Journalism Terms to Know By Michael Flax
A person who gathers and reports the news or who provides the financial, managerial and technical support that is necessary to transmit the news.
Information not _________ _______ that is delivered through the __________ and has some impact on the audience.
A ______ put on those individuals, such as newspaper editors and broadcast news directors, who _________________ will be news for their communities.
The belief that ________________________ _______________________.
_________________ _______________.
________________ ______________.
Flag Title of the newspaper appearing on the first page
Banner _______________________ _____________________.
Body Text ________ on the page.
By-Line ____________ printed often just below the headline
Caption/Cutline _________________________ _______________________
Photo Credit A line giving the ___________________ of a picture or art
Crop To __________________ of copy or photos by ______________________
Deadline Date and time copy is due
Edit To improve and change copy
Jump/ Jump line Continuation of a story from another page Page number on which story continues
Kill To ________________ or take out type not to be printed
Lead/ Lede The _______________ of a news story containing the 5 Ws
Syndicate An organization that _______________________ _______________________ ____________________
Wire Services Newsgathering agencies such as _____________________________, _________________________ and ______________________________t hat gather and distribute news to subscribing newspapers
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