Journalism Vocab
When a report favors one side or opinion instead of being fair.
Bias
By making sure information is correct and not wrong, a journalist shows this trait.
Accuracy
Exercising this 1st Amendment right might look like taking a moment to pray in a public space.
Religion
The general name for journalists and news outlets.
The press
A person who saw an event happen with their own eyes.
Eyewitness
A journalist with this trait takes responsibility for their reporting mistakes and fixes them.
Accountability
Exercising this 1st Amendment right might look like sharing your opinions about the president on social media.
Speech
Someone who gathers news reports for a news organization.
Reporter
A person, place, or document where a journalist gets information.
Source
Reporting news without being controlled by money, power, or personal opinions.
Independence
Exercising this 1st Amendment right might look like gathering at city hall to peacefully protest a new law.
Assembly
When a someone who isn't a professional journalist shares news and information with their community or online.
Citizen Journalist
This is the title of a news story.
Headline
A journalist has this when they show care and respect for the people in their news stories.
Humanity
Exercising this 1st Amendment right might look like collecting signatures to ask your governor to allow phones in Ohio schools.
Petition
The head of a news organization--this person chooses what stories get shared.
Editor
This is the name for all means of mass communication (movies, TV, news, games, online posts, etc.).
Media
When a journalist is fair and does not take sides.
Impartial
Exercising this 1st Amendment right might look like a social media influencer who finds out a congressperson committed a crime, then posts this accurate information online.
Press
Someone who tells news stories through photographs.
Photo Journalist