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Writing
Jargon
Editing
Articles
Paw Prints Weekly Fun Facts
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
Manipulate the lens of a camera to create the appearance of moving closer or farther away from the subject.
What is zoom?
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

The volume for this year (2021-2022)

What is Volume 54?


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
A fact or bit of information that will stick in the audience's minds and make them remember the story.
What is nugget?
200
The cutting or marking of a photograph to eliminate unneccessary material and highlight important elements.
What is cropping?
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

EICs for Volume 54

Who is Rani and Renee? 

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
The style of type a publication uses.
What is typeface?
300
A relatively short, usually unsigned column offering the opinion of the newspaper on a variety of topics.
What is editorial?
300

The two parts of the sports section.


What is sports commentary & sports news? 

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
The empty space in ads or page design that helps emphasize the message. If used effectively, it can actually attact the reader's eye.
What is white space?
400
One in which newsworthy events occur over several days or weeks.
What is developing story?
400

Janelle's profile picture on Messenger. 

Who is Patrick Star? 

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

A chief copy editor.

What is news editor or Who is Angela?