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Writing
Jargon
General Info
Articles
Reporting
100

The use of any part of another's writing and passing it off as your own.

What is plagiarism?

100

What should you have with every article.

A picture with a caption

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. 

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
A fact or bit of information that will stick in the audience's minds and make them remember the story.
What is nugget?
200

What is the minimum amount of words an article should be.

300

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

When should you send questions for an interview in advance and  electronically

NEVER

300

A relatively short, usually unsigned column offering the opinion of the newspaper on a variety of topics.

What is editorial?

300

How many sources must you use

at least three

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

If you do not have these three things in your article you automatically lose five points

headline 

subhead

byline


400

One in which newsworthy events occur over several days or weeks.

What is developing story?

400

The person who puts the articles on the paper.

Logan/The editor and chief

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

What is it called when you only put a word or a phrase in quotes.

EX:"job shaming" 

partial quotataion

500

Reporting that uses extensive research and interviews to provide a detailed account of a significant story.

What is in-depth reporting?

500

What font and size should your articles be written in.

Times New Roman

Size 14 font