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Journalism Vocab
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1. The completed page drawing.
Lead or 'lede'
Voice
Layout (n.)
Off the record
2. 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)
Sidebar
Wire services
AP The Associated Press
Kicker
3. 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
AP The Associated Press
Exclusive
Feature article
Package
4. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts
Editorialize
Lead or 'lede'
Off the record
Attribution
5. The name of the reporter
Editorial
By-line
Libel
AP The Associated Press
6. The department responsible for distribution of the newspaper.
Jump line
Sidebar
Circulation department
Editorialize
7. Copy which accompanies a photograph or graphiccopy which accompanies a photograph or graphic
Voice
Tip
Editor
Caption
8. A position that is partial or slanted
Lay out(v.)
Bias
Immediate-identification lead
Graf
9. 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
Column
Stringer
Human interest story
10. 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
Off the record
Editor
Verification
11. 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
Circulation department
Jump line
Trend story
Multiple-element lead
12. A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or person.
Bias
Column
Profile
Trend story
13. A story supplying further information about an item that has already been published.
Investigative journalism
Follow
AP The Associated Press
Exclusive
14. Hidden slant of a press source which usually casts the client in a positive light
Tip
Pulitzer Prize
Angle
Spin
15. The opening paragraph of a story in which the 'who' is reported by name.
Crop
Shirttail
Source
Immediate-identification lead
16. Legislation giving journalists the right to protect the identity of sources.
Crop
Shield laws
Cover
By-line
17. The person who 'edits' a story by revising and polishing
Profile
Immediate-identification lead
Clips
Editor
18. A line identifying the author of a story.
Crony journalism
Press
General manager
Byline
19. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.
Profile
Banner
Circulation department
Anecdotal lead
20. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.
Story
Cover
By-line
AP The Associated Press
21. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper
Jump
Multiple-element lead
Hard news stories
Civil law
22. Correspondent not a regular staff member who is paid by the story or by the number of words written.
Add
Voice
Stringer
Shield laws
23. Particular emphasis of a media presentation sometimes called a slant
Angle
Immediate-identification lead
Editorial
Exclusive
24. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.
Add
Date line
AP The Associated Press
Cutline
25. An article in which a writer or columnist gives an opinion on a topic
Column
Shield laws
B-roll
Layout (n.)
26. Believability of a writer or publication
Sidebar
Background
Credibility
Puff piece or puffery
27. A story usually short that is humorous or pleasing to the reader.
Hard news stories
Brightener
Package
Deck
28. 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
Masthead
Sidebar
Anecdotal lead
roundup
29. The individual responsible for the business operations of a newspaper.
General manager
Bias
Copy
Puff piece or puffery
30. The major story on top of page one.
Pulitzer Prize
Bias
Copy
Lead story
31. Continuation of a story from one page to another
Jump
Byline
Verification
Take
32. To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news story or headline.
Editorialize
Follow
Anecdotal lead
Plagiarism
33. The term most journalists use for a newspaper article.
Story
Editor
Hard news stories
Pulitzer Prize
34. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.
Lead story
Puff piece or puffery
Exclusive
Actual malice
35. A smaller headline which comes between the headline and the story
Feature article
Deck
Delayed-identification lead
Anecdotal lead
36. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper
Screens
Stringer
Libel
Cub
37. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published
Byline
Background
Futures files
Slander
38. Stories clipped from your own or other newspapers.
Editorial
Voice
Clips
AP The Associated Press
39. A person who talks to a reporter on the record for attribution in a news story
Source
Puff piece or puffery
Background
Add
40. The opening paragraph of a story that reports two or more newsworthy elements.
HFR
Off the record
Column
Multiple-element lead
41. A reporter's assigned area of responsibility. It may be an institution a geographical area or a subject such as science.
Beat
Caption
Cub
Jump
42. Any overly obscure technical or bureaucratic words that would not be used in everyday language
Participant observation
Editorialize
Jargon
Credibility
43. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet
Libel
Gutter
Cutline
Editorial
44. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers
Pulitzer Prize
Voice
Trend story
Civil law
45. 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
Editorialize
Puff piece or puffery
Crop
46. Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line ribbon streamer screamer
Wire services
Banner
Plagiarism
Hard news stories
47. An ending that finishes a story with a climax surprise or punch line
Source
Soft news
Kicker
Investigative journalism
48. Information that is not intended for publication
Actual malice
Background
HFR
Libel
49. To keep abreast of significant developments on a beat or to report on a specfic event.
Lead or 'lede'
Stringer
Civil law
Cover
50. A research technique in which the reporter joins in the activity he or she wants to write about.
Participant observation
General manager
Circulation department
Source