Journalism Terms

the line that tells you who wrote an article

• byline

• frontline

• headline

• forline

the title of an article

• headline

• byline

• news

• author

the introduction of an article

• byline

• teaser

• title

• lead

These promote the best stories inside the paper

• byline

• teaser

• title

• lead

What term means question designed to eliminate people who don’t belong to the desired population?

• timeliness

• filter question

• conflict

• consequence

What is a human interest story? Choose all that apply.

• A story that is of interest to people outside of the immediate story, designed to engage the attention and empathy of others to a particular situation, person or event.

• A story that has a unique value and speaks to a wide array of people, such as a twelve year old being accepted into a major research university or winning a Nobel Peace Prize.

• A news story about someone robbing the corner store in the neighborhood.

• A news story that evokes such strong emotions from masses of people that they take to the streets to protest in a global manner.

This is usually called Soft News.

• Editorial

• Feature Story

• News Story

• Short Story

What is often exposed by investigative journalism?

• Government policies

• Celebrity lifestyles

• Corruption or the story behind a story

• Scientific discoveries

a jazzed-up headline that adds drama or flair to special stories

• infographic

• display head

• deck

• initial cap

a large capital letter set into the opening paragraph of a special feature

• infographic

• display head

• deck

• initial cap