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23 Cards in this Set
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public journalism
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newspaper takes active role in area on an issue-try to make readers care
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Hard news
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stories of a timely nature about events or conflicts that have just happened or are about to happen; what, why, and how it will effect people
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purposes and types of editorials
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interpretation-explains significance of a news event, criticism or persuasion-good or bad features of a story that concerns and interests readers, appreciation-praises something successful, entertainment-develops things such as student life into humorous fashion, photo-told w/ pic. or set of pics., one punch-quick opinion on a topic
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literary journalism
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writers use the techniques of fiction for nonfiction newspaper and magazine stories.
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preparation steps for editorial
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1-select a specific topic to develop, 2-make sure topic is interesting to readers, 3-have a purpose in mind, 4-research as much as a news story, 5-talk through topic
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masthead
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a statement of title, ownership, editors, etc., of a newspaper or periodical.
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the 4 C's and why they are significant in newswriting
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concieve-develop story idea, collect-research,
construct-write, correct-revise-significant because if you didn't do them in order, or just not do them, you could get some facts wrong and possibly be sued for libel, etc. |
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headline
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used to describe what the story is about-largest font, usually bold.
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Essay
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the media has shown not only in-dept coverage of the towers standing for their last few moments and the pentagon being hit, but also of most memorials and prayer services-ex: hbo specials, nbc specials, etc.
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pull quote
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a good quote broken out of the story, placed in larger type and used as a point of entry to entice the reader.
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cut line
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tells a mini-story-line under photo that tells what it's about (caption)
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feature story
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inform and instruct but their primary purpose is to entertain-still factual and relate to news.
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indirect quotes
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paraphrase a quote you got-don't use exact words
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soft news
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news that entertains or informs, with an emphasis on human interest and novelty and less immediacy than hard news.
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direct quotes
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using exact words a person gave you
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lead
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the beginning of the story, the hook that tells the reader what the story is about.
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lettor to the editor
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your opinion about a story-not as long as regular stories-you're not solicited to write one
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byline
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line which tells the reader who wrote the story.
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commentary
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your opinion on a certain topic-you're asked or solicited to write one
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nut graph
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sentence or paragraph that states the focus of the story-should tell what the story is about and why it is newsworthy.
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news
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something important that affects people; it's timely, factual, and goes out to a certain group of people
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editorial
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newspaper or magazine article that gives the opinions of the editors or publishers
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photo credit
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name next to a picture which tells the reader who took it.
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