| Angle |
the approach on a story |
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| B/g (Background) |
term for general description and explanation of a
story and it's fruition |
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| Beat up |
a story that is wildly exaggerated or sensationalized |
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| Blurb |
a slang term meaning glossy propaganda material |
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| Break |
to be first to cover a story |
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| By-line |
author's name on a story |
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| Caption |
short text describing a photo directly beneath the
photo |
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| C.O.S. (Chief of staff) |
senior executive in the media who assigns reporters
to the stories of the day |
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| Copy |
media term for the text of a story |
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| Copy taker |
person who takes down dictated stories from reporters
in the field |
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| Cut |
media term to shorten or edit a story |
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| Cuttings / clippings |
news stories cut frorm a news story or magazines |
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| Dateline |
Indicates which city the story was sent from |
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| Deadline |
the time before which stories must be filed |
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| Display |
large multi column advertisements |
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| Editor |
senior executive of a publication |
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| Editorial |
refers to the story content of a publication as opposed
to advertising, also used |
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for the opinion column of a publication sometimes
called the leader |
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| Embargo |
a time-date line on a publication restricting its
publication, or broadcast |
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| Filler |
term for a short story to fill up space |
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| House style |
the style of a particular publication or station |
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| Intro |
the opening paragraph of a story also called a lead |
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| Leader |
same as editorial |
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| Media release |
a statement issued by an organization prepared specifically
for the media of no |
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more than one page. |
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| News conference / |
to brief media representatives on an issue, usually
alled ban organization with a |
| Media conference |
major announcement |
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| New angle |
new or fresh approach to an old story |
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| News editor |
senior media director who controls the news |
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| Noddies |
a slang term for a shot that is made just for intercutting
purposes often with head |
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nodding and silent sound of the interviewee will
be overlaid. |
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| Non attributable |
information given to a journalist in the confidence
that it will not be attributed to the |
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| Off the record |
information given to a journalist which is not for
publication or broadcast( for back |
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ground only) |
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| On the record |
informantion given to journalist for publication
or broadcast |
| information |
provider of the said information. |
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| Par |
media term for paragraph |
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| Press release |
same as media release see above |
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| Proprietor |
owner of a publication of or station |
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| Puff |
slang term given to verbiage or padded out statements
that are not news |
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| Purple prose |
term for ponderous and exaggerated writing |
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| Quotes |
media term for quotation marks and words enclosed
within, a statement from the |
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interviewee |
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| Reversals |
term for reverse shot of interviewer asking questions
often shot after interview is |
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over and are for cutting purposes |
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| Round |
a term given to the are to which a reporter is assigned
i.e. political round, police |
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round, ethnic round |
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| Run |
get a media term for having a story published |
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| Scoop |
beating the competition to the story |
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| Source |
the provider of the information for a story |
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| Story |
media term for all written articles and broadcast
pieces |
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| Stringer |
a freelance journalist who files for many organizations
and is available at short |
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notice to cover stories in places where the media
organization has no representative. |
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| Story conference |
time of the day when c.o.s. gathers all reporters
editors to discuss the stories of |
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the day and which will be covered and what angles
are being taken, in some news papers a further afternoon
conference occurs to renegotiate stories especially
if there is late breaking news which will push other
stories off for priority. |
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| Sub-editor |
a senior journalist who edits copy for errors, style
deviations, length and adds |
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headlines |
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| Slug |
words or and numbers on the first line of a story
to uniquley identify that story |
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| Talent |
television and radio term for guests or interviewees |
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| Talking-heads |
Interviews with only people talking, no other action. |
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| Teaser |
a short compilation of footage made up as a trailer
to get the audiences attention, |
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to pointer to a story coming up |
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| 2-shot |
a shot with 2 people in it e.g. the interviewer and
the talent |
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| Wire service |
electronic news service |
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| Wrap |
the end of a shoot, (not the end of a days shooting
in a long shoot, but said by the |
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director only after the very last shot of the film
/ script in the can |
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| Wrap party |
a party where all the cast and crew are invited to
celebrate the end of the movie |
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shooting, before post production begins. |
