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Journalism
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Misc
100
Name of the reporter who wrote the story, placed atop the published article.
What is byline
100
First paragraph in a news story.
What is lead
100
Story emphasizing the human or entertaining aspects of a situation. A news story or other material differentiated from straight news
What is Features
100
This man is so famous that his name is on the prize given for the best journalism contributions. He wrote for newspapers and later purchased and ran the New York World. He was indicted for libel when he exposed an illegal payment to the French Panama Canal Company, but since the story was based on fact, the indictment was dismissed.
What is Joseph Pulitzer
100
Technique use to unearth information that sources often want hidden.
What is investigative reporting
200
Area assigned to a reporter for regular coverage. Also, an exclusive story.
What is Beat
200
The content of a news article.
What is copy
200
Abbreviation for the page opposite the editorial page. The page is frequently devoted to opinion columns and related illustrations.
What is op ed page
200
As one of the most influential broadcasters, she was one of the first women to become a successful broadcast journalist. She started as a research and writer, and soon worked up to become an interviewer and one of the faces of television.
Who is Barbara Walters.
200
Story that emphasizes and elaborates on one part of another nearby story
What is sidebar
300
Any descriptive or explanatory material under a picture.
What is cutline
300
To draw your reader in with a question.
What is Question lead
300
This is where you draw a picture with words to put your reader into the scene and is very effective for this section
What is features
300
The inventor and founding father was also a journalist. His The Pennsylvania Gazette began in the 1730s, and Franklin used it to help get his ideas out there and influence the populace leading up to the American Revolution.
Who is Ben Franklin
300
To write a story so as to influence the reader’s thinking
What is slant
400
Name of the city or town and sometimes the date at the start of a story that is not of local origin.
What is dateline
400
Formal statement of newspaper’s name, officers, place of publication and other descriptive information, usually on the editorial page.
What is masthead
400
This answers the 5Ws of the story in one sentence. This lead is used in which section most often...
What is news
400
Well known as one of the biggest publishers and journalists of his time. He started with The San Francisco Examiner, and went from there. Was one of the instigators of “yellow journalism” which started a whole branch of journalism that involved sensationalism.
Who is William Randolph Hearst
400
Newspaper library
What is morgue
500
Continuation of a story from one page to another.
What is jump
500
The model used to describe how a news story is structured. It means the heaviest or most important news goes at the top of the story, and the lightest, or least important, goes at the bottom.
What is inverted pyramid
500
Spot news; live and current news in contrast to features
What is hard news
500
American journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochrane remains notable for two feats: a record-breaking trip around the world in emulation of Jules Verne's character Phileas Fogg, and an exposé in which she faked insanity to study a mental institution from within. Her pen name was ...
Who is Nellie Bly
500
To draw the reader in with a story.
What is anecdotal lead
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