Chapter 5 Vocabulary

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an all purpose question usable in any situation

Stock Question

an interview set up and planned in advance

Formal Interview

a short personal story about an event or occurrence

Anecdote

an agreement reached before an interview begins that the interviewer will not print theinformation that the interviewee provides

Off The Record

a question that encourages the subject to talk

Open-ended Question

interview conducted over the phone

Phoner

story written in the format of the reporter asking a question and then the source asking it

Q And A (Question And Answer)

reporters may read portions of the story they are working on to their source to ensure accuracy

Read-back

time the story is due

Deadline

a person who gives the reporter the most thorough or best information because that person is the investigator, the witness or someone affect

Primary Source

the exact words a source says during an interview that you use in a story, giving the source credit

Quotation

a person who has information relevant to your story but is not a main official, eyewitness or directly affected by the event

Secondary Source

a person who asks that his or her name not be used, and sometimes that the information given reporters not be used

Unnamed Source

a journalist may sue the information the source is providing, but the information may not be attributed

On Background

a person who provides information to reporters, but who wants to remain anonymous, often for fear of reprisals from authorities who may not

Confidential Source