| Term | Definition |
|---|
| masthead | newspapers name plate on page one |
| ears | short messages printed on each side of the masthead |
| streamer | headline that runs across the entire first page |
| cut | any photo |
| cut lines | lines of type under the photo |
| top story | appaers in the most prominent position on page one |
| deck | smaller headline directly beneath main headline |
| by line | who wrote it |
| dateline | where the story is reported from |
| wire service initials | organizations |
| summary lead | first sentence or two of article which provides the writer with the 5 w's |
| body | body of the news article after the summary lead |
| shocker | starting lead |
| reporter | person who writes a news story |
| editor | person who decides which stories to print |
| angle | the focus to a story, your aproach |
| beat | reporters assighned area of responsibility |
| circulation | number of readers |
| copy | what reporters write |
| deadline | time date by which a story is |
| developing story | a news event that occurs over |
| editorialize | to injecty the reporters opionion |
| graf | parafraph of a news story |
| info graphic | representation of data |
| libel | defamatation of character |
| morgue | where published stories and photographs are kept |
| off the record | dont use it |
| plagarism | copying of someones piece of work |
| records | part of the paper that contains deaths, legal transactions and the police blotter |
| side bar | story on the same topic |
| source | person,document which reporters get information |
| ap/ui | subscriptions |
| tickler | also known as whats to come |
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