Journalism Terms

What is a lead?

• The conclusion

• Most important part of a story

• The people named in your story

• You are are the lead as the writer

The most basic design of a journalistic story is called

• The Upside-down Diamond

• The Inverted Pyramid

• Journalism's Finest

• The Important Things Go First

What is the purpose of the Body of a news story?

• To give the most important information

• To give details about the lead

• To offer opinions about the lead

• To end the story

A feature covers what type of story?

• Hard news with facts and quotes

• Something other than news that provides information but not Hard News

• An opinion piece where the writer states how they feel about something

• A list offering ten best pet names

Another name for the Name of your newspaper is called the ______?

• Title/Name

• Flag/Banner

• Headline/Story

• Identifier/Name

The person who makes the final decisions about a newspaper is called the __________?

• Director

• Editor

• Coordinator

• Principal

In a newspaper, important stories should be placed where?

• On the inside

• On the bottom

• In column 3

• Above the fold

If I have to edit a story to make it fit, that's called _________

• Copy Editing

• Re-Writing

• Cropping

• Changing

When writing in journalistic style, you should always report on  ______ first in the article.

• the least important story details

• what the photograph is

• who the author is

• the most important story details

The written phrase that identifies the source of a fact, opinion, or quote in a story.

• Attribution

• Accredidation

• Acknowledgement

• Awesomeness