Journalistic Terms
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bakejoycake on November 20, 2008
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Journalism Terms used in IPA's Press Class
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 angle | how you approach a story |
| attribution | a statement that says where you got your information |
| banner | a large headline that extends across a page, used for very important information |
| beat | the regular area of news that a reporter covers |
| byline | writer's name |
| copy | the actual text of a story |
| cutline/caption | an explanation of a photo or other graphic |
| dateline | a dateline is written at the beginning of the stroy that gives the palce and date of the event, used most often for daily newspaper stories |
| deadline | the date or time that a story must be finished |
| edit | to make changes to a story to help clarity, may include cutting or adding information |
| editorial | a story that expresses an opinion |
| feature/soft news | a story that captures more of the human interest angle, it may not be as timely as hard or straight news |
| graphic | everything that isn't copy, including photos, graphs, drawings, line art |
| hard news/straight news | news that reports just the facts, it is usually timelier than feature news |
| headline | the title of a newspaper story or article |
| layout | the arrangement on a page of stories, articles, and artwork before it goes to print |
| libel | damaging someone's reputation by what you print |
| masthead | where all the important publication information about the newspaper is printed |
| nameplate/flag | the title of the newspaper in large letters on the front page |
| photojournalism | a form of journalism in which a photo, or series of photos, is used to tell the story; these are usually accomplished by detailed captions |
| proofing | the process of going through a story word for word, line by line, looking for mechanical errors |
| stylebook/style sheet | rules for a newspaper's system of grammar, punctuation, and usage, as well as requirements such as margin dimensions of which fonts are used |
| subhead | an explanation under the headline that further explains the story |
| text | the main body of printed or written matter on a page |
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