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Arrangement whereby limited numbers of reporters and photographers are selected to represent all those assigned to the story
Pool
Printed title of a newspaper on page one
Flag
Refers to a paper so crowded with ads that the news space must be reduced
Tight
An uninterrupted transition from one sound to another; a sound dissolve
Segue
A signal in a script or by word or gesture to begin or to stop
Cue
Name of the reporter who wrote the story, placed atop the published article
Byline
An international union to which reporters and other newspaper workers belong
Guild
To write a story so as to influence the reader’s thinking
Slant
Spot news; live and current news in contrast to features
Hard News
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
Story that emphasizes and elaborates on one part of another nearby story
Sidebar
Term for written publicity or special-interest news sent to a newspaper for publication
Handout
Publicity story or a story that contains unwarranted superlatives
Puff Piece
Short, related story added to the end of a longer one
Shirttail
Bottom section of a story written ahead of an event that will occur too close to deadline for the entire story to be processed
B Copy
Any descriptive or explanatory material under a picture
Cutline
A story that joins two or more events with a common theme, such as traffic accidents, weather, police reports
Roundup
Designation of the person being quoted. Also, the source of information in a story
Attribution
Publicity handout, or a story given to the news media for publication
Press Release
Transition shot - usually short - from one theme to another; used to avoid jump cut
Cutaway
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
A long shot usually cut in at the beginning of a sequence to establish place or location
Cover Shot
When a news development becomes known and available. Also, the point of interruption in a story continued from one page to another
Break
Copy that comes immediately after tape of film of an actuality
Lead-out