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Journalism
Ch 1 Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ad Services | department responsible for layout of the newspaper |
| Assignment | Instruction to a reporter to cover an event |
| Attribution | designation of the person being quoted; source of information in a story |
| Banner | headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page; called a line, ribbon, streamer, screamer |
| Beat | area assigned to a reporter for regular coverage; an exclusive story |
| Bleed | to print past the finished image area into the trim area |
| Bleed-through | a printed image on the reverse side of the page that can he seen through the paper |
| Box Score | statistics of a baseball game, football game, or other sporting event, giving details and scores inning by inning, quarter by quarter |
| Bulldog | early edition, usually the first of a newspaper |
| Break | when a news development becomes known and available; the point of interruption in a story continued from one page to another |
| Broadsheet | a full-sized newspaper; dimensions for a broadsheet page vary from about 25" x 21.5" to 27" x 23" |
| Buried Lead | the point of the story that is buried in the story instead of being in the first paragraph |
| Byline | a line at the beginning of an article that gives the name of the writer(s) |
| Caption | the title or brief description of a picture; a cutline |
| Circulation | the number of newspaper copies sold or distributed |
| Classified Advertising | advertising arranged according to the product or service advertised, and usually restricted in size and format |
| Column | vertical dimensions of a newspaper page that change in width depending upon the product |
| Columnist | a writer using the same space daily, such as Ann Landers, in contrast to a reporter |
| Copy | material submitted with the layout for inclusion in an ad or news reproduction; a single newspaper |
| Copy Editor | a newspaper worker who corrects or edits copy written by a reporter and writes headlines |
| Cub | a beginner reporter |
| Cutline | caption or text near a photo that describes the action or identifies the subject(s) |
| Dateline | line at the beginning of a story identifying the place of origin of the story, but not the date |
| Deck(head) | sub-headline over article, usually half the size of main headlines |
| Demographic | a specific population characteristic, such as age, income, sex or occupation |
| Display Advertising | any retail or classified ad containing special type, illustrations, and/or a border |
| Double Truck | ad or editorial pages that are printed across the gutter (or fold) of facing pages |
| Dummy | a draft page layout which indicates the position of each story, picture, headline, and ad on a newspaper page |
| Ears | boxes above the name on the front page of the newspaper or sections of the newspaper |
| Editor | a person who decides what goes where in the news hole, or one who reviews and revises stories submitted by reporters |
| Editorial | an article appearing on the editorial page presenting the opinions of the newspaper; the department where editorials originate |
| Editorial Cartoon | cartoons that use humor to make a serious point |
| Edition | newspapers of a single press run; newspaper may run one or more editions daily |
| Evergreen | a timeless or perennial story |
| Extra | an edition other than a regular one, generally published only for extraordinary breaking news |
| Feature | story emphasizing the human or entertaining aspects of a situation; news story or other material differentiated from straight news |
| Filler | material used to fill space, usually promotional in nature |
| Five Freedoms | guarantees in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution |
| Five W’s and H | the questions (Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?) that should be answered in the lead of an article written as an inverted pyramid |
| Flag | the banner or name of the newspaper on the front page |
| FOLO | story that follows up on a theme in a news story. |
| Folio | a line at the top or bottom of a newspaper page that gives the newspaper name, section and page number, and publication date |
| Freelance | an independent writer or photographer who works for another person or publication as needed |
| Galley | final proof print before publication |
| Gutter | the margin of white space between two columns or where two pages meet |
| Hard News | timely news of an important event |
| Headline | the title of a story or article |
| Hook | the stylistic device used by a reporter to draw a reader into the story |
| Human-Interest Story | a story with emotional appeal |
| Inverted Pyramid | the traditional organization of a news story, with the most important facts at the top and less important details at the end, where they can be lopped off if necessary |
| Investigative Reporting | technique use to unearth information that sources often want hidden |
| Jump | continuation of a story from one page to another |
| Kicker | the first sentence or two of a story’s lead, set in a larger font than the rest of the copy |
| Kill | to delete a section from copy or to discard the entire story |
| Layout | rough sketch which gives the general appearance of the finished printed product, indicating the relationship between ads, text and photos/illustration |
| Lead | first paragraph in a news story |
| Letter to the Editor | a letter in which a reader expresses his or her views in the newspaper; usually printed on the editorial pages |
| Libel | publish false or defamatory information about an individual or organization |
| Logo | unique graphic or type element used for identification of a business or product |
| Managing Editor | the person who coordinates news |
| Mast | section head - Sports, Inside, etc |
| Masthead | formal statement of newspaper’s name, officers, place of publication and other descriptive information, usually on the editorial page |
| Nut Graf | a summary paragraph that explains (“in a nutshell”) why the reader should read a story |
| Obit | a biography of person who died and other necessary information including time and place for memorial, wake and/or funeral |
| Off-the-Record | information provided on the condition that the source not be revealed |
| Op-Ed | an opinion column or article, especially one that appears opposite the editorial page |
| Press Release | publicity handout, or a story given to the news media for publication |
| Publisher | the chief executive of the newspaper, sometimes the owner of a newspaper or other publishing firm |
| ROP | Run-of-Press; an item that appears in every copy of a press run |
| Scoop | a story obtained and distributed ahead of competitive media |
| Sidebar | story that emphasizes and elaborates on one part of another nearby story |
| Sky Box | teasers, or promotional boxes, above the nameplate of the newspaper |
| Slant | to write a story so as to influence the reader’s thinking |
| Source | person, record, document or event that provides the information for the story |
| Spin | shaping a story to produce a desired interpretation |
| Subhead | small headline within the text used to break up a long story and make it more readable |
| Tabloid | a newspaper about half the page size of a broadsheet |
| Teaser | a small promotional item to whet interest for something inside the paper |
| Typo | typographical error - a mechanical error in typing a story |
| Widow | a word or paragraph that carries over to the top of the next column or a single word at the end of a paragraph left on a line of its own |
| Yellow Journalism | fabricated or sensationalized news |
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