Writing
Jargon
Editing
Articles
Reporting
100
The use of any part of another's writing and passing it off as your own.
What is plagiarism?
100
A lead that coaxes readers into a story by making them read further to see what the lead really means.
What is tease?
100
list of upcoming events and issues the newspaper might want to cover
What is future book?
100
Stories that are considered to be not immediately important or significant to a wide audience such s personality feature stories or "news you can use" columns.
What is soft news?
100
Copy used under or with a photograph. It identifies what or who is in the picture and where it is taken. (Also called cutline)
What is caption?
200
Writing that expresses the writer's opinion and view point. In a newspaper, this belongs on the editorial page.
What is subjective writing?
200
An entertainer that passes off their outlandish ideas on the radio or on a cable show and try to pass it off as news?
What is a shock-jock?
200
News Organization that has reporters around the world and sells stories & photographs to newspapers.
What is wire service?
200
A story that focuses more on entertaining than on simply informing the audience. These may be written on virtually any topic.
What is feature story?
200
A brief description of the contents of a news story printed in larger type, usually above the story.
What is headline.
300
Ability to make fair, neutral observations about people and events.
What is objectivity?
300
In sportswriting, trite expressions stemming from the jargon of sports (for example, pigskin for football, grapplers for wrestling).
What is slanguage?
300
Preferred attributive verb
What is said?
300
A relatively short, usually unsigned column offering the opinion of the newspaper on a variety of topics.
What is editorial?
300
T or F: A reporter can send a complete copy of the first draft to a source before an article gets published.
False
400
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?
400
Overused, overworked, old, and trite expression (for example busy bees, blushing bride, dull thud)
What is cliche'?
400
On first reference, how are sources identified
What is complete name, including title?
400
News that is important and that readers need to know
What is hard news?
400
News should be relevant – of interest to – the
What is audience?
500
Journalism that crusades for social justice or to expose wrongdoing.
What is muckraking?
500
A sensational brand of journalism given to hoaxes, altered photographs, screaming headlines, frauds, and endless promotions of the newspaper themselves. The term derives from the name of the Yellow Kid, a cartoon character popular in the late nineteenth century.
What is yellow journalism?
500
Person or body that owns, runs, or controls a publication, setting braod guidelines and general policies.
What is publisher?
500
Reporting that uses extensive research and interviews to provide a detailed account of a significant story.
What is in-depth reporting?
500
Covering all sides of an issue as fairly as possible
What is balance in a news story?
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