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TEST YOUR NEWSWRITING KNOWLEDGE
Match these definitions with the words or phrases in the box below.

____ 1. Place where reporters from different newspapers are briefed.
____ 2. Daily route covered by reporter (by foot, car or telephone) to keep in touch with sources.
____ 3. Line located under headline which tells the name of the writer.
____ 4. Lines under a photograph which explain what the picture is about (also called "cutline").
____ 5. Drawing on editorial page employing exaggeration, satire, and symbolism.
____ 6. Regularly-appearing article, written by a writer of opinion. Also, vertical divisions of a newspaper page.
____ 7. Writer who gathers facts and writes opinions.
____ 8. Three- or four-panel drawings that tell a story, usually humorous.
____ 9. Typewritten or printed material.
____ 10. A writer who works for a newspaper but does not report to the office every day.
____ 11. The first words in lead of a story which give name of city from which the story was sent.
____ 12. Particular area of news coverage for which each editor is responsible ("City Desk" for example).
____ 13. A hand-out giving information about a public event.
____ 14. Person who decides what news goes into the paper, reviews and corrects reporters' work and writes the headlines
____ 15. To continue a story from one page to another.
____ 16. Plan for arranging photographs, advertising and news on a newspaper page.
____ 17. First paragraph of a story, usually telling the 5 Ws (who, what, when, where and why) and H (how).
____ 18. Type on front page which gives name of newspaper.
____ 19. Small block of type on editorial page which gives publisher, editors, and other business officers.
____ 20. Library of newspaper clippings and photographs.
____ 21. Space in a newspaper allocated to news.
____ 22. Opposite the editorial page: used to give readers' or columnists' opinions
                                which may be different from those of the newspaper
____ 23. Administrative head of a newspaper.
____ 24. A person who gathers and writes news.
____ 25. Supplier of information.
____ 26. Company which sells and distributes cartoons, columns, comics, puzzles, etc. to newspapers.
____ 27. Company which sells news stories to subscribing newspapers.
____ 28. News obtained first-hand. Fresh news.
____ 29. Stories containing human interest that stir the feelings of the readers.
____ 30. Style of news reporting in which the most important information is gives first.


A inverted pyramid
B features
C jump
D wire service
E layout
F op-ed page
G syndicate
H press conference
I editor
J copy
K press release
L desk
M beat
N comic strip
O spot news
P logo (or flag)
Q source
R news hole
S masthead
T reporter
U morgue
V publisher
W dateline
X byline
Y caption
Z stringer
AA editorial cartoon
BB column
CC columnist
DD lead
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