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Media Writing Vocab
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journalism-and-media
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Not prerecorded; usually refers to stories filed from a news scene
credibility
color
change of venue
live
2. A campaign by a news outlet to bring about reform or encourage government action
investigative journalism
general assignment
budget
crusade
3. The top news executive in a television newsroom - responsible for news content - budget decision - hiring and firing staff - etc.
news director
exclusive
stet
assignment
4. An indirect quote that summarizes - in your own words - what someone else said
paraphrase
localizing
libel
median
5. Violating the right of an ordinary person to be left alone
copy
invasion of privacy
freelancer
tease
6. To continue a story on another page
partial quotation
futures file
news release
jump
7. A web site where ordinary users can write and edit content collaboratively
background
dialogue
news conference
wiki
8. In radio or tv new stories - sounds recorded to capture the flavor of a news scene
invasion of privacy
copyright
natural sound
public figure
9. The space running vertically between two columns
news director
paginate
information graphic
gutter
10. Someone who writes a blog
lead-in
freelancer
slug
blogger
11. A rookie or trainee reporter
cub
byline
B copy
press conference
12. A device that projects a news script in front of the camera lens for an anchor to read
mug shot
editor
convergence
prompter
13. An unanswered question in a story; a significant missing fact that's identified when a story is edited
B copy
profile
hole
news conference
14. A recorded sound bit played during a tv news story
cutline (caption)
SOT (sound on tape)
blogosphere
pool
15. To delay or relocate a story
editorialize
bump
caption
spin
16. A person who gathers and writes news stories for publication or broadcast
reporter
press conference
puff piece
wire service
17. A phrase inserted into a story that advises copy editors that the information has been checked
copy editor
script
header
cq
18. A feature that provides drama or emotional impact for readers
human-interest story
kill
news director
logo
19. To identify the source of a fact - opinion or quote
browser
developing story
attribute
target audience
20. A typesetting mistake
copy
typo
shield laws
crowdsourcing
21. An ending that concludes a story in a clever way
fair comment and criticism
kicker
attribution
package
22. State and federal laws guaranteeing public access to most government records
agate
B Roll (cover)
tabloid
open-record laws
23. To delete part of a story
cut
broadsheet
narrative
stringer
24. To design a page on a computer
link
paginate
brief
maestro
25. Sombining a variety of media to cover a story
lead
convergence
liftout quote
gutter
26. Short for 'paragraph'
graf
stet
kicker
series
27. The section of a sports arena or stadium reserved for reporters covering the event
press box
stylebook
bias
prompter
28. A news story by a reporter that doesn't use actualities
puff piece
takeout
prompter
voicer
29. A graphic treatment of a quotation taken from a story - often using bold or italic type and a photo
justification
intro
hard news
liftout quote
30. unfairly favoring one side over another when writing a story
press conference
wrap
B copy
bias
31. Words appearing at the start of a first paragraph of a story that identify where the story was filed
masthead
dateline
syndicated columnist
yellow journalism
32. Questions intended to steer an interviewee in a particular direction
crowdsourcing
cub
leading questions
public official
33. When journalists take sides in a controversial issue - promoting a particular point of view
masthead
in-cue
advocacy journalism
angle
34. The newsroom department responsible for editing stories - writing headlines - and designing pages
freedom of information act
conflict of interest
background
copy desk
35. The story deserving the biggest headline and best display on page one - or at the start of a newscast
dig
lead story
B copy
podcast
36. To delete a story - or something within a story
kill
stringer
invasion of privacy
brief
37. Records or people providing journalists with information
stand-up
blogger
sources
takeout
38. To question or investigate in depth
dig
home page
brite
assignment
39. A way to measure the depth of a story
column inch
investigative journalism
feature
actuality
40. An interview printed in question-and-answer form
jump
follow or follow-up
Q and A
suitcase lead
41. Words the introduce some element in a broadcast news story
stringer
bias
cut
lead-in
42. An attention-getting lead
reporter
grabber
copy
daily
43. A story that explains the basics of an issue or event. also refers to an interview in which a source provides information - though not necessarily for publication
background
backgrounder
gutter
obit
44. A newspaper format that's roughly half the size of a standard page
sidebar
advocacy journalism
advertorial
tabloid
45. An agreement by a reporter and a source specifying that information revealed in an interview cannot be printed in any form
caption
off the record
libel
actual malice
46. Lines of type - often bold - used to divide text into smaller sections
subhead
angle
agate
microblogging
47. Newsroom slang for the crime reporters that summarizes facts about local arrests
blotter
public figure
dummy
podcast
48. The closing line where reporters say their name and station call letters
tag
puff piece
font
open-ended question
49. To inject the reporter's opinion inappropriately into a news story or headline
closed-ended question
editorialize
open-ended question
masthead
50. A group of reporters and photographers selected to cover a story where access is limited
column
invasion of privacy
layout
pool