FBLA Journalism Test Part 2

The editor of a website for a newspaper or television station

The page opposite the editorial page, frequently reserved for columns, letters to the editor and personality profiles.

A question that permits the respondent some latitude in the answer-for example, "How did you get involved in politics?"

A state or federal law guaranteeing public access to meetings of public officials. Also called a sunshine law

A state or federal law guaranteeing public access to many-but not all- kinds of government records

Short for portable document format. An electronic facsimile of a printed document

The individual who advises editors on the use of photographs in the newspaper. The photo editor also may supervise in the photography department

Using any part of another person's writing and passing it off as your own

A method of distributing multimedia files, usually audio or video, to mobile devices or personal computers so that consumers can listen or watch on demand. The term derived from Apple Inc.'s iPod, but podcasts may be received by almost any music player or computer

The machine that prints the newspaper. Also a synonym for journalism, as in the phrase "freedom of the press". Sometimes used to denote print journalism, as distinguished from broadcast journalism.