Current Events Vocabulary Review

All the means of mass communication (newspapers, TV, radio, websites, magazines) Editor, Media, or Columnist

All the media and agencies that print, broadcast, or gather and transmit news. The Press, Reporter, or Editor

A person who sees an occurrence with his own eyes and is able to give a firsthand account of it. Feature, Eyewitness, or Libel

A sentence or phrase under a picture to identify or describe the picture. Article, Feature, or Caption

A person who writes articles for a news organization. News, Source, Journalist

To put forth as original to oneself the ideas or words of another.

Article written by the editor giving his/her opinion on a problem or event. Editorial, Opinion, or Headline

A person employed by a news organization to gather, report, or contribute news, articles, etc., regularly from a distant place. Correspondent, News Services, Media

A regular article or feature in a newspaper or magazine. Column, Caption, or Eyewitness

A story based on the facts. Opinion, Front Page, or Article

Title of any newspaper article. Front Page, Headline, Story

Not affected by personal feelings or prejudice; based on facts; unbiased

A false report maliciously uttered and tending to injure the reputation of a person.

Pertaining to or dealing with morals; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.

A person who writes a regular (daily or weekly) article for a newspaper or magazine, such as a political columnist or a sports columnist. News, Columnist, Editor

believable; worthy of belief or confidence; trustworthy

a report of a recent event; what is reported about a recent event or events. Correspondent, News, Source

soundness or moral character; honesty

Someone who gives a reporter information; a supplier of information. Reporter, Source, Editor

The head of a news organization; person who chooses the articles that will be printed each day. Editor, Journalist, Columnist

When an editor or reporter expresses a personal point of view in a news article or in a series of articles.

a special or regular article, usually displayed prominently. Story, Headline, or Feature

A news article or report. Headline, Libel, or Story

a lie that causes damage (misrepresents damagingly). Libel, Caption, or Feature

The first page of a paper, usually carrying the most important story. Article, Front Page, or Eyewitness

News companies that have their own reporters. They sell their articles to the media. Associated Press (AP), United Press International (UPI) and Reuters are the top three news services used in the U.S. Journalist, Columnist, News Services

A person who gathers and reports news for a news organization. The Press, Reporter, Media

Based on personal feelings

A person's thoughts about a particular subject; a subjective point of view. Story, Opinion, Column

The line at the beginning of a story giving the place and date of the articles origination.