News Terms
Layout Terms
Types of Stories
Open Response
Misc.
100
This is the news determinant that exists when the story happens "close to home".
What is Proximity
100
This is another word for the "title" of the newspaper.
What is the Masthead/Flag/Nameplate
100
This is the name of the style in which most news stories are written.
What is Pyramid Style
100
These attributes combine to define a journalist's job.
What is objectivity, reporting, interviewing, discovering information and truth, writing articles with clarity and format, abiding by ethics and writing with balance. Also, finding fresh story ideas that people want to read about. Displaying facts and investigating trending events.
100
This is another name for a photo's caption.
What is a Cutline
200
This is the news determinant that is the opposite of bias.
What is Objectivity
200
This is the term that shows who wrote the story.
What is the Byline
200
The sequence lead, quote lead and then-and-now lead are all types of leads for which type of story?
What is a feature story
200
This is the goal of journalists but is oftentimes conflicting due to the fact that that every human being has opinions, personalities and different experiences that lead to at least a hint of bias.
What is Objectivity
200
These types of shots should only occur in Personality Profiles.
What are Mug Shots
300
This is the news determinant that means a story idea is "fresh and up-to-date".
What is Currency
300
This is the term for the space between each column, usually the width of a pica.
What is a gutter
300
A lead for a typical news story should include one or more of these.
What are the 5 Ws
300
Getting the right names, dates, facts, interviews and presentation of information all fall under this category of a journalist's job.
What are Ethics of Journalism
300
When shooting photos, this type of light should be used whenever possible.
What is natural lighting
400
This is the news determinant that connects to celebrities and people of importance.
What is Prominence
400
This is the section of the front page that shows which stories are included in the rest of the paper.
What is the Index or Teaser
400
In an editorial, it is important to include this in the conclusion.
What is a Call to Action
400
During the 1920s in New York, young newsboys fought to protect their rights, but were initially told to use exaggerated headlines to sell papers and unethical information.
What is Yellow Journalism
400
This news determinant makes sure the story is printed in the right amount of time so that it still makes sense to the reader
What is Timeliness
500
This is the news determinant that involves how many people have been affected by the event.
What is Impact
500
This is the term for the name of each section of the newspaper, usually found at the top of each page with a page number.
What is a folio
500
This type of story is typically written with a 5 paragraph base, with at least two paragraphs focused on specific critiques.
What is a Review
500
These are ways that Journalism has advanced, along with the Media in the 21st century vs. the past.
What is the Penny Press vs. current pricing, versus online news sources. What are blogs and newsmagazines. What are computers and internet sources, and new ways of conducting interviews.
500
When reading a story these terms help the reader know where to keep reading the rest of the story.
What is a Jumpline and Jumphead
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