Semester 1 Journalism Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. an unedited proof of a story (what gets sent to the first round of editing)
  2. 6. Journalism focusing on changing public attitudes and policy-making agendas
  3. 7. 12 pt. Font. The standard measurement in yearbook. A pica equals 1/6 inch. Typically there is one pica or 1/2 pica of space between photos and copy.
  4. 9. A page on which newly set copy is reproduced to make possible the correction of errors.
  5. 11. Abbreviation for the page OPPOSITE the EDITORIAL page. The page is frequently devoted to opinion columns and related illustrations
  6. 12. Passing off as one's own the ideas and words of another.
  7. 13. The line at the beginning of an article which provides the date and the origin of the story.
  8. 15. Stating Who Said Something - giving credit
  9. 16. Photos that are captured without posing your subjects or distracting them from what they’re doing. They’re great for capturing everyday aspects of school life.
  10. 17. The content of an article or news element
  11. 18. Any descriptive or explanatory material under a picture
  12. 20. An article in a newspaper or other periodical or on a website presenting the opinion of the publisher, writer, or editor.
  13. 21. area assigned to a reporter for regular coverage
  14. 22. an interview in which the interviewee wish to remains anonymous in publishing
  15. 23. reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter
  16. 24. Extra space around your page that is intentionally printed, then trimmed by the printer. The standard bleed size is 1/8 inch, and is usually used to allow for movement the paper during printing
  17. 25. element on a page that immediately attracts a reader’s attention.
Down
  1. 1. story emphasizing the human or entertaining aspects of a situation - a news story or other material differentiated from straight news
  2. 2. spot news; live and current news in contrast to features - no opinion, just fact
  3. 3. The final stage of the writing process when the paper is evaluated for mechanical correctness, such as grammar, punctuation, spelling, omitted words, repeated words, spacing and format, and typographical errors
  4. 4. The first paragraph in a news story.
  5. 6. a short piece of text placed under/ beside a picture in a social media post, magazine, book, or newspaper that describes that specific picture or explains what is happening in the picture
  6. 8. printed title of a newspaper on page one
  7. 10. The who, what, when, where and why appear at the start of a story, followed by supporting details and background information
  8. 14. Abbreviation for “paragraph”
  9. 19. a paragraph that explains the context of the story
  10. 20. story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition
  11. 21. headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page
  12. 22. name of the reporter who wrote the story placed atop the published article