Quiz: Broadcast Journalism terms

What are natural sounds?

• The person hosting a newscast.

• Sounds recorded to capture the flavor of a news scene, such as birds singing, crowds cheering, or planes landing.

• Not prerecorded; usually refers to stories filed from a news scene.

• The first words of a sound bite or reporter wrap.

What is a lead-in?

• The closing line where reporters say their names and station call letters.

• The final words of a sound bite or reporter wrap.

• Words that introduce some element in the story, such as identifying the source in a sound bite.

• A story that begins and ends with a reporter's voice 'wrapped' around one or more sound bites.

Who is an anchor?

• The person hosting a newscast.

• A stand-up that moves the TV story from one angle to another.

• Video images shot at a news scene that are later used to cover a sound bite or reporter's track recorded separately.

• What's said as one TV anchor or reporter hands off to another.

What is a bridge?

• The closing line where reporters say their names and station call letters.

• Stands for 'voice-over'; when the anchor speaks over video or a reporter narrates over B-roll.

• A scheduled radio or television program that presents news stories and other information.

• A stand-up that moves the TV story from one angle to another.

What is an out-cue?

• The closing line where reporters say their names and station call letters.

• The first words of a sound bite or reporter wrap.

• The final words of a sound bite or reporter wrap.

• A story that begins and ends with a reporter's voice 'wrapped' around one or more sound bites.

What is an in-cue?

• Stands for 'sound on tape'; a recorded sound bite played during a TV story.

• On-camera; the image that's being telecast.

• A shot of a TV reporter at a news scene talking into the camera.

• The first words of a sound bite or reporter wrap.

What is a script?

• The most basic TV story format where the anchor simply reads the news script on camera.

• The audio recording of a reporter narrating a story for television.

• A complete TV story by a reporter, usually combining sound bites, voice-overs and stand-ups.

• The written version of a radio or television news story.

What is a wrap?

• The most basic TV story format where the anchor simply reads the news script on camera.

• The audio recording of a reporter narrating a story for television.

• A complete TV story by a reporter, usually combining sound bites, voice-overs and stand-ups.

• A story that begins and ends with a reporter's voice around one or more sound bites.

What is a reader?

• The most basic TV story format where the anchor simply reads the news script on camera.

• A stand-up that moves the TV story from one angle to another.

• Video images shot at a news scene that are later used to cover a sound bite or reporter's track recorded separately.

• What's said as one TV anchor or reporter hands off to another.

What does SOT stand for?

• Sound on tape; a recorded sound bite played during a TV story.

• The audio recording of a reporter narrating a story for television.

• A complete TV story by a reporter, usually combining sound bites, voice-overs and stand-ups.

• A stand-up that moves the TV story from one angle to another.