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AD - Printed notice of something for sale; advertisement.
ADD - More material to be added to a story.
ADVANCE - Story dealing with a coming event, or a feature prefiled for future
release
ADVERTISEMENT
- messages printed in newspaper space paid for by the
advertiser
ANGLE - Approach to a news story focusing on the interesting aspect, as opposed to slanted reporting.
AOT - Any old time.
ASAP - As soon as possible.
ASSIGNMENT - Reporter’s job.
BANNER - Page-wide headline.
BEAT - Area of news regularly assigned to a reporter.
BOX - Border around a story or photo.
BULLETIN - Important last-minute news.
BUMP - Move a story off a page for publication later to make room for a late-breaking story.
BUREAU - News-gathering office separate from the main office. The Post-Journal has three full-time bureaus: Mayville, Little Valley, and Cherry Creek.
BYLINE - Name of the writer of a news story.
CAPS - Capital letters, also called upcase.
CAPTION - Headline under a photo.
CLASSIFIED
ADVERTISING - advertising purchased in small amounts
by the public. advertisements are "classified" into
categories such as help wanted, automobiles, houses for sale,
etc.
COLD TYPE - The process used in producing type photographically or by a computer printer for use in offset printing.
COLOR - Human interest information.
COLUMN
- the arrangement of a news story in horizontal lines of type.
Also a feature written by a columnist that appears regularly
in the newspaper. Some column topics include health, food,
advice, or humorous accounts of daily life.
COLUMN INCH
- one inch of type or space, measured vertically, one column
wide
COLUMNIST - One who writes a special column.
COMPOSITOR - One who pastes up cold type.
COPY - All material used for publication.
CORRESPONDENT - a reporter who works part-time, a stringer. The Post-Journal has about two dozen correspondents.
COVER - to discover the facts of a news event for a story
CUT - Reduce the length of a story.
CUTLINE - Information under a photo.
DATELINE - First words of a story, usually caps, identifying the site of origin.
DECK - Used to denote the number of lines in a headline. A two-deck head would have two lines.
DEADLINE - Last opportunity to complete a story, or shoot a page.
DINGBAT - A decorative mark at the beginning of a paragraph such as a bullet (a bold-print dot•).
DISPLAY
ADVERTISING - large, illustrated advertisements
purchased by those who provide goods and services, such as
retail stores
DROP HEAD - Small secondary headline below the main head.
DUMMY - A diagram showing where all stories, headlines, advertising and photos are to be placed on a page.
EDIT - Correct or prepare copy for publication.
EDITION - Different versions of the newspaper printed on the same day and designed to appeal to people living in different areas. The Post-Journal has four editions.
EDITOR
- a person who decides what stories will be covered, assigns
reporters to stories, decides what news goes in the paper and
where it will appear, and reviews, corrects, and rewrites
stories
EDITORIAL - an expression of opinion by the newspaper's editors,
reflecting the opinion of the publisher or owner of the
newspaper
EDITORIAL CARTOON - cartoon art which expresses opinions on the
news
EXCLUSIVE - Story published by only one newspaper, also called a scoop.
EXTRA - Special edition of a newspaper.
FEATURE - Special story or article that may not be hard news but has human interest value, such as stories usually found in The Post-Journal’s
SATURDAY magazine.
FEATURE STORY
- a story that deals with something other than late-breaking
news, but is timely and of interest to readers
FILE - To send a story electronically on a computer to an editor for editing and publication.
FILLER - Material that can be used to fill space in a newspaper.
FIVE W's
- the major questions found in the lead of a story - who,
what, when, where, why and, some people add, how
FLAG - The name of the newspaper as it appears on Page 1; nameplate.
FOLD - Where the half-fold is made on a page.
FOLIO - The name of the newspaper and the date of publication printed at the top of each page.
FYI - For your information.
GRAF - Paragraph.
GRAY BAR - A bar at the bottom of the page produced by using equal parts of cyan, magenta and yellow. Used by pressmen to set color properly.
GUTTER - The space between columns.
HARD NEWS
- urgent, serious news found in the front pages
HARD TYPE - The old method of printing newspapers, involving linotype machines, lead type and direct printing.
HEADLINE
- words in large type found at the top of the story,
summarizing the story for readers; also called a head
INVERTED PYRAMID - a methods of writing a news story in which
the parts of the story are placed in descending order of
importance, with the five W's in the lead
ISSUE
- all copies of a newspaper produced in a day
ITALIC - Type slanting to the right.
JUMP - Continue, or “jump,” a story from one page to another.
JUMP HEAD - Headline used to direct readers to an inside page for the rest of the story.
KICKER - Small, secondary headline above the main head with supplementary information.
KILL - Destroy a story already entered into the newspaper’s computer system.
LEAD
- the first paragraph or two of a news story usually
containing the five W's.
LEAD - (pronounced LED) - White space between lines.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR - a letter from a reader expressing the
reader's personal views on an issue.
LEG - A column of type.
LINE
- a line of type; there are 14 lines to a column inch.
MAKE-UP - Also called pasteup. The design of a page.
MASTHEAD - Information printed in every issue of the newspaper stating the name of the publication and the publisher.
MUST - Note on a story indicating it must be published.
NAMEPLATE - The name of the newspaper as it appears on Page 1; flag.
NEWS SERVICE - Stories transmitted via satellite and received in The Post-Journal computer. Also called wire service, although telephone lines are no longer used at The Post-Journal to receive Associated Press stories.
NEWS STORY
- an objective report of a recent event or timely information.
The lead paragraph usually contains the main facts of the
story.
OBIT - Story reporting death or funeral.
OFFSET - A printing process in which an inked impression is first made on a rubber-covered roller, then transferred to paper. The printing process used at The Post-Journal.
PAGE ONE
- the first page of the newspaper.
PAGINATION- Arrange printed type on a page.
PICAS, EMS, POINTS - Printer’s measurements. Type is measured in points. Body type in The Post-Journal is
10 point. The largest headline type usually used is 72
point, usually over 6 columns. This would be a 6-72. The largest type a newspaper can print used to be called “second-coming” type and was almost never used. The Post-Journal’s “second-coming” type is 118 points.
PRESS RELEASE
- a specially prepared statement for the press.
PRESS START - The designated time each day when publication must start to ensure delivery of the newspaper on time.
PROOF - To read and correct type. Also proofread. A proof is a copy made by inking lead type, It used to be sent to proofreaders to read.
PUT TO BED - The last step in publishing a newspaper; locking up type just before
printing.
REEFER - A notice to readers that a related story is published elsewhere.
RELEASE - Give final approval for story to be set into type.
RELEASE - Press release.
REPORTER
- a person who finds out facts about a news story and then
writes the story for the newspaper.
REVERSE - White type on black background.
REVIEW
- a critical evaluation of an artistic event, such as a movie,
play, concert, or art exhibit.
ROP - Run of the press.
SCOOP - To beat all other papers on a story.
SIDEBAR - A related story that is printed with the main story.
SLUG - A single word of identification at the top of a story.
SOFT NEWS - Background reports, analyses, etc.
SPOT NEWS - Unexpected late-breaking news.
STET - Copying editing term that means “let it stand.”
STORY - A news report. Newspeople do not apply this term to fiction.
TAKE - A portion of a news story, perhaps one or two paragraphs, filed with an editor so that the story can be edited at the same time that the rest of it is being written. Late, urgent news is written in takes so that it can be put into type as soon as possible.
THIRTY - End of story. - 30 - In today’s computer age, this is not used any more.
TYPO - Typographical error.
WANT ADS
- classifies advertisements
WIDOW - Type that takes up less than half the line at the top of a column. Newspapers try to avoid widows.
WIRE PHOTO - Photograph reproduced at a distance by means of electronic impulses transmitted over telephone lines;
laserphoto; or received via satellite into a computer for digital reproduction. The Post-Journal receives photos primarily via satellite. Photos are processed electronically on AP Leafdesk and MacIntosh computers. |
