FBLA JOURNALISM STUDY QUESTIONS
Blog - Answers - Short for Web log. A Web-based publication in which articles, issued
periodically, appear in reverse chronological order
Bureau - Answers - 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 - Answers - A line identifying the author of a story
Citizen Journalism - Answers - A new form of media in which citizens actively
participate in gathering and writing information, often in the form of news
Closed-ended question - Answers - A direct question designed to draw a specific
response--for example, "Will you be a candidate?"
Contextual advertising - Answers - Advertising on a website that is directed to likely
users of that site based on demographic profiles
Convergence - Answers - 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 - Answers - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy
Copy desk - Answers - The newspaper desk at which the final editing of stories is
done, headlines are written and pages are designed
Copy editor - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - The practice of asking members of the public to provide
information for a story
Cutline - Answers - 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 - Answers - The time by which a reporter, editor or desk must have all
scheduled work completed
Deep background - Answers - Information that may be used but that cannot be
attributed to either a person or a position.
Desk - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - A law passed in 1966 to make it easier to
obtain information from federal agencies. The law was amended in 1974 to improve
access to government records
Futures file - Answers - A collection-filed according to date- of newspaper stories,
letters, notes and other information to remind editors about stories to assign. See also
tickler
Gatekeeper - Answers - An editor who determines what readers or viewers read, hear,
and see.
Graf - Answers - A shortened form of paragraph, as in "Give me two grafs on that fire."
Graphics editors - Answers - Usually, the editor responsible for all non photographic
illustrations in a newspaper, including information graphics, maps, and illustrations
Blog - Answers - Short for Web log. A Web-based publication in which articles, issued
periodically, appear in reverse chronological order
Bureau - Answers - 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 - Answers - A line identifying the author of a story
Citizen Journalism - Answers - A new form of media in which citizens actively
participate in gathering and writing information, often in the form of news
Closed-ended question - Answers - A direct question designed to draw a specific
response--for example, "Will you be a candidate?"
Contextual advertising - Answers - Advertising on a website that is directed to likely
users of that site based on demographic profiles
Convergence - Answers - 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 - Answers - What reporters write. A story is a piece of copy
Copy desk - Answers - The newspaper desk at which the final editing of stories is
done, headlines are written and pages are designed
Copy editor - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - The practice of asking members of the public to provide
information for a story
Cutline - Answers - 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 - Answers - The time by which a reporter, editor or desk must have all
scheduled work completed
Deep background - Answers - Information that may be used but that cannot be
attributed to either a person or a position.
Desk - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - 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 - Answers - A law passed in 1966 to make it easier to
obtain information from federal agencies. The law was amended in 1974 to improve
access to government records
Futures file - Answers - A collection-filed according to date- of newspaper stories,
letters, notes and other information to remind editors about stories to assign. See also
tickler
Gatekeeper - Answers - An editor who determines what readers or viewers read, hear,
and see.
Graf - Answers - A shortened form of paragraph, as in "Give me two grafs on that fire."
Graphics editors - Answers - Usually, the editor responsible for all non photographic
illustrations in a newspaper, including information graphics, maps, and illustrations
