Key Terms: Chapter One

accountable

• Journalists are answerable for the accuracy, fairness and balance of what they publish.

• To provide an additional benefit.

• Membership in, or connection with, an organization or movement.

• To mentally take something apart.

content

• Background and setting surrounding an event.

• Information and ideas reported in journalistic reporting.

• The exclusive right to reproduce a creative work.

• The quality of being believable.

context

• One of the seven news values.

• Background setting surrounding an event.

• A written set of guidelines for ethical behavior.

• A familiar and much-used description.

implicit bias

• One of the seven news values.

• Not favoring one side over another.

• Attitudes and stereotypes we hold unconsciously, which affect our actions, understanding and decisions without conscious knowledge.

• The result of creative work.

intended audience

• The eyewitness account from a reporter at the scene of a news event.

• A newsroom leader with direct responsibility to guard the integrity of a news publication or broadcast.

• A point of view.

• The people you hope will view, listen to or read your work.

unintended audience

• The eyewitness account from a reporter at the scene of a news event.

• A newsroom leader with direct responsibility to guard the integrity of a news publication or broadcast.

• People you did not necessarily expect to read or view your publication.

• The people you hope will view, listen to or read your work.

Journalism

• One of the seven news values.

• The discipline of collecting, verifying, reporting and analyzing information regarding current events.

• An online publishing format that follows journalism ethics and standards.

• A news story that adds information to previously reported stories.

media

• The primary headline of a news story.

• A website that is directory to other websites.

• A tool used to store or deliver information; Organizations and their employees and contributors that intend to deliver content publicly to a large number of people.

• A story, either true or fictional.