Reporting Terms
News Writing
Interviewing Terms
Writing elements
Newspaper Format
100
The people who have something at stake in a story and who you must talk to for the story.
Who is are stakeholders?
100
The organization of a news story in which information is arranged from most important to least important.
What is inverted pyramid?
100
Person(s) or records from which a reporter gathers information.
What is source?
100
To put a quote in your own words to help clarify or condense.
What is paraphrase?
100
Display type placed over a story; must include action verb
What is headline?
200
An inclination that prevents objective reporting.
What is bias?
200
Form of verb voice that emphasizes the person doing the action, rather than the object being acted upon.
What is active voice?
200
Something you must do before recording an interview.
What is asking if you may record the interview?
200
Word or phrase that moves the reader from one thought to the next.
What is transition?
200
The line identifying the author of the story.
What is byline?
300
When everything a source tells you can be used for publication or discussed with others.
What is "on the record"?
300
Specific part of a bigger story that you will be covering
What is angle?
300
A sentence reflecting a source's exact words. Will be set in quotations marks.
What is direct quote?
300
Making sure that your article includes representatives of all sides of a story if possible.
What is balance?
300
The main text of a story.
What is body?
400
When a source asks that you not include information they provide you in a story or mention to others that you got the information from them.
What is "off the record"?
400
Coverage of a timely news piece related to the actions of government, business, or school.
What is hard news?
400
Asking a source to clarify or expand on an answer.
What is a follow up question?
400
who, what, where, when, why and how
What is 5ws and H?
400
The first paragraph of a newspaper story.
What is lead?
500
Reporting that is done in a way that the reporter's opinion is not known. Focusing on the facts.
What is objective reporting or news reporting?
500
Story emphasizing the human or entertaining aspects of a situation.
What is feature story?
500
Identification of speaker (source). He said/she said.
What is attribution?
500
The tone of an article, not decidedly positive or negative.
What is neutral?
500
A paragraph that summarizes the key elements of a story. The "so what?" of the story.
What is nut graph?
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