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Media Writing Vocab
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Subject
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journalism-and-media
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. An early version of a story
live
draft
html
wire service
2. A person who assigns - approves - or corrects stories for publication or broadcast
post
op-ed page
flag
editor
3. A small photo showing a person's face
inverted pyramid
mug shot
link
blotter
4. A section or fragment of a longer quote that you insert into anther sentence
beat
partial quotation
cover
paraphrase
5. A roundup of stories by each department of a newsroom
font
liftout quote
budget
hole
6. A full-size newspaper
privilege
crowdsourcing
attribute
broadsheet
7. To kill or withhold a story from publication
spike
fact sheet
color
reporter
8. A direct question intended to elicit a yes-or-not answer
general assignment
broadsheet
fair comment and criticism
closed-ended question
9. A software program that enables you to view Web pages
blotter
futures file
journalese
browser
10. A line or paragraph that alerts readers to a related story elsewhere in the paper or on the web site
refer
off the record
exclusive
deep background
11. The person who reads the news during a newscast and provides transition between stories
anchor
open-record laws
html
clip
12. A 1966 law requiring federal agencies to make most of their records available to the public upon request
kicker
brief
assignment
freedom of information act
13. Violating the right of an ordinary person to be left alone
anchor
citizen journalist
soft news
invasion of privacy
14. Gathering information for a news story from a group of online readers
copy desk
social networking
obit
crowdsourcing
15. Sombining a variety of media to cover a story
cq
convergence
freedom of information act
fact sheet
16. Questions intended to steer an interviewee in a particular direction
style
press release
leading questions
running story
17. A write whose commentary is sold and distributed by a news organization for reprinting in other publications
graf
tag
brief
syndicated columnist
18. To identify the source of a fact - opinion or quote
pad
reporter
attribute
takeout
19. An interview session where someone fields questions from a group of reporters
spike
trend story
news conference
news release
20. Records or people providing journalists with information
conflict of interest
sources
op-ed page
human-interest story
21. A news story by a reporter that doesn't use actualities
voicer
color
jump
leading questions
22. To inject the reporter's opinion inappropriately into a news story or headline
crusade
editorialize
op-ed page
voicer
23. Used to highlight items listed in the text
bullet
column inch
blogosphere
advertorial
24. A story layout designed across two facing pages
spread
maestro
quote
investigative journalism
25. To design a page on a computer
paginate
tease
closed-ended question
off the record
26. The right of journalists to print their opinion on the performance of public figures or entertainers
in-cue
press conference
talent
fair comment and criticism
27. A package of information about a product - group or event - often containing background information - photos - news releases and so on
flag
median kit
open-record laws
delayed identification lead
28. The use of quotes to re-create a conversation between two or more people
headline
profile
dialogue
font
29. The placement of art and text on a page
draft
nut graph
wire service
layout
30. A non-breaking-news story on people - trends or issues
open-ended question
feature
pool
byline
31. A type of news lead that withholds a significant piece of information (usually a person's last name)
caption
VO (voice over)
delayed identification lead
immediate identification lead
32. A part-time correspondent who is not a regular newsroom employee but gets paid by the story
suitcase lead
enterprise story
backgrounder
stringer
33. A recorded comment from a news source
beatblog
subhead
sound bite
agate
34. A person who gathers and writes news stories for publication or broadcast
font
dialogue
reporter
leading questions
35. A writer's unique blend of syntax - vocabulary and perspective that gives his or her writing its characteristic personality
subhead
style
narrative
user-generated content
36. A device that projects a news script in front of the camera lens for an anchor to read
paginate
lead-in
microblogging
prompter
37. A longer analysis piece that attempts to put a complex issue into perspective
kill
angle
RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
takeout
38. To continue a story on another page
summary lead
broadcast
jump
logo
39. Software used to produced animated graphics
futures file
flash
pool
staffer
40. A typeface
refer
slander
pad
font
41. Journalism that focuses tightly on local community activities
invasion of privacy
hyperlocal
editorialize
puff piece
42. To delete part of a story
immediate identification lead
draft
cut
package
43. A clickable word or image on a web page that directs you to another page or site
profile
link
op-ed page
story
44. A story clipped from a newspaper
human-interest story
inverted pyramid
closed-ended question
clip
45. A lead that begins a story by placing readers in the middle of the action
leading questions
profile
sidebar
narrative lead
46. Reckless disregard of the truth; printing something you know to be false
anecdote
actual malice
lead-in
pad
47. Defamation by the spoken word.
public official
slander
Q and A
post
48. A recorded sound bit played during a tv news story
jump
caption
SOT (sound on tape)
deep background
49. The middle number or halfway point in a series of numbers arranged by size
median
story
cq
publisher
50. A graphic treatment of a quotation taken from a story - often using bold or italic type and a photo
Pulitzer Prize
slander
flag
liftout quote