News room/studio terminologies
Most of the definitions provided in this section were compiled from the Press Association, Reporters’ Companion, Mencher (2010), online searches and media related dictionaries.
• Add: Additional news matter to a story already written or is about to be written.
• Assignment: This is an order to a reporter to cover an event. Assignment is the day’s job given to a reporter to cover by his or her news editor or direct boss.
• Attribution: This means the identification of the person being quoted in the reporter’s story. You only attribute a story to a source if he or she gives such information on record
Actuality: This is an on-the-scene report in broadcasting. • Airtime: The time at which a programme is broadcast. • Audio: Sound • Background: Information that may be used by a writer entirely on his own responsibility and cannot be attributed even to a “reliable source”. The reporter can only use information given on background on his or her own risk. • Banner: These are headlines written across or near the top of most newspaper page. It is also called a Streamer or Streaming headline.
• Beat: This is the area assigned to a reporter for regular coverage. A beat could be a place or a subject. For instance, State House Correspondent has the State House as his/her beat while Energy Correspondent has issues related to energy as his or her beat. In the US, beat could also be regarded as an exclusive story.
• Break: This is when a news development becomes known and available.
• Beeper: A telephone conversation or interview recorded for later playback on air.
• Body type: The type in which most of the newspaper is set, usually 8- or 9-point type.
• Bulletin: News of the day as presented in each of the media organisations.
• By line: This refers to the name of the author of a story or the name of the reporter who wrote a particular story.
• Bulldog: This is an early edition, usually the first of a newspaper’s edition for the day.
• Caps: This refers to capital letters or uppercase letters.
• Caption: This is synonymous with cutline. It is the explanatory lines above or below a newspaper photograph, illustration or diagram.
• Column: This refers to the vertical division of the news page which is usually divided into about five or more columns. It could also be regarded as a signed article of opinion or strong personal expression by an expert.
• Copy: This refers to the news story or report.
• Copy Flow: This refers to the flow of a news story from the reporter to the news desk and to the editor who makes the final decision as to use the story or not. • CAR: This is an acronym for Computer Assisted Reporting- the use of online databases and other related resources for the of a news story. Some refer to it as Database Journalism while others call it Precision Journalism
Most of the definitions provided in this section were compiled from the Press Association, Reporters’ Companion, Mencher (2010), online searches and media related dictionaries.
• Add: Additional news matter to a story already written or is about to be written.
• Assignment: This is an order to a reporter to cover an event. Assignment is the day’s job given to a reporter to cover by his or her news editor or direct boss.
• Attribution: This means the identification of the person being quoted in the reporter’s story. You only attribute a story to a source if he or she gives such information on record
Actuality: This is an on-the-scene report in broadcasting. • Airtime: The time at which a programme is broadcast. • Audio: Sound • Background: Information that may be used by a writer entirely on his own responsibility and cannot be attributed even to a “reliable source”. The reporter can only use information given on background on his or her own risk. • Banner: These are headlines written across or near the top of most newspaper page. It is also called a Streamer or Streaming headline.
• Beat: This is the area assigned to a reporter for regular coverage. A beat could be a place or a subject. For instance, State House Correspondent has the State House as his/her beat while Energy Correspondent has issues related to energy as his or her beat. In the US, beat could also be regarded as an exclusive story.
• Break: This is when a news development becomes known and available.
• Beeper: A telephone conversation or interview recorded for later playback on air.
• Body type: The type in which most of the newspaper is set, usually 8- or 9-point type.
• Bulletin: News of the day as presented in each of the media organisations.
• By line: This refers to the name of the author of a story or the name of the reporter who wrote a particular story.
• Bulldog: This is an early edition, usually the first of a newspaper’s edition for the day.
• Caps: This refers to capital letters or uppercase letters.
• Caption: This is synonymous with cutline. It is the explanatory lines above or below a newspaper photograph, illustration or diagram.
• Column: This refers to the vertical division of the news page which is usually divided into about five or more columns. It could also be regarded as a signed article of opinion or strong personal expression by an expert.
• Copy: This refers to the news story or report.
• Copy Flow: This refers to the flow of a news story from the reporter to the news desk and to the editor who makes the final decision as to use the story or not. • CAR: This is an acronym for Computer Assisted Reporting- the use of online databases and other related resources for the of a news story. Some refer to it as Database Journalism while others call it Precision Journalism
News room/studio terminologies
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