Put your media literacy to the test with this advanced crossword puzzle! From the intricacies of investigative journalism to the subtleties of editorial bias, this puzzle challenges your command of sophisticated press and media vocabulary. Whether you’re a news junkie or a communications professional, sharpen your pencil and see how well you know the language of the fourth estate.
Grid
Fill in the grid: pick a square, read the clue and type your answer.
Clues
Across
- 1. A person who watches TV programs
- 3. To talk into the phone
- 7. A media organization publishing news
- 9. Place adverb replacing here
- 11. A person who writes news stories
- 12. Not fitting tightly
- 14. Channels of mass communication
- 16. To record a message
- 17. Past form of may used in backshift
- 18. Author name printed in an article
Down
- 2. Person who manages content publication
- 4. Later in time than another event
- 5. Origin of a news information
- 6. Suppression of media content
- 8. News delivered through printed material
- 9. To make news sensational in style
- 10. Transmitting media data continuously
- 13. Did not in short form
- 15. All members of a group
Answers
Show the answers
Across
- 1. A person who watches TV programs → viewer
- 3. To talk into the phone → speak
- 7. A media organization publishing news → outlet
- 9. Place adverb replacing here → there
- 11. A person who writes news stories → journalist
- 12. Not fitting tightly → loose
- 14. Channels of mass communication → media
- 16. To record a message → leave
- 17. Past form of may used in backshift → might
- 18. Author name printed in an article → byline
Down
- 2. Person who manages content publication → editor
- 4. Later in time than another event → after
- 5. Origin of a news information → source
- 6. Suppression of media content → censorship
- 8. News delivered through printed material → printmedia
- 9. To make news sensational in style → tabloidize
- 10. Transmitting media data continuously → streaming
- 13. Did not in short form → didnt
- 15. All members of a group → every
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