Writing
The use of any part of another's writing and passing it off as your own.
What is plagiarism?
When journalists reveal where the information is coming from.
What is attribution?
The first paragraph of a news article
What is a lead/lede?
Stories become news when they contain things like oddity, proxity, conflict, etc.
What are elements of newsworthiness?
Copy used under or with a photograph. It identifies what or who is in the picture and where it is taken.
What is a caption?
Writing that expresses the writer's opinion and view point. In a newspaper, this belongs on the editorial page.
What is the opinion/commentary section?
When we included why sources are in a position to know what they are saying, it provides ____.
What is credibility?
This indicates the writer of the story
What is a byline?
A story that is in-depth and NOT breaking news. These stories may be written on virtually any topic and are often profiles or features.
What is Enterprise journalism?
A brief description of the contents of a news story printed in larger type, usually above the story.
What is headline?
When there is a comma before the word "and" in a list of three or more.
What is an Oxford comma?
What is a deadline?
This indicates where the action in the story takes place.
What is a dateline?
News that is typically considered most important because it is timely. It often is delivered as a push notification.
What is breaking news?
A person assigned to check the same news source for each issue of the paper (for example, art, poltitics, sports, police administration).
What is beat reporter?
To put a speaker's words into the reporter's own words without changing the meaning or inserting opinion. Used to clarify lengthy, fuzzy or complicated thoughts. They do not have to be used in quotation marks.
What is paraphrase?
When you interview just one person.
What is a single source story?
When you only write someone's last name AFTER providing their full name earlier in the story.
What is a second reference?
One in which newsworthy events occur over several days or weeks.
What is developing story?
A source who is not named in a new story.
What is an anonymous source?
A grammatical construction that puts the object of an action before the verb, shifting the focus from the subject to the recipient of the action.
What is passive voice?
A lead that goes beyond a single-sentence summary
What is a narrative/anecdotal/feature lead?
Person or body that owns, runs, or controls a publication, setting broad guidelines and general policies.
What is publisher?
When a sentence repeats the information in a quote
What is a quote echo?
Method of journalism using just photographs
What is photojournalism?