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36 Cards in this Set
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advance story
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objective type story for an upcoming event
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advocacy editorial
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editorial that interprets explains or persuades
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angle
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point of view from whihc something is written
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anonymous source
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source whos name is changed or omitted in story to avoid sensitivity
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associated press
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cooperative wire news service owned by its member newspapers and radio and television statinos
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balance
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in writing, refers to the facts in stories being given proper emphasis, putting each fact into its proper relationship to every other fact and establishing its relative importance to teh main idea or focus of the story; in design, refers to the wietght of the page appearing even
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banner
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one line head that extends across the top of the page
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beat
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reporter's specified area for regular news coverage; scoop or story obtained before other media can print can air it
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body type
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type used for main text, as distinguished from headlines
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boldface
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heavier, blacker version of type style
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byline
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author's credit printed with thie story
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caption
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lines of the text describing illustrations and photographs
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catchline
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headline for cutline, usually used for between photo and cutline also known as the caption lead lead in
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column inch
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unit of space 1 inch deep and one column wide; primarily in measuring advertising space: 32 words
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commendation editorial
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an editorial that praises the actions of a person or group of people
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community feature
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a feature story that relates the school to parts fo the community with ties to students
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confidentiality
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protecting the identity of a source becasue of real danger that serious, physical, emotional, or financial harm will come to the source in his or her name is revealed
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copyediting
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the process fo tightening and imprvoing writing, checking for accuracy and style
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credit line
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line giving source of a picture or story
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cut
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inl letterpress terminology, photoengraving of any kind
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dateline
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line at the beginning of news story telling the point of origin (date is seldom included)
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Deadline
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time at which copy must be presented in order to be printed
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descriptive lead
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a lead that describes the story's settings or gives details leading up to the story itself
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dummy
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usually a scaled-down layout showing format and general appearance of publication
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ear
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space devoted to information at either side of nameplate
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editorial
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the opinion of the newspaper as it appears on the editorial page; it appears without a byline and represents the viewws of the editorial board
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editorializing
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inserting a reporter's or editor's opinion in the news story
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feature
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story that goes beyond factual news reporting with emphasis on human interest appeal; element in story highlighted in lead; item in newspaper such as cartoon and syndicated material supplied by feature services
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first amendment
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the part of the constitution that guarantees freedom of the press
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flag
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nameplate or logo of newspapers
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folio line
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type of each page giving name, date and page number
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follow up story
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a story that reports on an event after the story takes place
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fourth estate
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term for journalism or journalists attributed to Edmund Burke and first used in the House of Commons
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gutter
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space between columns
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hard news
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important factual informatino about current happenings
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headline scheule
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collection of headlines iwth unit counts sizes and the like available for publication
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