FBLA JOURNALISM PROFESSIONAL PREP
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●● Bureau
Answer: A news-gathering office maintained by a newspaper somewhere
other tan its central location. Papers may have bureaus in the next
county; in the state capital; in Washington, D.C.; or in foreign countries
●● Byline
Answer: A line identifying the author of a story
●● Citizen Journalism
Answer: A new form of media in which citizens actively participate in
gathering and writing information, often in the form of news
●● Closed-ended question
Answer: A direct question designed to draw a specific response--for
example, "Will you be a candidate?"
●● Contextual advertising
Answer: Advertising on a website that is directed to likely users of that
site based on demographic profiles
,●● Convergence
Answer: The coordination of print, broadcast and online reporting in a
news operation. The terms is defined in different ways by different
people in the media industry
●● Copy
Answer: What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy
●● Copy desk
Answer: The newspaper desk at which the final editing of stories is
done, headlines are written and pages are designed
●● Copy editor
Answer: A person who checks, polishes and corrects stories written by
reporters. Usually copy editors write headlines for these stories;
sometimes they decide how to arrange soties and pictures on a page
●● Cover
Answer: To keep abreast of significant developments on a beat or to
report on a specific event. The reporter covering the police beat may be
assigned to cover a murder, for example
●● Crowdsourcing
,Answer: The practice of asking members of the public to provide
information for a story
●● Cutline
Answer: The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine
photograph. The terms dates from the days when photos were
reproduced with etched zinc plates called cuts.
●● Deadline
Answer: The time by which a reporter, editor or desk must have all
scheduled work completed
●● Deep background
Answer: Information that may be used but that cannot be attributed to
either a person or a position.
●● Desk
Answer: A term used by reporters to refer to the city editor's or copy
editor's position, as in "The desk wants this story by noon"
●● Editor
Answer: The top-ranking individual in te news department of a
newspaper, also known as the editor-in-chief. The term may refer as well
to those at any level who edit copy
, ●● Editorial department
Answer: Generally, the news department that is responsible for all
newspaper content except advertising. At some papers this term refers to
the department responsible for the editorial page only.
●● Editorialize
Answer: To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news
story or headline. Most newspapers restrict opinion to analysis stories,
columns and editorials
●● Facebook
Answer: A social networking site that connects friends and
acquaintances. It also offers businesses, including news media, an
opportunity to connect with customers.
●● Fair comment and criticism
Answer: Opinion delivered about the performance of anyone in the
public eye. Such opinion is legally protected as long as it is not
malicious and reporters do not misstate any of the facts on which it is
based.
●● Freedom of Information Act
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●● Bureau
Answer: A news-gathering office maintained by a newspaper somewhere
other tan its central location. Papers may have bureaus in the next
county; in the state capital; in Washington, D.C.; or in foreign countries
●● Byline
Answer: A line identifying the author of a story
●● Citizen Journalism
Answer: A new form of media in which citizens actively participate in
gathering and writing information, often in the form of news
●● Closed-ended question
Answer: A direct question designed to draw a specific response--for
example, "Will you be a candidate?"
●● Contextual advertising
Answer: Advertising on a website that is directed to likely users of that
site based on demographic profiles
,●● Convergence
Answer: The coordination of print, broadcast and online reporting in a
news operation. The terms is defined in different ways by different
people in the media industry
●● Copy
Answer: What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy
●● Copy desk
Answer: The newspaper desk at which the final editing of stories is
done, headlines are written and pages are designed
●● Copy editor
Answer: A person who checks, polishes and corrects stories written by
reporters. Usually copy editors write headlines for these stories;
sometimes they decide how to arrange soties and pictures on a page
●● Cover
Answer: To keep abreast of significant developments on a beat or to
report on a specific event. The reporter covering the police beat may be
assigned to cover a murder, for example
●● Crowdsourcing
,Answer: The practice of asking members of the public to provide
information for a story
●● Cutline
Answer: The caption that accompanies a newspaper or magazine
photograph. The terms dates from the days when photos were
reproduced with etched zinc plates called cuts.
●● Deadline
Answer: The time by which a reporter, editor or desk must have all
scheduled work completed
●● Deep background
Answer: Information that may be used but that cannot be attributed to
either a person or a position.
●● Desk
Answer: A term used by reporters to refer to the city editor's or copy
editor's position, as in "The desk wants this story by noon"
●● Editor
Answer: The top-ranking individual in te news department of a
newspaper, also known as the editor-in-chief. The term may refer as well
to those at any level who edit copy
, ●● Editorial department
Answer: Generally, the news department that is responsible for all
newspaper content except advertising. At some papers this term refers to
the department responsible for the editorial page only.
●● Editorialize
Answer: To inject the reporter's or the newspaper's opinion into a news
story or headline. Most newspapers restrict opinion to analysis stories,
columns and editorials
Answer: A social networking site that connects friends and
acquaintances. It also offers businesses, including news media, an
opportunity to connect with customers.
●● Fair comment and criticism
Answer: Opinion delivered about the performance of anyone in the
public eye. Such opinion is legally protected as long as it is not
malicious and reporters do not misstate any of the facts on which it is
based.
●● Freedom of Information Act
