Lesson 49 Flashcards
Broadcast journalism
Radio and TV
Online journalism
News websites
Pressure groups
People trying to influence what other people think about a particular issue
Air their views
Express their opinions
Press conferences
Meetings to give information to and answer questions from the press
Press release
Give a formal announcement to the press
Seeking publicity
Wanting to reach a wider audience
Soundbite
Short memorable sentence or phrase that will be repeated in news bulletins and articles
Hunt for
Look for
Tapping useful sources
Making use of people or organizations which regularly provide news
Monitoring
Regularly checking
Airtime
Minutes given to it on radio or TV
Column inches
Space
Coverage
Media attention
Rag
A newspaper or magazine which is considered to be of bad quality
The gutter press
A type of newspapers which pay more attention to shocking stories about crime and sex than to serious matters
Go to press
To start to be printed
Back copy
A newspaper or magazine of an earlier date than the one now on sale
Scoop
A story or piece of news discovered and published by one newspaper before all the others
Exclusive
A story which is printed in one newspaper or magazine and no othersc
Headline
A line of words printed in large letters as the title of a story in a newspaper, or the main points of the news that are broadcast on television or radio
Libel
A piece of writing which contains bad and false things about a person
Defame
To damage the reputation of a person or group by saying or writing bad things about them which are not true
Put their own gloss/ spin on a story
Present it in their own way
Muck-racking
Collecting scandal
Triumph
A very great success, achievement or victory, or a feeling of great satisfaction or pleasure caused by this
Print journalism
Newspaper and magazines
