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FBLA JOURNALISM WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS 2026
Blog - correct-answer - Short for Web log. A Web-based publication in which
articles, issued periodically, appear in reverse chronological order
Bureau - correct-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 - correct-answer - A line identifying the author of a story
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Citizen Journalism - correct-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 - correct-answer - A direct question designed to draw a
specific response--for example, "Will you be a candidate?"
Contextual advertising - correct-answer - Advertising on a website that is directed
to likely users of that site based on demographic profiles
Convergence - correct-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 - correct-answer - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy
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Copy desk - correct-answer - The newspaper desk at which the final editing of
stories is done, headlines are written and pages are designed
Copy editor - correct-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 - correct-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 - correct-answer - The practice of asking members of the public to
provide information for a story
FBLA JOURNALISM WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS 2026
Blog - correct-answer - Short for Web log. A Web-based publication in which
articles, issued periodically, appear in reverse chronological order
Bureau - correct-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 - correct-answer - A line identifying the author of a story
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Citizen Journalism - correct-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 - correct-answer - A direct question designed to draw a
specific response--for example, "Will you be a candidate?"
Contextual advertising - correct-answer - Advertising on a website that is directed
to likely users of that site based on demographic profiles
Convergence - correct-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 - correct-answer - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy
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Copy desk - correct-answer - The newspaper desk at which the final editing of
stories is done, headlines are written and pages are designed
Copy editor - correct-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 - correct-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 - correct-answer - The practice of asking members of the public to
provide information for a story
