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Media Writing Vocab

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Newsroom slang for the crime reporters that summarizes facts about local arrests






2. Reckless disregard of the truth; printing something you know to be false






3. A newspaper format that's roughly half the size of a standard page






4. The term used for counting the number of visitors to a web page






5. The first words of a cut or wrap






6. Transferring a court proceeding to another jurisdiction after the prosecution or defense claims that potential jurors have been prejudiced by local media coverage






7. A collection of clips - press releases - notes and story ideas - arranged by date - to remind editors of upcoming stories to assign






8. Designation by an editor for a reporter or photographer to cover an event






9. An attention-getting lead






10. A compilation of newsroom rules for punctuation - capitalization - abbreviation - etc. with guidelines on everything from handling profanity to recording sports scores






11. To delay or relocate a story






12. Records or people providing journalists with information






13. An agreement by a reporter and a source specifying that information revealed in an interview cannot be printed in any form






14. A news lead that summarizes the most significant of the five W's






15. A section or fragment of a longer quote that you insert into anther sentence






16. A group of reporters and photographers selected to cover a story where access is limited






17. A web log; an online journal providing commentary news dispatches and/or links to related Web sites






18. The slanting of information by a source - usually an attempt to make someone look good






19. Reporters - anchors - disc jockeys - those paid to appear on the air






20. A graphic device that labels regularly appearing material






21. A small headline running below the main headline






22. A clickable word or image on a web page that directs you to another page or site






23. Short for 'paragraph'






24. A story clipped from a newspaper






25. Defamation by the spoken word.






26. To publish an important or dramatic story for the first time






27. A newsroom staffer who edits stories and writes headlines






28. A type of blogging where bloggers post extremely brief updates






29. The page opposite a newspaper's editorial page - usually reserved for columns and letters to the editor






30. To identify the source of a fact - opinion or quote






31. To question or investigate in depth






32. Stories that are lighter and less urgent than serious breaking news events






33. A radio news story that begins and ends with a reporter's voice 'wrapped' around one or more sound bites






34. Journalism that focuses tightly on local community activities






35. The placement of art and text on a page






36. A full-size newspaper






37. A rookie or trainee reporter






38. A way to measure the depth of a story






39. Any map - chart or diagram used to analyze an event - object or place






40. A 'follow-up' story that provides additional details about an event that was previously covered






41. A recorded comment from a news source






42. A recounting of an entertaining or informative incident within a story






43. To inject the reporter's opinion inappropriately into a news story or headline






44. Publishing or broadcasting a false statement that maliciously or carelessly damages someone's reputation






45. A typesetting mistake






46. Statutes that give journalists the right to protect the identity of sources when questioned during judicial proceedings






47. Adding description or human interest or slanting it unfairly by adding bias






48. Violating the right of an ordinary person to be left alone






49. Words the introduce some element in a broadcast news story






50. Words appearing at the start of a first paragraph of a story that identify where the story was filed