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📰Intro to Journalism
Key Terms

166 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your Intro to Journalism exam

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A

Advertising influence
Associated Press
Audience Awareness
Audience co-creation
Audience Influence
Audience participation
Audience perception
Audience preferences
Automated journalism
Availability Bias
Availability bias

B

B-roll
Balancing test
Bartnicki v. Vopper
Beat reporter
Block quote
Blockchain technology
Branzburg v. Hayes
Breaking news
Breaking news coverage

C

Campaign reporter
Chicago Manual of Style
Chicago Style
Citizen journalism
Citizen Journalism
Civil War Journalism
Click-through rate
Cohen v. Cowles Media
Column inch
Condenser Microphone
Content management systems
Credibility Continuum
Credibility gap
Cutting Techniques
Cutting techniques

D

Data privacy
Data scraping
Data scraping tools
Data sources
Data transparency
Data-driven narratives
Data-driven reporting
Data-driven story angles
Data-driven storytelling
Decentralized content distribution
Demographic targeting
Deontological ethics
Depth of Field
Depth of field
Digital Media
Digital platforms
Digital transformation
Digital-first strategy
Dynamic microphones

E

Editor
Editorial Decisions
Editorial Independence
Editorial independence
Editorial oversight
Editorial Policies
Edward R. Murrow
Ethical Codes
Ethical standards

F

Fair Reporting Privilege
Feature headline
Feature story
Field Reporter
Field reporter

G

Geolocation Tools
Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.
Government accountability
Government databases
Graf

H

Hashtag activism
Hashtag journalism