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Journalism mid term

mid term exam

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attribution telling the reader exactly where or from whom info. was obtained
back-up quote a quote intended to support the lead in a story.
beat reporter reporter assigned to check the same news source for each issue of the paper.
brainstorming the art of obtaining many iddeas in a short time.
byline the name and often the title of the writer of a story.
caption copy used under or with a photograph. it identifies what or who is in the picture and where it was taken.
chronological style story written in the order in which it occured
conflict an element of news that involves tension, surprise, and suspense, and arises with any good story topic- sports, war, election.
consequence element of news that involves tension surprise and suspense, and arises with any good story topic- sports, war election.
copy typed manuscript version of stories, cutlines, and the like from which type is set.
credibility ability to be beleived and trusted- liability
direct quotation the exactr words of a speaker. direct quotes are set off in tpe with quotation marks.
dummy text a duiagram or blueprint for setting up a page for space and placement of copy, headlines, artworkheadlines, artwork, or other elementsphotos, and other elements.
editorial a relatively short, usually unsigned column offering the opinion of the newspaper on a variety of topics.
editorial policy a statment of the position of the paper on various editorial issues like the view point from ads.
evergreen a term appliedto material acceptable for publication at any time. timeliness is not a factor in the material.
feature story a story that focuses more on entertainment tan on simply informing the audience. feature sstories may be written on virtually any topic.
five w's and 1 h who, what, when, where, why, and how. these elements beolng in nearly every newspaper story.
font all chacters in one size of one particular typeface
headline a breif description of the contents of a news story printed in larger type, usually above story.
in depth reporting reporting that uses extensive research and interviews to provide a detailed account of a ignificant story.
jump to continue to a story on another page.
kicker a headline style featuring one secondary headline over one or more lines of primary headline.
leading the white space between lines of space.
masthead a statment printed in all editions of a newspaper, generally on the editorial page. indicates publications name, publisher, editor, staff members and the like.
news feature a feature story related to a breaking or developing story
news judgement the knowledge and instinct a reporter or editorcalls on to determine whether an event is news.
off the record an agreement reached before an interview begins that the interviwer will not print th info. the interviwee will not provide or will not attribute it to the source
open-ended question a question that is structured to allow the interviewee lattitude in anwsering. the structure of an open-ended question does not allow for a simple one word anwser like yes or no.
personality profile a thorough in depth feature story about one person
primary source a person whose buisness it is to have the best and most reliabvle info. about the topic.
q and a a technique for writing an interview story in which the reporter's exact questions are reported, followed by the sources exact anwsers.
sidebar a story supplementing, but kept seperate from, another story on the same question in same issueof the paper.
target audience that particular audience selected to receive a message.
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