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36 Cards in this Set
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assignment
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An order to a reporter to cover an event. An
editor keeps an assignment book that contains notations for reporters |
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banger
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An exclamation point. Sometimes called a bang.
Avoid. Let the reader do the exclaiming. |
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banner
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Headline across or near the top of all or most
of a newspaper page. Also called a line, ribbon, streamer, screamer |
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beat
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Location assigned
to a reporter for regular coverage—for example, police or city hall. Also, an exclusive story. |
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break
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When a news development becomes known
and available. Also, the point of interruption in a story continued from one page to another. |
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byline
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Name of the reporter who wrote the story, placed
atop the published article. |
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clip
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news story clipped from the news paper usually for future reference in a column.
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copy
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Written form in which a news story or other
material is prepared. |
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correspondent
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Reporter who sends news from outside
a newspaper office. On smaller papers, often not a regular full-time staff member. |
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crop
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To cut or mask the unwanted portions, usually of a
photograph. |
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cutline
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Any descriptive or explanatory material under a
picture. |
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dateline
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Name of the city or town and sometimes the
date at the start of a story that is not of local origin. |
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editorial material
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All material in the newspaper that is
not advertising. |
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enterprise copy
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Story, often initiated by a reporter, that
digs deeper than the usual news story. |
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feature
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Story emphasizing the human or entertaining
aspects of a situation. A news story or other material differentiated from straight news. As a verb, it means to give prominence to a story. |
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flag
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Printed title of a newspaper on page 1. Also known
as logotype and nameplate. |
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folo
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Story that follows up on a theme in a news story.
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graf
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Abbreviation for paragraph.
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head or headline
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The display type over a printed news
story. |
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head shot
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Picture featuring little more than the head and
shoulders of the person shown. |
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investigative reporting
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Technique used to unearth information that sources often want hidden. This type of reporting involves examination of documents and records, the cultivation of informants, painstaking and extended
research. |
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jump "run over"
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Continuation of a story from one page to another.
As a verb, to continue material. Also called runover. |
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kill
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To delete a section from copy or to discard the entire
story; also, to spike a story. |
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lead (pronounced teed)
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First paragraph in a news story.
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LTK
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Designation on copy for "lead to come." Usually
placed after the slug. Indicates the written material will be given a lead later. |
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masthead
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Formal statement of a newspaper's name,
officers, place of publication and other descriptive information, usually on the editorial page. Sometimes confused with flag or nameplate. |
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obituary
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Account of a person's death; also called obit.
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off-the-record
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Describes material offered the reporter
in confidence. |
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op-ed page
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Abbreviation for the page opposite the
editorial page. |
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pool
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Arrangement whereby limited numbers of reporters
and photographers are selected to represent all those assigned to the story. |
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press release
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Publicity handout, or a story given to the
news media for publication. |
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roundup
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A story that joins two or more events with a
common theme, such as traffic accidents, weather, police reports. |
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sidebar
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Story that emphasizes and elaborates on one
part of another nearby story. |
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slant
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To write a story so as to influence the reader's
thinking. To editorialize: to color or misrepresent. |
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slug
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Word placed on copy to identify the story, usually
in top left of page. |
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stringer
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Correspondent, not a regular staff member, who
is paid by the story or by the number of words written. |