Vocab Flashcards

1
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5 Ws and a H

A

Who, what, when, where, why and how

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2
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Beat

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Job, you can only write about one thing / beginning writer

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3
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Editorial

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Opinion article

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4
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Letter to the editor

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Editorial that a person or people send in

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5
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Scoop

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You got the story first

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6
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What is a story?

A

Dog bites man- no story/ man bites dog- story

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7
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Authority

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It is a person, rule, or regulation

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8
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Press release

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When the press prints off information from bussiness’s

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Lede/ lead

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Beginning of a newspaper article, has 5 Ws and an H in it

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10
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Attribution

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” he said , she said”,whom you are quoting

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11
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Headline

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The title, directly to the point

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12
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By- line

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Who the article is by

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13
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Caption

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The words under a picture, tells what that picture is about

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14
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Masthead

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The title or name of the newspaper or maganine

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15
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Accuracy

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How accurate you write the the article

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16
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Objectivity

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Your opinion isn’t part of the story

17
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Opinion

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When you have your own idea about something

18
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Interview EE

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The person being intern viewed

19
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Corroboration

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When an authority confirms something

20
Q

1 st amendment

A

Freedom if speech and press

21
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Freedom of the press

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Part of the 1 st amendment

22
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A press

A

A machine that was used to make newspapers

23
Q

Libel

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Damaging someone’s reputation by writing something that is false

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Slander

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Damaging someone’s reputation by saying something that’s false

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Censorship
When the govt says that a newspaper company can only print certain things
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Proximity
News is more important the closer you are to the people
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Suspense
When you don't know exactly whats going to happen
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Timeliness
Getting the article printed right after it happens, before its old news
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Gate keeper
Newspapers, let news in, and they make news for the future events - ex/ the fiscal cliffe
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What do you have to be as a journalist?
You need to be aware
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What is the inverted pyrimid?
Design of a newspaper article