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18 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Angle
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Point of view from which something is written
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Beat
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Reporter's specified area for news coverage; a way to gather news
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Byline
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Author's name printed with the story
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Caption
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Text decribing photos. First sentence is in present tense. Following sentences are in past tense & provide reader with new information or background
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Copyreader
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Person who corrects or generally improves material for publication
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Deadline
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Time copy, photos, infographics must be turned in
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Double Spread/Double Truck
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Two facing pages laid-out as single unit; generally develops a theme
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Editorializing
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Inserting a writer's or editor's opinion in a news story
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Feature
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A story that goes beyond factual news reporting with emphasis on human-interest appeal
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Infographic
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Any chart, map diagram timeline, etc used to give the reader information or to analyze information in a story
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Lead
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Opening paragraph of story; usually a summary statement of less than 40 words. Think who, what, when, where, how, & why
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Masthead
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Statement of the paper's vital statistics (staff names, school address, publication guidelines); usually on the editorial/opinion page
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Mug Shot
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Small identifying picture cropped to show only the face or head & shoulders of person
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Nameplate
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Name of the newspaper
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News Values (elements)
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Qualities that give news importance - timeliness/immediacy, proximity/nearness, consequence or impact, prominence, drama, oddity/unusualness, conflict, progress, emotions
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Pull Quote
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Quote or short amount of text taken from the body of a story and reinserted, often in a contrasting way, to break up large areas of text or to highlight important info
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Style Manual
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A list of writing conventions including abbreviations, punctuation, & word selection that guides writers & maintains consistency throughout articles
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Teaser
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Graphic that often appears above the paper's nameplate on page 1 that promotes inside stories
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