Journalism Vocabulary

Gathering and reporting the news

• Editor

• Journalism

• Writer

• Author

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Lead

• opening paragraph of news story

• should contain 4 of the 5Ws

• beginning of written news article

• all are correct

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Reliable

• you can believe it

• dependable

• true

• all are correct

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

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

• Lead

• Feature

• Inverted Pyramid Structure

• News Writing

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

A brief summary of the life of someone who died recently

• Feature

• Lead

• Headline

• Obituary

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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

• slogan

• graphic

• headline

• news article

The official name of the caption under a photo

• caption

• cut-line

• byline

• none are correct

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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

• exclusive

• inclusive

• byline

• tabloid

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Writing an article trying to influence the reader's thinking

• opinion

• slant

• op-ed

• rant

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Story that can be published at any time

• B-copy

• Editorial

• Evergreen

• Feature

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C