Jargon
Editing
Articles
Reporting
100
In sportswriting, trite expressions stemming from the jargon of sports (for example, pigskin for football, grapplers for wrestling).
What is slanguage?
100
The style of type a publication uses.
What is typeface?
100
A relatively short, usually unsigned column offering the opinion of the newspaper on a variety of topics.
What is editorial?
100
A person assigned to check the same news source for each issue of the paper (for example, art, music, theater, police administration).
What is beat reporter?
200
Overused, overworked, old, and trite expression (for example busy bees, blushing bride, dull thud)
What is cliche'?
200
The empty space in ads or page design that helps emphasize the message. If used effectively, it can actually attact the reader's eye.
What is white space?
200
One in which newsworthy events occur over several days or weeks.
What is developing story?
200
A chief copy editor.
What is news editor?
300
A sensational brand of journalism given to hoaxes, altered photographs, screaming headlines, frauds, and endless promotions of the newspaper themselves. The term derives from the name of the Yellow Kid, a cartoon character popular in the late nineteenth century.
What is yellow journalism?
300
Person or body that owns, runs, or controls a publication, setting braod guidelines and general policies.
What is publisher?
300
Reporting that uses extensive research and interviews to provide a detailed account of a significant story.
What is in-depth reporting?
300
Method of composing photographs in which the field of vision is divided into thirds horizontally and vertically and the image placed at the intersection of any two lines.
What is rule of thirds?
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