Media Word Search

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Media Word Search

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0 of 16 words found

SAPCBORRMGSFSFL

INTERNETHTPCAHI

RESLOGANRMFAEMJ

PIDEADLINEAMIMT

RJETDRSOURCERIE

BIQBCWPLNTTRZBM

CEHEADLINEAAEUE

NNEWSPAPERFDOSN

PAINTERVIEWITUE

DEEOBIASDWEOOGH

EOPINIONNJBLOGO

RPEPWCKSLBSEIIE

NJOXBTQTEDITORN

RSIBNNTHSQTSTIH

ESBIXEAXTIEIABN

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EditorEDITOR
SourceSOURCE
InterviewINTERVIEW
DeadlineDEADLINE
NewspaperNEWSPAPER
HeadlineHEADLINE
RadioRADIO
BroadcastBROADCAST
CameraCAMERA
SloganSLOGAN
LogoLOGO
WebsiteWEBSITE
InternetINTERNET
FactFACT
OpinionOPINION
BiasBIAS

16 of 24 words from the Media Key Terms list.

Pick a news story from this week. Use three of the words you found to say who told it and how you could check it.

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Answer key: Media Word Search

SAPCBORRMGSFSFL

INTERNETHTPCAHI

RESLOGANRMFAEMJ

PIDEADLINEAMIMT

RJETDRSOURCERIE

BIQBCWPLNTTRZBM

CEHEADLINEAAEUE

NNEWSPAPERFDOSN

PAINTERVIEWITUE

DEEOBIASDWEOOGH

EOPINIONNJBLOGO

RPEPWCKSLBSEIIE

NJOXBTQTEDITORN

RSIBNNTHSQTSTIH

ESBIXEAXTIEIABN

EDITOR, SOURCE, INTERVIEW, DEADLINE, NEWSPAPER, HEADLINE, RADIO, BROADCAST, CAMERA, SLOGAN, LOGO, WEBSITE, INTERNET, FACT, OPINION, BIAS

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All 123 words

In the Newsroom 16

Angle The point of view a story is told from.
Beat The subject or area one writer covers week after week.
Bureau A news office in another city or country.
Correspondent Someone who sends news from a faraway place.
Coverage All the stories done on one event.
Deadline The time by which a story must be finished.
Draft A first version of a piece of writing.
Editor The person who checks and improves a story before it runs.
Exclusive A story that only one newsroom has.
Interview A talk in which one person asks another questions for a story.
Journalist Someone whose job is finding and telling the news.
Photographer Someone who takes pictures for the news.
Quote The exact words someone said, set inside marks.
Reporter A person who gathers facts and writes or tells the news.
Source A person or record that information comes from.
Tip A piece of information passed to a newsroom.

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Print 18

Article One piece of writing in a paper or on a news site.
Byline The line that names the writer of a story.
Caption The words that explain a picture.
Circulation The number of copies a paper sells or hands out.
Column A regular piece by one writer, or one vertical strip of text.
Dateline The line that tells where and when a story was written.
Edition One printing of a paper, such as the morning one.
Feature A longer story about a person, place or idea.
Front page Where a paper puts the biggest stories of the day.
Headline The large-type title at the top of a news story.
Issue One dated copy of a publication.
Layout How words and pictures are arranged on a page.
Magazine A publication of stories and pictures that comes out on a schedule.
Masthead The box that lists a paper's name, owner and staff.
Newspaper Printed sheets of news that come out each day or week.
Newsstand A stall where papers are sold.
Publisher The person or company that puts out a paper or book.
Subscriber A reader who pays ahead to get every copy.

Radio and Sound 17

Airwaves What carries programs from a tower to a set.
Announcer The voice that introduces programs and reads the news.
Antenna A rod or dish that sends or picks up waves.
Audio Sound that is saved or sent.
Broadcast To send a program out to many people at once.
Frequency How many waves pass each second: a station's place on the dial.
Listener A person who tunes in to a sound program.
Microphone It turns a voice into an electric current.
Podcast A sound show you download or stream and hear when you like.
Radio Sound sent through the air as waves to a receiver.
Recording Sound saved so it can be played again.
Signal The waves that carry sound or pictures.
Static Crackling noise that spoils reception.
Station The place a signal is sent out from.
Studio The room where a show is recorded or sent out live.
Transmitter The equipment that sends a program out as waves.
Volume How loud the sound is.

On Screen 18

Anchor The person who presents a news program from the desk.
Cable A wire that brings many channels into a home.
Camera It captures the pictures.
Channel The band a station sends its programs on.
Director The person in charge of how a show is filmed.
Episode One part of a show told in many parts.
Footage Filmed pictures of an event.
Newscast A news program on the air.
Producer The person who plans and manages a show.
Program A show on the air.
Rerun A show sent out again after its first showing.
Satellite It relays signals from high above the earth.
Script The written words for a show.
Series A show made of many parts shown over weeks.
Sports The part of the news with scores and games.
Television Moving pictures and sound sent to a set in the home.
Viewer A person who watches.
Weather The part of the news that says if it will rain.

Advertising 18

Advertisement A paid notice that tries to sell something.
Audience The people a message is meant to reach.
Billboard A large outdoor board for paid messages.
Brand The name and look that set one maker's goods apart.
Campaign A planned run of messages with one goal.
Commercial A paid message between parts of a show.
Consumer A person who buys and uses goods.
Coupon A slip that gives money off.
Flyer A single sheet handed out to announce something.
Jingle A short, catchy tune that sells something.
Logo A symbol that stands for a company.
Marketing Everything a company does to sell its goods.
Mascot A character that stands for a team or company.
Persuade To try to make someone believe or do something.
Poster A large printed notice put up for the public.
Product The thing a seller wants you to buy.
Slogan A short phrase that helps people remember a product.
Sponsor A company that pays for a show in return for a mention.

Online 18

Blog A site where someone writes regular entries.
Browser The program used to view pages.
Clickbait A teasing title written only to make people open a page.
Comment A reply left under a story or post.
Download To copy a file onto your device.
Feed New items sent to a user's screen as they are published.
Hashtag A word marked with the pound sign to group messages on one topic.
Internet The worldwide system of connected computers.
Link Words or a picture you click to jump to another page.
Meme A funny picture or saying that spreads fast from screen to screen.
Multimedia Words, sound and pictures used together.
Profile A short write-up that tells who a person is.
Share To pass something on to others.
Stream To play sound or pictures as they arrive.
Upload To send a file from your device.
Video Moving pictures that have been filmed.
Viral Spreading fast from person to person.
Website A set of linked pages at one address.

Fact or Opinion 18

Accurate Free from mistakes.
Bias A leaning toward one side.
Censorship When an authority blocks what may be published.
Claim A statement that still needs to be checked.
Context What surrounds an event and helps explain it.
Correction A notice that fixes a mistake in an earlier story.
Credible Easy to believe because the backing is good.
Evidence What helps show whether something is true.
Fact Something that can be checked and shown to be true.
Hoax A trick meant to make people believe something false.
Opinion What someone thinks or believes.
Proof What shows beyond doubt that something is so.
Propaganda Messages spread to push one view.
Reliable Able to be trusted.
Rumor A story passed around that nobody has checked.
Satire Humor that pokes fun to make a point.
Stereotype An oversimple idea about a whole group of people.
Verify To check that something is true.

How this list was compiled: Media words chosen and defined for this site, in themed lists plus a key terms list, an easy list and a hard list. Every spelling and meaning was checked in the American Heritage Dictionary, https://www.ahdictionary.com/, on 2026-09-30. Which terms belong to a media unit was checked against the Wikipedia articles Mass media, News media, Journalism, Advertising and Media literacy, https://en.wikipedia.org/, on 2026-09-30. Spellings are American. Meanings are our own wording in pupil language. No newspaper, network, platform, app or program is named. Licence: own work

How it works

This media word search opens on key terms such as Reporter, Headline, Podcast and Bias. More lists cover a media or journalism unit, from In the Newsroom to Fact or Opinion, and every word has a clue.

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Lists for a media unit

Pick a list under Start from a list. In the Newsroom has Deadline, Source and Beat. Print has Byline, Masthead and Dateline. Radio and Sound has Antenna and Static, On Screen has Anchor and Footage, Advertising has Slogan and Jingle, Online has Hashtag and Clickbait, and Fact or Opinion has Rumor, Hoax and Verify.

Clues for a vocabulary quiz

Tick Show clues, not words in the same panel, and the sheet prints meanings in place of the word list: A story passed around that nobody has checked sends the class hunting for Rumor.

Fact or Opinion pairs well with a real front page: pupils find Claim and Evidence in the grid, then in a story.
Easy Media Words holds the short ones, such as Tip, Blog and Hoax. Hard Media Words holds Correspondent and Propaganda.

Questions and answers

What words are in the media word search?

News, print, radio, screen, advertising, online and fact-checking words, such as Reporter, Masthead, Broadcast, Anchor, Sponsor, Viral and Verify. No newspaper, network, platform, app or program is named.

Does it cover online media?

Yes. The Online list has Blog, Stream, Hashtag, Viral, Meme and Clickbait. Device words such as Tablet, Robot and Smartphone are on the technology word search.

Can it open a lesson on telling fact from opinion?

Yes. The Fact or Opinion list holds Rumor, Hoax, Propaganda, Bias, Verify, Evidence and Correction. Print it with clues, then ask which words fit a story the class has read.

Which list is the hardest?

Hard Media Words: the entries of nine letters or more, such as Journalist, Microphone and Censorship. The grid grows by itself so the long words have room.

All 123 words

In the Newsroom 16

Print 18

Radio and Sound 17

On Screen 18

Advertising 18

Online 18

Fact or Opinion 18

How it works

Lists for a media unit

Clues for a vocabulary quiz

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