Kicker

* an ending that finishes a story with a climax, surprise, or punch line

Layout editor

* the person who begins the layout plan, considering things like placement and amount of space allotted to news and advertising copy, graphics, photos, and symbols

Lead

* the first sentence or first few sentences of a story

Libel

* publishing in print (or other media) false information that identifies and deframes an individual

Managing editor

* the person who co-ordinates all news departments by collecting all copy and ensuring that all instructions for printer or typist are clear and consistent
* the person who meets and consults with the staff to make a plan

Masthead

* the "banner" across the front page which identifies the newspaper and the date of publication
* the publication information on the editorial page

Media relations

* a function of public relations that involves dealing with the communications media in seeking publicity for, or responding to media interest in, an organization

Morgue

* newsroom library

News angle

* the aspect, twist, or detail of a feature story that pegs it to a news event or gives it news value for the reader

Newspaper styles

* styles of various newspapers including dailies, tabloids, and weeklies

Newsspeak

* language that distorts, confuses, or hides reality

Off the record

* something a source does not want repeated in a news story

Op-ed page

* a page in a newspaper that is opposite the editorial page, and contains columns, articles, letters for readers, and other items expressing opinions

Package

* a completed television news story on tape, which is edited before a news show goes on air and contains reporter’s stand-ups, narration over images, and an out-cue for the anchor to start speaking at the end of the tape

Paraphrase

* an indirect quote or summary of the words the news maker said

Photos

* still images which communicate the photojournalist’s angle or perceived reality

Pix

* short for pictures

Plagiarism

* using the work of another person (both written words and intellectual property) and calling that work your own

Public affairs

* various activities and communications that organizations undertake to monitor, evaluate, influence, and adjust to the attitudes, opinions, and behaviours of groups or individuals who constitute their publics

Reporters

* the people who gather facts for the stories they are assigned to write

Rules

* lines used to separate one story from another on a newspaper page

Screens

* shaded areas of copy in a newspaper

Sidebar

* a column of copy and/or graphics which appears on the page of a magazine or newspaper to communicate information about the story or contents of the paper

Slander

* similar to libel, but spoken instead of published

Soft news

* stories that are interesting but less important than hard news, focusing on people as well as facts and information and including interviews, reviews, articles, and editorials

Sound bite

* the videotaped quote in television news

Source

* a person who talks to a reporter on the record, for attribution in a news story

Spin

* hidden slant of a press source, which usually casts the client in a positive light

Stand-up

* a reporter’s appearance in a TV news story
* usually a head and shoulders shot which features the reporter talking into a microphone at the scene of the news event, often used as a transition, or at the beginning or ending

Style

* conformity of language use by all writers in a publication (e.g., AP style is conformity to the rules of language according to the Associated Press)

Summary lead

* the traditional journalism tool used to start off most hard news stories
* the first few sentences of a news story which usually summarizes the event and answers the questions: Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?

Super

* a video effect that allows the television station to print and superimpose the name of a news source over his or her image when the source is shown talking in a news story

Tabloid

* technically, a publication half the size of a standard newspaper page; but commonly, any newspaper that is splashy and heavily illustrated
* a "supermarket" tabloid that stresses dramatic stories, often about sensational subjects

Target audience

* a specific group of people that media producers or advertisers want to reach

Transition

* a rhetorical device used in writing to move the story smoothly from one set of ideas to the next by finding a way to connect the ideas logically

Trend story

* a feature story that focuses on the current fads, directions, tendencies, and inclinations of society

Video press release

* a press release for television, prepared on tape, complete with images and sound which can be used by the news media without additional permission or editing

Voice

* a writer’s development of distinctive characteristics and idiosyncrasies of language use that make his or her writing as easily recognizable as the inflections, tone, and pronunciation of speech that make a person’s vocalized speech pat terns distinctive

Wire services

* services that provide news from around the world to publications that subscribe for a fee (e.g., Associated Press, Canadian Press, Reuters, and United Press International)
* co-operatives that share news stories among members (e.g., Canadian Press)

World Wide Web

* large directory of information on the Internet

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