journalism terms d - m Flashcards
dateline
Name of the city or town and sometimes the date at the start of a story that is not of local origin.
enterprise copy
Story, often initiated by a reporter, that digs deeper than the usual news story.
exclusive
Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition.
feature
Story emphasizing the human or entertaining aspects of a situation. A news story or other material differentiated from straight news.
file
To send a story to the office usually by wire or telephone or to put news service stories on the wire.
flag
Printed title of a newspaper on page one.
folo
Story that follows up on a theme in a news story.
futures calendar
Date book in which story ideas, meetings and activities scheduled for a later occurrence are listed.
graf
Abbreviation for paragraph.
guild
Newspaper Guild, an international union to which reporters and other newspaper workers belong.
Handout
Term for written publicity or special-interest news sent to a newspaper for publication
hard news
Spot news; live and current news in contrast to features.
HFR
Abbreviation for “hold for release.” Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time.
insert
Material placed between copy in a story.
investigative reporting
Technique used to unearth information that sources often want hidden.
jump
Continuation of a story from one page to another.
kill
To delete a section from copy or to discard the entire story.
lead
First paragraph in a news story.
localize
To emphasize the names of persons from the local community who are involved in events outside the city or region.
LTK
Designation on copy for “lead to come.”
makeup
Layout or design. The arrangement of body type, head- lines, and illustrations into pages.
masthead
Formal statement of newspaper’s name, officers, place of publication and other descriptive information, usually on the editorial page.
morgue
Newspaper library.
