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Journalism Reporting Vocabulary

Authored by Erin Rebekah Sperry

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9th - 12th Grade

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Journalism Reporting Vocabulary
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Feature and human interest, informational, educational, emotional or entertaining stories

Hard news 
breaking news
soft news
enterprise news 

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

News that is happening now and that journalists must cover live and on deadline

breaking news
hard news
soft news
enterprise news

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

non-breaking news, in-depth or investigative reporting

enterprise news
hard news
soft news
profiles

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

serious or important topic and has a sense of immediacy 

breaking news
enterprise news
hard news
soft news

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A story about a(n) ? would be considered a hard news story

upcoming art show
a musician's new album
an earthquake
new business

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A story about a(n) ? would be considered a soft story

government passing a new law
fire
an ordinary person winning a prize
crime 

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

(?) organize staff with a system of topics or areas of coverage

beats
general assignment reports
pitching
profiles

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