Newspaper - answerpublication that contains information about current events, features on different topics and advertisements Penny Press - answernewspapers that were named after the cost, 1 cent Yellow Journalism - answermid-1890s journalism that represented sensationalism, screaming headlines and cheap melodrama Muckraking - answerthe beginning of investigative journalism; journalists took on the role of promoting social responsibility investigating corruption, especially in big business, social institutions and politics First Amendment - answerthe First Amendment to the Constitution, which provides the rights to free speech and free press Censorship - answerthe prevention of printing or broadcasting materials that are considered by some to be objectionable Mass Media - answerrefers to all the channels of communication that reach a large audience Golden Age of Radio - answerrefers to the 1930s when Americans listened to radios for music, drama, comedy, variety shows and news Multiple Platforms - answerthe news organization has both a print publication and an Internet site; media through which consumers obtain news, such as through newspapers and news magazines, television, radio, and the Internet Multiple Media - answermay include print, broadcast and Internet; adding audio and video elements to a print story Correspondent - answera reporter Ethics - answerthe moral principals that govern the appropriate conduct for individuals and organizations Accuracy - answergetting all the facts right and always seeking the truth Integrity - answerIn journalistic terms, it means: 1) not to sell your services for financial reward other than the salary you receive from your employer 2) not to take money from a person, group or organization in return for ensuring their story is covered by your news organization 3) not to promote a story based on any personal, group, or partisan interests. 4) not to endorse or appear to endorse any organization, its products, activities or services 5) not to promote commercial products or services 6) not to promote our own media organization. Fabrication - answeran invention; a lie Public Official - answeranyone in a position of official authority that is conferred by a state (ex.: government worker, senator, etc.) Precedent - answera legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases Sunshine Laws - answerlaws requiring certain proceedings of government agencies to be open or available to the public Storyboard - answerA storyboard is a sketch of how to organize a story and a list of its contents Videographer - answera person who makes video films Circulation - answerthe number of copies of newspapers distributed on an average day; one of the principal factors used to set advertising rates; not always the same as copies sold, since some newspapers are distributed without cost to the reader Online Journalism - answercontemporary form of journalism where editorial content is distributed via the Internet as opposed to publishing via print or broadcast Beat - answergenre of journalism that can be described as the craft of in-depth reporting on a particular issue, sector, organization or institution over time General Assignment - answerform of reporting that requires the ability to report and write about a wide range of topics Enterprise Reporting - answera methodology that involves providing substantial information to the managers in an organization to help them make business decisions Pitch - answera writer's description of a potential story (and why it should matter) to an editor Tipping Point - answerthe critical point in an evolving situation that leads to a new and irreversible development Jargon - answerlanguage that pertains to one's business Interview - answertakes the form of a conversation between two or more people: interviewer(s) ask questions to elicit facts or statements from interviewee(s). Interviews are a standard part of journalism and media reporting Primary Source - answeran artifact, a document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, a recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time under study Secondary Source - answera source that was created later by someone who did not experience first-hand or participate in the events or conditions that are the topic at hand On Background - answermeans that a reporter can use the information you give them, but cannot name or quote you directly; different from off-the-record, which means that information dispensed during an interaction cannot be dispensed in ANY way Confidential Source - answera person who provides information to a law-enforcement agency or to a journalist on the express or implied guarantee of anonymity Anecdote - answera short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature, or an obscure historical or biographical account Phoner - answeran interview conducted by telephone (informal) Read-Back - answerThe repetition of a message one has received, in order to acknowledge it (ex: The reading aloud by a court reporter or stenographer of testimony previously taken down in stenographic dictation, usually at the request of the presiding judge or parties involved in a deposition) Central Point - answerWhat the story is really about, what question or questions the story will answer to be worthwhile, why people need or will want to know about it, if it reflects a larger trend or theme, etc. Wire Service - answera news agency that supplies syndicated news by wire to newspapers, radio, and television stations Linotype - answera composing machine producing lines of words as single strips of metal, used chiefly for newspapers; now rarely used