a survey about student's favorite news stories would be considered this type of story
What is soft news?
100
journalists must prepare these before going to interviews
What are questions?
100
the title of the newspaper in large letters on the front page
What is banner?
200
news that reports just the facts
What is hard news?
200
an explanation of a photo or other graphic
What is caption or cutline?
200
the 5Ws and 1H
What is Who, What, When, Where, Why and How?
200
Joe Smith said he loved horses, "especially Arabians." is an example of what kind of quote
What is partial quote?
200
a story that expresses the newspaper's point of view or opinion
What is editorial?
300
damaging someones reputation by what's printed
What is libel?
300
the line where the author of the story is printed
What is byline?
300
the style of writing where the most important information is written first, and less important information after
What is inverted pyramid?
300
stories for the Jaguar's Call must have at least two of these to show you did some research
What are sources?
300
everything that isn't copy, including photos, graphs and drawings
What is graphics?
400
the rules for a newspaper's formatting and submission requirements
What is stylebook?
400
the regular area of news that a reporter typically covers
What is beat?
400
In this type of reporting action and the use of strong verbs should be emphasized. Jargon and expert language is also generally allowed.
What is sports reporting?
400
this information should be put into language regular people can understand so they can understand an issue or process
What is technical information?
400
where all the publishing information, like editors and staff are listed
What is masthead?
500
a statement that says where you got your information
What is attribution?
500
the process of going through a story word for word, line by line, looking for mechanics errors
What is proofing?
500
to provide citizens with the information they need to be free and self-governing
What is the purpose of journalism?
500
the preferred style of writing in journalism, where the sentence begins with the subject/noun and the predicate/verb follows, i.e., NOT the way Yoda talks
What is active voice?
500
stories that are relevant to a time period of + or _ two weeks if you are publishing a monthly newspaper