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Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition
Exclusive
Space in a newspaper allotted to news, illustrations and other nonadvertising material
News Hole
Name of the city or town and sometimes the date at the start of a story that is not of local origin
Dateline
Instruction to a reporter to cover an event
Assignment
Describes material offered the reporter in confidence. If the reporter accepts the material with this understanding, it cannot be used except as general background in a later story
Off-the-Record
Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line, ribbon, streamer, screamer
Banner
Abbreviation for the page opposite the editorial page. The page is frequently devoted to opinion columns and related illustrations
Op-Ed Page
Early edition, usually the first of a newspaper
Bulldog
Short, amusing story
Bright
Person, record, document or event that provides the information for the story
Source
Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter
Crony Journalism
Publicity handout, or a story given to the news media for publication
Press Release
Area assigned to a reporter for regular coverage. Also, an exclusive story
Beat
Story usually written late at night for the afternoon newspapers of the next day
Overnight
Reporter who sends news from outside a newspaper office
Correspondent
Any descriptive or explanatory material under a picture
Cutline
Event that develops and is covered over a period of time
Running Story
Designation of the person being quoted. Also, the source of information in a story
Attribution
Front page of an inside section
Split Page
Story, often initiated by a reporter, that digs deeper than the usual news story
Enterprise Copy
In composition, type set photographically or by pasting up letters and pictures on acetate or paper
Cold Type
Story that pulls together a continuing event for the reader who may not have kept track as it unfolded
Situation
A story that attempts to correct a previous story without indicating that the prior story had been in error or without taking responsibility for the error
Rowback
When a news development becomes known and available
Break
Correspondent, not a regular staff member, who is paid by the story or by the number of words written
Stringer