Key Terms: Chapter Two
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Advertising Manager | coordinates the sales and production of classified and display ads |
| Attribution | A phrase that tells readers the source of a quote or information used in the story |
| Beat reporters | News reporters who cover one specific topic, such as politics, crime, education and sports |
| Beats | Specialized areas of coverage, such as local government, business, and politics |
| Broadsheet | Large-format newspaper, usually 14 by 22 inches |
| Buried | Story that is placed deep inside the newspaper rather than on Page 1 |
| Butchered | Poorly edited story |
| Byline | The reporter's name followed by credentials |
| Camera | Used to take photos to enhance stories The vast majority of cameras are digital |
| Centerpiece (or lead story) | The top story of the day, chosen by editors because of its newsworthiness or reader appeal, It's placed in the most prominent position in the paper, with the biggest headline, It can be a feature story |
| Chasing a story | Tracking down a tip; confirming information |
| Circulation manager | Supervises the distribution of the paper for subscribers and street sales |
| City editor | Assigns and edits the paper's local "hard news" stories |
| Classified ads | Small-print advertisements of cars for sale, job openings, and so on |
| Composing | Area in the production department where workers prepare pages for printing turning them into negatives |
| Computer | The machine on which reporters write their stories; replaced the typewriter. Reporters also use computers to research the Internet, send e-mail and take notes. Laptop computers are used to file stories from remote locations |
| Confirmation | Verifying information that more than one source has provided to the reporter Reporters should always try to confirm information |
| Conflict | An element of news: the opposition of persons or forces that gives rise to the dramatic action. Conflict, whether it is person vs. person or people vs. nature, is needed to make stories vivid |
| Copy desk chief | Oversees the editing, and often the layout, of all stories |
| Cut | To edit a story by eliminating words or paragraphs |
| Cutline | Information about a photo that is collected by photographers but written by reporters or copy editors. Often appears below the photo |
| Daily | A newspaper that is published every day, either in the morning or afternoon |
| The daily miracle | The process of putting out a daily newspaper |
| Dateline | Gives the location of a story that happened outside the paper's normal coverage area |
| Deadline | The time by which all stories must be completed or all pages must be designed |
| Deck | A subheadline, written by copy editors, that supplements information in the main headline |
| Edition | A specified issue of the paper. Papers often print more than one edition, one for street sales and others for delivery to subscribers in different parts of the circulation area |
| Editor | Runs the newsroom. Has the final say in story selection and news philosophy |
| Emotions | An element of news. Readers who respond to stories with anger, happiness or sadness will more likely find those stories to be poignant, comical or inspiring - and will read them |
| Features editor | Assigns and edits all the stories running in the paper's features section |
| Feature writers and reviewers | Write lifestyle and entertainment stories Critics write movie, TV, book, concert and music reviews |
| Flag | The paper's nameplate; the name of the paper, often set in special type |
| Follow-up (or folo) | A story that continues, or follows up on, a recent story |
| General assignment reporters (or GAS) | Cover a wide range of stories |
| Goat-choker | Story that is too long |
| Grafs | Short for "paragraphs" |
| Graphic artists | Create graphics or design feature pages |
| Headline | The large type that summarizes the story |
| Hole (or space) | Area reserved in the paper for a story of a certain size, as in "I'm saving a 4-inch hole" |
| Immediacy (or timeliness) | An element of news. Events that have just happened are crucial to making a news story worth writing, especially when the reporter is competing with other media |
| Impact | An element of news: the effect a story will have on people's lives or pocketbooks. The bigger the impact, the bigger the story |
| Index | The list on Page 1 of the stories and features that appear inside the paper |
| Infographic | A chart or graph that visually displays key facts from a story |
| Jump line | Used when a Page 1 story continues on an inside page. Editors label the story with a key word and run the jump line to tell readers where the story continues |
| Lead (or lede) | The beginning of a story |
| Liftout (or pull) quote | A quotation from the story that's given special graphic emphasis. |
| Logo | A small, specially designed title, often with art, that's used for labeling special stories or a series |
| Managing editor | Oversees the day-to-day operation of the newsroom; resolves staffing issues |
| Mug shot | A close-up photo of someone's face |
| News judgment | The ability to determine which stories are most interesting and important to readers |
| News reporters | Write stories about local government, crime, people and other newsworthy events |
| "No comment" | What sources say to reporters when they decline to comment on a story |
| Notebook | The most essential tool for reporters; a cheap, portable collection of paper, usually spiral-bound for easy flipping |
| Novelty | An element of news. Odd, surprising and unusual events often make news. Readers enjoy news that's intriguing and unexpected |
| Online editor | Works with other editors and reporters to develop material for the newspaper's Web site |
| Online reporters | Enhance or expand news stories for presentation on the newspaper's Web site |
| Photo | Picture. Usually run in black and white but can be in color |
| Photo credit | A line giving the name of the photographer who took the photo |
| Photo editor | Coordinates photo assignments and chooses images to run in the paper |
| Photographers | Shoot photos |
| Plate making | Process in which the production crew converts negatives to plates that are mounted on the press |
| Printing press | Large machine that prints the newspaper |
| Production manager | Oversees the staff and equipment that print the newspaper |
| Prominence | An element of news. Readers are curious or more interested if the story contains a well-known leader or celebrity |
| Proximity | An element of news. Events close to home matter more to readers than events elsewhere |
| Publisher | The ultimate boss of a newspaper; presides over all departments to ensure profitability |
| Quote | Someone's exact words, enclosed by quote marks |
| Refer | Information embedded in a story that alerts readers that another story on the topic appears elsewhere in the paper |
| Retail and display ads | Larger advertisements that run below and beside news stories |
| Rumors | Unsubstantiated reports, which newspapers rarely publish |
| Sources | People or documents that provide reporters with information |
| Spiked | A story that editors decide not to publish |
| Sports editor | Assigns and edits all stories running in the sports section |
| Sports reporters | Write stories about local teams or cover national events |
| Tabloid | Usually about half the size of a broadsheet |
| Tagline | Contact information for the reporter that allows readers to provide feedback |
| Tape recorder | Used by reporters to get verbatim quotes and protect themselves from charges of misquoting |
| Teaser (or promo or skybox) | An item at the top of Page 1 designed to grab readers' attention so that they'll buy the paper |
| Telephone: | Used by reporters to confirm information and conduct interviews. Phone calls are still the most effective way to pester people for information. Increasingly, reporters are using cell phones - especially cell phones that take photos |
| Text | The story. Columns of text are measured in inches |
| Thumbsucker | Story that is too long |
| Trim | To edit a story by eliminating words or paragraphs |
| Video recorder | Used by reporters to get video of an event to post on the newspaper's Web site |
| Weekly | Newspaper that is published once a week |
| Wire story | A story written by a reporter working for a national news service; story is sent to papers nationwide |
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