journalism terms d - m

Question 1

dateline

Answer 1

Name of the city or town and sometimes the date at the start of a story that is not of local origin.

Question 2

enterprise copy

Answer 2

Story, often initiated by a reporter, that digs deeper than the usual news story.

Question 3

exclusive

Answer 3

Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.

Question 4

feature

Answer 4

Story emphasizing the human or entertaining aspects of a situation. A news story or other material differentiated from straight news.

Question 5

file

Answer 5

To send a story to the office usually by wire or telephone or to put news service stories on the wire.

Question 6

flag

Answer 6

Printed title of a newspaper on page one.

Question 7

folo

Answer 7

Story that follows up on a theme in a news story.

Question 8

futures calendar

Answer 8

Date book in which story ideas, meetings and activities scheduled for a later occurrence are listed.

Question 9

graf

Answer 9

Abbreviation for paragraph.

Question 10

guild

Answer 10

Newspaper Guild, an international union to which reporters and other newspaper workers belong.

Question 11

Handout

Answer 11

Term for written publicity or special-interest news sent to a newspaper for publication

Question 12

hard news

Answer 12

Spot news; live and current news in contrast to features.

Question 13

HFR

Answer 13

Abbreviation for “hold for release.” Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.

Question 14

insert

Answer 14

Material placed between copy in a story.

Question 15

investigative reporting

Answer 15

Technique used to unearth information that sources often want hidden.

Question 16

jump

Answer 16

Continuation of a story from one page to another.

Question 17

kill

Answer 17

To delete a section from copy or to discard the entire story.

Question 18

lead

Answer 18

First paragraph in a news story.

Question 19

localize

Answer 19

To emphasize the names of persons from the local community who are involved in events outside the city or region.

Question 20

LTK

Answer 20

Designation on copy for “lead to come.”

Question 21

makeup

Answer 21

Layout or design. The arrangement of body type, head- lines, and illustrations into pages.

Question 22

masthead

Answer 22

Formal statement of newspaper’s name, officers, place of publication and other descriptive information, usually on the editorial page.

Question 23

morgue

Answer 23

Newspaper library.