记者的英语

新闻专业英语词汇

新闻专业英语词汇

accreditedjournalistn.特派记者

advertimentn．广告．

advancen．预发消息；预写消息

affairn．桃色新闻；绯闻

anecdoten．趣闻轶事

assignmentn．采写任务

attributionn.消息出处，消息来源

backalleynewsn.小道消息

backgroundingn．新闻背景

Badnewstravelsquickly.坏事传千里。

bannern．通栏标题

beatn．采写范围

blankvt."开天窗"

bodyn.新闻正文

boilvt．压缩(篇幅)

boxn.花边新闻

briefn.简讯

bulletinn．新闻简报

bylinen.署名文章

captionn．图片说明

caricaturen．漫画

carryvt．刊登

cartoonn．漫画

censorvt.审查(新闻稿件)，新闻审查

chartn．每周流行音乐排行版

clippingn．剪报

columnn．专栏；栏目

columnistn．专栏作家

continuedstory连载故事;连载小说

contributingeditor特约编辑

contributionn．(投给报刊的)稿件;投稿

contributorn．投稿人

copydeskn．新闻编辑部

copyeditorn．文字编辑

correctionn．更正(启事)

correspondencecolumn读者来信专栏

correspondentn.驻外记者；常驻外埠记者

covervt．采访;采写

covergirln.封面女郎

covertcoverage隐性采访;秘密采访

cropvt．剪辑(图片)

crusaden．宣传攻势

cutn．插图vt．删减(字数)

cutlinen．插图说明

dailyn．日报

datelinen．新闻电头

deadlinen．截稿时间

digvt．深入采访；追踪(新闻线索)；"挖"(新闻)

digestn．文摘

editorialn．社论

editorialoffice编辑部

editor'snotes编者按

exclusiven．独家新闻

expon．揭丑新闻；新闻曝光

extran．号外

eye-accountn．目击记;记者见闻

faxedphoto传真照片

featuren．特写；专稿

feedbackn．信息反馈

filen．发送消息；发稿

fillern．补白

FirstAmendment

(美国宪法)第一修正案(内容有关新闻、出版自由等)

five"W's"ofnews新闻五要素

flagn．报头;报名

folo(=follow-up)n．连续报道

FourthEstate第四等级(新闻界的别称)

freedomofthePress新闻自由

free-lancern．自由撰稿人

fullposition醒目位置

Goodnewscomesoncrutches.好事不出门。

grapevinen．小道消息

guttern．中缝

hardnews硬新闻;纯消息

headlinen．新闻标题；内容提要

hearsayn．小道消息

highlightsn.要闻

hotnews热点新闻

humaninterest人情味

in-depthreporting深度报道

inrtn.&vt．插补段落;插稿

interpretativereporting解释性报道

invasionofprivacy侵犯隐私(权)

invertedpyramid倒金字塔(写作结构)

investigativereporting调查性报道

journalismn．新闻业;新闻学

Journalismisliteratureinahurry新闻是急就文学．

journalistn．新闻记者

killvt．退弃(稿件)；枪毙(稿件)

layoutn．版面编排；版面设计

leadn．导语

libeln.诽谤(罪)

makeupn.版面设计

manoftheyear年度新闻人物，年度风云人物

masscommunication大众传播(学)

massmedia大众传播媒介

masterheadn．报头;报名

median.媒介，媒体

Merereportisnotenoughtogoupon．仅是传闻不足为凭．

morguen．报刊资料室

newsagency通讯社

newsclue新闻线索

newspeg新闻线索，新闻电头

newsprintn．新闻纸

newsvalue新闻价值

Nonewsisgood

news．没有消息就是好消息；不闻凶讯便是吉。

nofornews新闻敏感

obituaryn．讣告

objectivityn．客观性

offtherecord不宜公开报道

opinionpoll民意浏验

periodicaln．期刊

pipelinen．匿名消息来源

popularpaper大众化报纸；通俗报纸

pressn．报界；新闻界

pressconference新闻发布会;记者招待台

presslaw新闻法

pressrelea新闻公告;新闻简报

PRman公关先生

profilen.人物专访；人物特写

proofreadern．校对员

pudoevent假新闻

qualitypaper高级报纸；严肃报纸

quarterlyn．季刊

readabilityn．可读性

reader'sinterest读者兴越

rejectvt．退弃(稿件)

remunerationn.稿费;稿酬

reportern．记者

rewritevt.改写(稿件)，改稿

round-upn．综合消息

scandaln．丑闻

scoopvt."抢"(新闻)n．独家新闻

nsationala．耸人听闻的；具有轰动效应的

xscandal桃色新闻

sidebarn．花絮新闻

slantn．主观报道；片面报道

slinkink"爬格子"

softnews软新闻

sourcen．新闻来源；消息灵通人士

spikevt．退弃(稿件)；"枪毙"(稿件)

stonevt．拼版

storyn．消息;稿件;文章

stringern．特约记者;通讯员

subheadn．小标题；副标题

supplementn．号外;副刊;增刊

suspendedinterest悬念

thumbnailn．"豆腐干"(文章)

timelinessn．时效性;时新性

tipn．内幕新闻；秘密消息

trimn.删改(稿件)

updaten．更新(新闻内容)，增强(时效性)

watchdogn.&vt.舆论监督

weeklyn．周报

wirervicen．通讯社

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推荐accreditedjournalistn.特派记者

advertimentn．广告．

advancen．预发消息；预写消息

affairn．桃色新闻；绯闻

anecdoten．趣闻轶事

assignmentn．采写任务

attributionn.消息出处，消息来源

backalleynewsn.小道消息

backgroundingn．新闻背景

Badnewstravelsquickly.坏事传千里。

bannern．通栏标题

beatn．采写范围

blankvt."开天窗"

bodyn.新闻正文

boilvt．压缩(篇幅)

boxn.花边新闻

briefn.简讯

bulletinn．新闻简报

bylinen.署名文章

captionn．图片说明

caricaturen．漫画

carryvt．刊登

cartoonn．漫画

censorvt.审查(新闻稿件)，新闻审查

chartn．每周流行音乐排行版

clippingn．剪报

columnn．专栏；栏目

columnistn．专栏作家

continuedstory连载故事;连载小说

contributingeditor特约编辑

contributionn．(投给报刊的)稿件;投稿

contributorn．投稿人

copydeskn．新闻编辑部

copyeditorn．文字编辑

correctionn．更正(启事)

correspondencecolumn读者来信专栏

correspondentn.驻外记者；常驻外埠记者

covervt．采访;采写

covergirln.封面女郎

covertcoverage隐性采访;秘密采访

cropvt．剪辑(图片)

crusaden．宣传攻势

cutn．插图vt．删减(字数)

cutlinen．插图说明

dailyn．日报

datelinen．新闻电头

deadlinen．截稿时间

digvt．深入采访；追踪(新闻线索)；"挖"(新闻)

digestn．文摘

editorialn．社论

editorialoffice编辑部

editor'snotes编者按

exclusiven．独家新闻

expon．揭丑新闻；新闻曝光

extran．号外

eye-accountn．目击记;记者见闻

faxedphoto传真照片

featuren．特写；专稿

feedbackn．信息反馈

filen．发送消息；发稿

fillern．补白

FirstAmendment

(美国宪法)第一修正案(内容有关新闻、出版自由等)

five"W's"ofnews新闻五要素

flagn．报头;报名

folo(=follow-up)n．连续报道

FourthEstate第四等级(新闻界的别称)

freedomofthePress新闻自由

free-lancern．自由撰稿人

fullposition醒目位置

Goodnewscomesoncrutches.好事不出门。

grapevinen．小道消息

guttern．中缝

hardnews硬新闻;纯消息

headlinen．新闻标题；内容提要

hearsayn．小道消息

highlightsn.要闻

hotnews热点新闻

humaninterest人情味

in-depthreporting深度报道

inrtn.&vt．插补段落;插稿

interpretativereporting解释性报道

invasionofprivacy侵犯隐私(权)

invertedpyramid倒金字塔(写作结构)

investigativereporting调查性报道

journalismn．新闻业;新闻学

Journalismisliteratureinahurry新闻是急就文学．

journalistn．新闻记者

killvt．退弃(稿件)；枪毙(稿件)

layoutn．版面编排；版面设计

leadn．导语

libeln.诽谤(罪)

makeupn.版面设计

manoftheyear年度新闻人物，年度风云人物

masscommunication大众传播(学)

massmedia大众传播媒介

masterheadn．报头;报名

median.媒介，媒体

Merereportisnotenoughtogoupon．仅是传闻不足为凭．

morguen．报刊资料室

newsagency通讯社

newsclue新闻线索

newspeg新闻线索，新闻电头

newsprintn．新闻纸

newsvalue新闻价值

Nonewsisgood

news．没有消息就是好消息；不闻凶讯便是吉。

nofornews新闻敏感

obituaryn．讣告

objectivityn．客观性

offtherecord不宜公开报道

opinionpoll民意浏验

periodicaln．期刊

pipelinen．匿名消息来源

popularpaper大众化报纸；通俗报纸

pressn．报界；新闻界

pressconference新闻发布会;记者招待台

presslaw新闻法

pressrelea新闻公告;新闻简报

PRman公关先生

profilen.人物专访；人物特写

proofreadern．校对员

pudoevent假新闻

qualitypaper高级报纸；严肃报纸

quarterlyn．季刊

readabilityn．可读性

reader'sinterest读者兴越

rejectvt．退弃(稿件)

remunerationn.稿费;稿酬

reportern．记者

rewritevt.改写(稿件)，改稿

round-upn．综合消息

scandaln．丑闻

scoopvt."抢"(新闻)n．独家新闻

nsationala．耸人听闻的；具有轰动效应的

xscandal桃色新闻

sidebarn．花絮新闻

slantn．主观报道；片面报道

slinkink"爬格子"

softnews软新闻

sourcen．新闻来源；消息灵通人士

spikevt．退弃(稿件)；"枪毙"(稿件)

stonevt．拼版

storyn．消息;稿件;文章

stringern．特约记者;通讯员

subheadn．小标题；副标题

supplementn．号外;副刊;增刊

suspendedinterest悬念

thumbnailn．"豆腐干"(文章)

timelinessn．时效性;时新性

tipn．内幕新闻；秘密消息

trimn.删改(稿件)

updaten．更新(新闻内容)，增强(时效性)

watchdogn.&vt.舆论监督

weeklyn．周报

wirervicen．通讯社

FreeJournalismDictionary

Aglossaryofterms,words,slangandshoptalkudinthejournalism,

bookpublishing,printing,andwritingprofessions.

ad

Advertiment.

add

Copytobeaddedtoastoryalreadywritten.

advance

astory

upinpriority("We'readvancingthescandalstorytothefront

page.")

angle

Theaspectemphasizedinastory.

assignment

Thetaskorstoryareportermustcover.

background

thatisnotassignedadeadline.(Seealso"backgrounder.")

ormationthatisgiventoreporternotspecificallyfora

quote,butforgeneralinformationonasubject.

backgrounder

Astorythatdetailsthebackgroundofasubject.("I'massignedtodo

abackgrounderonthenewcompany.")

bank

Seedeck.

banner

Aheadlinethatextendsacrossthepageorscreen.

beat

Theareaorsubjectmatterthatareporterregularlycovers.

blindinterview

Aninterviewwhichdoesnotgivethenameofthepersoninterviewed.

blurb

Shortphraissuedbyapublishertopromotethesaleofabook.

BOD

"Book-on-demand";methodofbookprintingwhereeachbookisproduced

asitisordered.

boildown

Toreduceinsize.

break

ewhenastoryhasbeenpublished.("Whendidthatstory

break?")stnewssourcetoreportastory.("Anindie

Websitefirstbrokethescandal.")

brief

Abriefstory.

bump

somethingaheadorbehindschedule.("We'regoingtobump

thisstoryuptoTuesday.")eaordecrea.("We'llbump

yourpaymentuptocompensateyoufortheextraworkyoudid.")

byline

Theauthor'snameatthebeginningofastory.

caption

Thedescriptivetextforanillustration;oftencreditsthenameof

"cutline"

or"cutline."

cabound

See"hardbound."

clip

Acollectionofawriter'spreviouslypublishedwork,udtoshowthe

talentandinterestsofawriter.("Canyoundmesomeclipsonthe

subject?")

codex

Abookmadeofboundpages.

copy

Thetextofastory.

copyreader

Onewhoeditsandgivesheadlinestonewsstories.

cover

Torearchandputtogetherastory.

credit

Acknowledgingthesourceforagivenfact.

cub

"rookie."

cut

Removeaportionofastory.

cutline

See"caption."

daily

Apublicationthatpublisheveryday.

deck

"deckcopy,"

"bank."

dogwatch

See"lobstershift."

editorialize

Toinjecttheopinionofthewriterinastory.

filler

Shortnewsstoriesortidbitsudtofillspace.

flak

Alow-positionspokespersonforacompany.

flash

Shortnewssummaryofanevent.

follow-up

Astorythatgivesnewdevelopmentsaboutthesubjectofapreviously

publishedstory.

folio

Pagenumber.

foto

Photograph.

fotog

Photographer.

freelancer

Oneworkworksforhimelf,andisnotemployedbythepublisher;a

freelanceassignmentisonegiventoawriternotemployedbythe

"free-lancer."

fyi

Foryourinformation.

get

Averygood,orexclusive,interview.

graf

Paragraph.

hardbound

"hardback"or"cabound."

head

See"headline."

headline

Titleofastory.

int

tingcopyinrtedintoapiecethatisalreadytypet.2.

Anymaterialinrtedintosomethinglarger:pages,copy,

illustration,advertiments.("Thecorrectionsinthebook'snew

editionweremade

withintcopy--youcanethatthetypefaceisslightly

different.")

journo

lism.

kicker

Thefirstntenceorfirstfewwordsofastory'slead,tinafont

sizelargerthanthebodytextofthestory.

kill

Todeletecopy;toremoveanitemfromthepublicationschedule("In

lightoftheairplanetragedy,theeditordecidedterror

humorstory.")

killfee

Feepaidtoreporterforakilledstory;usuallyapercentageofthe

normalfee.

lead

Theleadparagraphorntenceinastory.

lede

See"lead."

legman

Areporterwhogathersnews.

library

Apublication'sprivatecollectionoffiles,clips,illustrations,

preparedbios/obits,etc.

lobstershift

Workinginthehoursafterapublicationhasgonetoprint.

masthead

Thepageofapublicationthatgivesitsstaffandeditorial

information.

morgue

See"library."

mugshot

Ahead-and-shoulderspictureofanindividual.

netsales

Numberofactualsalesofabook(ie,notcountingcopiesntto

distributorsandlaterreturned).

nutgraf

Paragraphinastorycontainingthe"meat"detailsofwhatthestory

isallabout,oftendirectlyfollowingananecdotallead.

obit

Obituary.

onspec

Submittingapieceonthe"speculation"thattheeditorwillaccept

it,apracticemorenewfree-lancers

op-ed

"Oppositeeditorial"--featurespageusuallyprintedoppositea

newspaper'ditorialpage,oftencontainingpiecesprentinga

positiononanissuewhichistheopinionoftheauthorandnot

necessarily(orusually)"O&E."

orphan

Asinglelineoftextbeginningaparagraphorctionoftextand

appearingatthebottomofapage.

pad

Tomakelonger.

paste-up

Apage'sindividualelementsasmbledinitslayoutonaboard

(_pasting_ortaping);udtomakethephotographicplates

whicharethenprinted.

pic

Pictureorillustration.

pitch

Storyideanttoaneditorbyareporter.

pix

Pictures.

playup

Emphasize.("Whydon'tyouplayuptheinfidelityangle?")

pork

Materialheldforlateru,ifneeded.

POD

"Print-on-demand."SeeBOD.

pullquote

Aquotationfromanarticle,sometimeditedforbrevity,displayed

inlargertypeasafiguretothebodyofthearticle.(Also

"pullquote.")

puff

Editorialized,complimentarystatementsinastory.

puffpiece

Anewsstorythatcontainsalotofpuff.

query

Apitch,usuallyforlonger,editorialormagazinepieces.

redletter

Exclusive,breakingnewscoverageofamajornewvent,printedinred

type.

retraction

Apublication'swithdrawalofapreviously-publishedstoryor

fact.("The_Times_retractedtheircommentsontheman.")

revision

Are-writtenorimprovedstory,oftenwithadditionalquotesorfacts.

rookie

See"cub."

run

nitemonscheduleforpublication("Let'srunthisitemin

thegossipcolumn.")ter'sbeat.

sacredcow

Newsorpromomaterialwhichapublisheroreditordemandsbe

published,oftenforpersonalreasons.

scoop

usiveorfirst-publishedstory.("Thatstoryyoudidwasa

nicescoop.")ymfor"tip."("Igotanothergreatscoopfrom

her.")

ll-through

Percentageamountofnetsalesforabook.

short

See"brief."

source

Anindividualwhostatementsareudformaterialinastory.

spec

See"onspec."

stet

Proofreader'smarkfor"restoretoconditionbeforemarkup."

streetedition

Theeditionofanewspaperthatcomesoutfirstandisavailable"on

thestreets"suchasatnewsstands.

subhead

Asmallerone-lineheadlineforastory.

TK

Proofreader'sinrtionmarkfordata"tocome";also"TKTK."

take

Actionofarunningstory.

tieback

See"tiein."

tiein

Partofthestorythatreiteratespasteventsinordertomakerecent

"tieback."("Yourpieceisgood,butthe

tie-inisweak.")

tip

Informationaboutapotentialstorythathasnotbeenbroken.

topheads

Headlinesatthetopofacolumn.

trim

Toreducethelengthofastory.

vet

weekly

Apublicationthatpublishesonceaweek.

widow

Asinglelineoftextendingaparagraphorctionoftextand

appearingatthetopofapage.

bannern．通栏标题

beatn．采写范围

blankvt.开天窗

bodyn.新闻正文

boilvt．压缩(篇幅)

boxn.花边新闻

briefn.简讯

bulletinn．新闻简报

bylinen.署名文章

captionn．图片说明

caricaturen．漫画

carryvt．刊登

cartoonn．漫画

censorvt.审查(新闻稿件)，新闻审查

chartn．每周流行音乐排行版

clippingn．剪报

columnn．专栏；栏目

columnistn．专栏作家

continuedstory连载故事;连载小说

contributingeditor特约编辑

contributionn．(投给报刊的)稿件;投稿

contributorn．投稿人

copydeskn．新闻编辑部

copyeditorn．文字编辑

correctionn．更正(启事)

correspondencecolumn读者来信专栏

correspondentn.驻外记者；常驻外埠记者

covervt．采访;采写

covergirln.封面女郎

covertcoverage隐性采访;秘密采访

cropvt．剪辑

crusaden．宣传攻势

cutn．插图vt．删减(字数)

cutlinen．插图说明

dailyn．日报

datelinen．新闻电头

deadlinen．截稿时间

digvt．深入采访；追踪(新闻线索)；“挖”(新闻)

digestn．文摘

editorialn．社论

editorialoffice编辑部

accreditedjournalistn.特派记者

advertimentn．广告．

advancen．预发消息；预写消息

affairn．桃色新闻；绯闻

anecdoten．趣闻轶事

assignmentn．采写任务

attributionn.消息出处，消息来源

backalleynewsn.小道消息

backgroundingn．新闻背景

Badnewstravelsquickly.坏事传千里。