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Journalism vocab 1 Flashcards

1
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Printed title of a newspaper on page one.

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Flag

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

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Feature

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To cut or mask the unwanted portions, usually of a photograph.

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Crop

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

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Guild

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

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Handout

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Spot news; live and current news in contrast to features

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Hard news

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Instruction to a reporter to cover an event.

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Assignment

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Designation on copy for “lead to come.”

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LTK

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Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line, ribbon, streamer, screamer.

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Banner

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Technique use to unearth information that sources

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Investigative reporting

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

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HFR

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Area assigned to a reporter for regular coverage. Also, an exclusive story.

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Beat

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13
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Continuation of a story from one page to another.

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Jump

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First paragraph in a news story.

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Lead

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Early edition, usually the first of a newspaper.

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Bulldog

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

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Exclusive

17
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Designation of the person being quoted. Also, the source of information in a story.

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Attribution

18
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Short, amusing story.

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Bright

19
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To emphasize the names of persons from the local community who are involved in events outside the city or region

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Localize

20
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Name of the reporter who wrote the story, placed atop the published article

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Byline

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