Journalism Vocab

Question 1

Photo Credit tells who photographed the image

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Vertical division of the page that helps to give it structure.Newspaper stories and image are measured in column inches

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Column

Question 3

A story written by a reporter working for a news service is what?

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Wire Story

Question 4

Short statement that grads the reader’s attention,summarizes important information in the story

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Headline

Question 5

Margin between facing pages in the vertical fold

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Gutter

Question 6

Formal statement of the newspaper’s name, officer, management and place of publication, usually found on the editorial

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Masthead

Question 7

Name and logo of the newspaper,usually at the top of the newspaper in large letters

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Banner

Question 8

An article that that includes the 5ws and H about an event that is recent and relevant to people’s lives

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News Story

Question 9

A brief story with a special angle that goes with a main story

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Sidebar

Question 10

Use of lines,screens,boxes and large first letters to break up areas of space on the page

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Graphic

Question 11

The author of the news story and his or her title

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Byline

Question 12

Tells the location and date of a news story

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Dateline

Question 13

Accompanies a photograph or illustration and explains who/what the image is about

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Caption, Cutline

Question 14

An article usually on the editorial page where the newspaper or staff and reader could express their opinion

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Editorial

Question 15

A short headline text or visuals that highlight articles in the interior of the paper

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Skybox

Question 16

When a story is too long for a column and is continued later in the paper, it tells the reader where to find the rest

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Jumpline

Question 17

An article in which the purpose is something other than recent news, human interest stories,investigative reports,etc.

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Feature Story

Question 18

Abbreviation for questions that should be from the information in any good news story.Who,what,where,when,why and how

Accepted Answer

5ws and H

Question 19

A Quotation is a statement made by a person other than the author and used in the story using direct or indirect quote

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

A quote from the news story that is separated and emphasized using special fonts and graphics

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Pull Quote

Question 21

A listing of regular features and sections, usually on the first page

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Index

Question 22

A report that evaluates a restaurant, book, movie, music album or other entertainment

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Review

Question 23

The first paragraph of the story that summarizes a story and leads the reader’s interest

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Lead, Lede

Journalism Vocab

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Journalism Vocab

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