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Newspaper vocabulary
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English
8th Grade
09/26/2007

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Wire Service
Definition
A news agency or organization that gathers new and transmits it to individual subscribing newspapers (AP, CP, Reuters)
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Headline
Definition
The title at the top of an article
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Broadsheet
Definition
A large-format newspaper with usually serious content
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Tabloid
Definition
A smaller format 1/2 broadsheet folded, oftern preferred by publishers of local papers or computer papers and the sensation press (i.e. National Enquirer)
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Column
Definition
The vertical divisions of a page; opinion or comment expressed by a regular writer
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Hard News
Definition
up-to-the-minute news and events that are reported immediately
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Soft News
Definition
background information or human interest stories
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Editorial
Definition
an article written by the editor stating his/her opinion
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Feature
Definition
a special or regular article in a newspaper usually displayed prominently
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Desk
Definition
a department of the newspaper (e.g. the sports desk)
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Paparazzi
Definition
international press corps who compete for stories, usually of a sensational nature
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Reporter
Definition
a person hired to rush to the scene and phone back information as soon as possible or to key the report into a word processing terminal at the newspaper office
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Layout
Definition
the position of stories, advertisements, photos and graphics on a page
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Deadline
Definition
the assigned time for stories to be submitted in order to make the issue going to press
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Article
Definition
a text or piece of writing on any non-fiction subject
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Censor
Definition
official with the power to stop publication of certain articles
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Checkbook Journalism
Definition
the obtaining of exclusive rights to a story by payment of large sums of money
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