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.

Journalist

Information not _________ _______ that is delivered through the __________ and has some impact on the audience.

News

A ______ put on those individuals, such as newspaper editors and broadcast news directors, who _________________ will be news for their communities.

Gatekeeper

The belief that _______________________________________________.

Credibility

________________________________.

Verify

______________________________.

Objectivity

______________________________.

Subjectivity

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 ______________________________that gather and distribute news to subscribing newspapers

Works Cited

• http://nie.brownsvilleherald.com/newspaperterms.htm