Graf
Crony journalism
10. The opening paragraph of a story that reports two or more newsworthy elements.
Multiple-element lead
Brightener
Shield laws
HFR
11. 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
Banner
Libel
Soft news
Civil law
12. Determination of the truth of the material the reporter gathers or is given.
Verification
Date line
Stringer
Take
13. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story
Immediate-identification lead
Gutter
Participant observation
Source
14. 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
Wire services
General manager
Sidebar
Voice
15. 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.)
B-roll
Beat
AP The Associated Press
Voice
16. Abbreviation for paragraph
Gutter
Beat
Investigative journalism
Graf
17. The 'banner' across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
Cutline
Masthead
Actual malice
Plagiarism
18. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.
Cutline
Add
Inverted pyramid
Lay out(v.)
19. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Source
Exclusive
Morgue
Caption
20. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.
Pulitzer Prize
Hard news stories
Beat
Story
21. Information that is not intended for publication
Column
Profile
Follow
Background
22. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
HFR
Column
Editorial
Masthead
23. A beginning reporter.
Masthead
Exclusive
Rules
Cub
24. An article expressing a newspaper or magazine owner's or editor's position on an issue
Shield laws
Editorial
Crony journalism
Puff piece or puffery
25. The place the story was filed
Column
Editorialize
Gutter
Date line
26. Opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is identified by occupation city office or any means other than by name.
Lay out(v.)
Delayed-identification lead
Multiple-element lead
Package
27. The organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance.
Inverted pyramid
Banner
Wire services
Op-ed page
28. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Graf
Plagiarism
Clips
Immediate-identification lead
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.
B-roll
Feature article
Credibility
Actual malice
30. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
AP The Associated Press
Human interest story
Verification
General manager
31. 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
Libel
Deck
Package
Human interest story
32. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Cub
Trend story
Investigative journalism
Spin
33. A typewritten page of copy following the first page.
Add
Caption
Masthead
Editorial
34. 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)
Jump line
Wire services
Morgue
Kicker
35. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Stringer
Credibility
Participant observation
Editorialize
36. A fragment of information that may lead to a story.
Anecdotal lead
Tip
Column
Editorialize
37. A secondary story intended to be run with a major story on the same topic.
Sidebar
Deck
Editorialize
Clips
38. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine
Feature article
Lay out(v.)
General manager
Stringer
39. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
Sources
Attribution
General manager
Exclusive
40. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Hard news stories
Rules
Investigative journalism
Deck
41. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Screens
Story
Jump line
Slander
42. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language
Jargon
Plagiarism
Angle
Jump line
43. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.
Cover
Crop
Circulation department
Copy
44. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.
Column
Editorialize
Jump
Shield laws
45. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Shirttail
Slander
Circulation department
Editorial
46. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
Attribution
Puff piece or puffery
Participant observation
Cover
47. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
Hard news stories
Beat
Investigative journalism
Human interest story
48. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Circulation department
Deck
Voice
Cover
49. The process of preparing page drawings to indicate where stories and pictures are to be placed in the newspaper.
Lay out(v.)
Crony journalism
Civil law
Closed-ended question
50. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Wire services
Gutter
Paraphrase
Masthead