Journalism Terms
Radio and television are the primary mediums for this type of journalism.
What is broadcast.
This journalist was telling tales in his fabricated stories for The New Republic.
Who is Stephen Glass.
This famous Manhattanite publication is a last bastion for news cartoons.
What is the New Yorker.
What is the printing press.
Donald Trump popularized this term for fantastical reporting.
What is fake news.
You can't scroll on this old-school daily newspaper format.
What is broadsheet.
This former college basketball star turned broadcaster first made a name for herself on Good Morning America.
Who is Robin Roberts.
Amazon frontman owns this 76-time Pulitzer Prize-wining newspaper.
What is The Washington Post.
What is the telephone.
These warring media outlets claim the share of left and right-of-center news junkies.
What is MSNBC and FOX News. (I'll also accept CNN and FOX News.)
What is a Podcast.
This American Life's bespectacled creator.
You might be an intellectual, pretentious progressive if you conform to this publication's stereotypical reader.
What is The New York Times.
Thanks to former VP Albert Gore or not, this innovation forever changed the way we consume information.
What is the internet, web, etc.
_______, photos, and captions make up the three major components of visual media.
What is copy.
Lede - the term opening paragraph to a news story - gets it's name from the outmoded use of this heavy metal in the printing press.
What is lead.
This mustachioed broadcast stalwart reported on the JFK assassination for CBS news in 1963.
Who is Walter Cronkite.
You'll not find many truths when you peel back the layers of this malodorous publication.
What is The Onion.
We're just now learning how this simulated smartness will affect journalism - and perhaps life as we now it.
What is artificial intelligence.
This hush-hush reporting convention protects the subject.
What is off the record (of background / deep background)
You wouldn't know your truth from trick without these essential, behind-the-scenes verifiers.
What are fact checkers.
During her esteemed career, this broadcast megastar interviewed every sitting U.S. president and first lady from Richard and Pat Nixon to Barack and Michelle Obama.
Who is Barbara Walters.
You might know this broadcast station from your parents' FM car radio.
What is NPR.
This analogue alternative is your generations' consumption method of choice.
What is digital / digital news.
At the press, the buck stops here with this top decision maker.
What is editor-in-chief.