Journalism Vocabulary

Front

Gathering and reporting the news

Back

Journalism

Front

Lead

Back

All are correct: opening paragraph of news story, should contain 4 of the 5Ws, beginning of written news article.

Front

Reliable

Back

you can believe it, dependable, true

Front

Style of writing that uses the 5Ws in the first paragraph

Back

Inverted Pyramid Structure

Front

A brief summary of the life of someone who died recently

Back

Obituary

Front

"Just Do It" is an example of a ---

Back

slogan

Front

The official name of the caption under a photo

Back

cut-line

Front

A story that a reporter has access to that no one else has

Back

exclusive

Front

Writing an article trying to influence the reader's thinking

Back

slant

Front

Story that can be published at any time

Back

Evergreen