The Journalists’ Vocabulary Challenge is a random list of words that journalists might know or might want to know. They represent no standard. Take a minute and see how well you do, whether you are a journalist or not. For an article about the “Challenge” that appeared in the July 10, 2000, issue of Editor & Publisher, Page 17, click here.

Click here for The Journalists’ Vocabulary Challenge
Once you have taken the challenge, if you have any comments about it or suggestions, please send them to me through one of the conveyances below. Thanks.

The list was compiled by:
Michael M. Spear
Associate Professor
Journalism Department
University of Richmond, Va. 23173
Tel: 804 289 8324
Fax: 804 287 6052
mspear@richmond.edu

(This page updated May 24, 2006)