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Journalism Vocab
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1. Factual accounts of important events usually appearing first in a newspaper

2. Narrow margin of white space in the center area in a magazine newspaper or book where two pages meet

3. Shaded areas of copy in a newspaper

4. A newspaper story beginning that uses humor or an interesting incident.

5. Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives.

6. In libel law a reckless disregard for the truth such as when a reporter or an editor knows that a statement is false and prints or airs it anyway.

7. Believability of a writer or publication

8. Abbreviation for paragraph

9. The opening paragraph of a story that reports two or more newsworthy elements.

10. The machine that prints a newspaper. Also a synonym for a journalist or journalism.

11. A page of typewritten copy for newspaper use.

12. Similar to libel but spoken instead of published

13. A worldwide news-gathering cooperative owned by its subscribers.

14. Credit given to who said what or the source of facts

15. Short related story added to the end of a longer one

16. Newsroom library

17. Line of type at the bottom of a column which directs the reader to somewhere else in the paper where the story is completed allowing more space for stories to begin on the front page

18. Statutes under which an individual or a group can take action against another group or individual.

19. The main article on the front page of a newspaper or the cover story in a magazine

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

21. The major story on top of page one.

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

23. Most prestigious prize for journalists or photographers

24. Any written material intended for publication including advertising - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy.

25. The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine photograph.

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