AP Style
The use of any part of another's writing and passing it off as your own.
What is plagiarism?
A lead that coaxes readers into a story by making them read further to see what the lead really means.
What is tease?
Manipulate the lens of a camera to create the appearance of moving closer or farther away from the subject.
What is zoom?
The thesis of an article
What is nutgraf?
Copy used under or with a photograph. It identifies what or who is in the picture and where it is taken. (Also called cutline)
What is caption?
Writing that expresses the writer's opinion and view point. In a newspaper, this belongs on the editorial page.
What is subjective writing?
A fact or bit of information that will stick in the audience's minds and make them remember the story.
What is nugget?
The cutting or marking of a photograph to eliminate unneccessary material and highlight important elements.
What is cropping?
A story that focuses more on entertaining than on simply informing the audience. These may be written on virtually any topic.
What is feature story?
A brief description of the contents of a news story printed in larger type, usually above the story.
What is headline.
Ability to make fair, neutral observations about people and events.
What is objectivity?
In sportswriting, trite expressions stemming from the jargon of sports (for example, pigskin for football, grapplers for wrestling).
What is slanguage?
The style of type a publication uses.
What is typeface?
A relatively short, usually unsigned column offering the opinion of the newspaper on a variety of topics.
What is editorial?
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?
To put a speaker's words into the reporter's own words without changing the meaning or inserting opinion. Used to clarify lengthy, fuzzy or complicated thoughts. They do not have to be used in quotation marks.
What is paraphrase?
Overused, overworked, old, and trite expression (for example busy bees, blushing bride, dull thud)
What is cliche'?
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?
One in which newsworthy events occur over several days or weeks.
What is developing story?
A chief copy editor.
What is news editor?
Journalism that crusades for social justice or to expose wrongdoing.
What is muckraking?
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?
Person or body that owns, runs, or controls a publication, setting braod guidelines and general policies.
What is publisher?
Reporting that uses extensive research and interviews to provide a detailed account of a significant story.
What is in-depth reporting?
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?