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媒介英语词汇

FreeJournalismDictionary

Aglossaryofterms,words,slangandshoptalkudinthejournalism,bookpublishing,printing,andwritingprofessions.

ad

Advertiment.

add

Copytobeaddedtoastoryalreadywritten.

advance

minarystorydescribingafutureevent.

astoryupinpriority

("We'readvancingthescandalstorytothefrontpage.")

angle

Theaspectemphasizedinastory.

assignment

Thetaskorstoryareportermustcover.

background

thatisnotassignedadeadline.(Seealso"backgrounder.")

ormationthatisgiventoreporternotspecificallyforaquote,butforgeneralinformationonasubject.

backgrounder

Astorythatdetailsthebackgroundofasubject.("I'massignedtodoabackgrounderonthenewcompany.")

bank

Seedeck.

banner

Aheadlinethatextendsacrossthepageorscreen.

beat

Theareaorsubjectmatterthatareporterregularlycovers.

blindinterview

Aninterviewwhichdoesnotgivethenameofthepersoninterviewed.

blurb

Shortphraissuedbyapublishertopromotethesaleofabook.

"Book-on-demand";methodofbookprintingwhereeachbookisproducedasitisordered.

boildown

Toreduceinsize.

break

ewhenastoryhasbeenpublished.("Whendidthatstorybreak?")

stnewssourcetoreportastory.("AnindieWebsitefirstbrokethescandal.")

brief

Abriefstory.

bump

somethingaheadorbehindschedule.("We'regoingtobumpthisstoryuptoTuesday.")

eaordecrea.("We'llbumpyourpaymentuptocompensateyoufortheextraworkyoudid.")

byline

Theauthor'snameatthebeginningofastory.

caption

Thedescriptivetextforanillustration;oft"cut

line"or"cutline."

cabound

See"hardbound."

clip

Acollectionofawriter'spreviouslypublishedwork,udtoshowthetalentandinterestsofawriter.("Canyoundme

someclipsonthesubject?")

codex

Abookmadeofboundpages.

copy

Thetextofastory.

copyreader

Onewhoeditsandgivesheadlinestonewsstories.

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

Astorythatgivesnewdevelopmentsaboutthesubjectofapreviouslypublishedstory.

folio

Pagenumber.

foto

Photograph.

Photographer.

freelancer

Oneworkworksforhimelf,andisnotemployedbythepublisher;afreelanceassignmentisonegiventoawriternot

"free-lancer."

fyi

Foryourinformation.

get

Averygood,orexclusive,interview.

graf

Paragraph.

hardbound

"hardback"or"cabound."

head

See"headline."

headline

Titleofastory.

int

tingcopyinrtedintoapiecethatisalreadytypet.

erialinrtedintosomethinglarger:pages,copy,illustration,advertiments.("Thecorrectionsinthebook'snew

editionweremadewithintcopy--youcanethatthetypefaceisslightlydifferent.")

journo

list.

lism.

kicker

Thefirstntenceorfirstfewwordsofastory'slead,tinafontsizelargerthanthebodytextofthestory.

kill

Todeletecopy;toremoveanitemfromthepublicationschedule("Inlightoftheairplanetragedy,theeditordecidedtokillthe

airlinehumorstory.")

killfee

Feepaidtoreporterforakilledstory;usuallyapercentageofthenormalfee.

lead

Theleadparagraphorntenceinastory.

lede

See"lead."

legman

Areporterwhogathersnews.

library

Apublication'sprivatecollectionoffiles,clips,illustrations,preparedbios/obits,etc.

lobstershift

Workinginthehoursafterapublicationhasgonetoprint.

masthead

Thepageofapublicationthatgivesitsstaffandeditorialinformation.

morgue

See"library."

mugshot

Ahead-and-shoulderspictureofanindividual.

netsales

Numberofactualsalesofabook(ie,notcountingcopiesnttodistributorsandlaterreturned).

nutgraf

Paragraphinastorycontainingthe"meat"detailsofwhatthestoryisallabout,oftendirectlyfollowingananecdotallead.

obit

Obituary.

onspec

Submittingapieceonthe"speculation"thattheeditorwillacceptit,apracticemorenewfree-lancers

op-ed

"Oppositeeditorial"--featurespageusuallyprintedoppositeanewspaper'ditorialpage,oftencontainingpieces

prentingapositiononanissuewhichistheopinionoftheauthorandnotnecessarily(orusually)theopinionofthepaper.

Also"O&E."

orphan

Asinglelineoftextbeginningaparagraphorctionoftextandappearingatthebottomofapage.

pad

Tomakelonger.

paste-up

Apage'sindividualelementsasmbledinitslayoutonaboard(_pasting_ortaping);udtomakethe

photographicplateswhicharethenprinted.

pic

Pictureorillustration.

pitch

Storyideanttoaneditorbyareporter.

pix

Pictures.

playup

Emphasize.("Whydon'tyouplayuptheinfidelityangle?")

pork

Materialheldforlateru,ifneeded.

POD

"Print-on-demand."SeeBOD.

pullquote

Aquotationfromanarticle,sometimeditedforbrevity,displayedinlargertypeasafiguretothebodyofthearticle.(Also

"pullquote.")

puff

Editorialized,complimentarystatementsinastory.

puffpiece

Anewsstorythatcontainsalotofpuff.

query

Apitch,usuallyforlonger,editorialormagazinepieces.

redletter

Exclusive,breakingnewscoverageofamajornewvent,printedinredtype.

retraction

Apublication'swithdrawalofapreviously-publishedstoryor

fact.("The_Times_retractedtheircommentsontheman.")

revision

Are-writtenorimprovedstory,oftenwithadditionalquotesorfacts.

rookie

See"cub."

run

nitemonscheduleforpublication("Let'srunthisiteminthegossipcolumn.")

ter'sbeat.

sacredcow

Newsorpromomaterialwhichapublisheroreditordemandsbepublished,oftenforpersonalreasons.

scoop

usiveorfirst-publishedstory.("Thatstoryyoudidwasanicescoop.")

ymfor"tip."("Igotanothergreatscoopfromher.")

ll-through

Percentageamountofnetsalesforabook.

short

See"brief."

source

Anindividualwhostatementsareudformaterialinastory.

spec

See"onspec."

stet

Proofreader'smarkfor"restoretoconditionbeforemarkup."

streetedition

Theeditionofanewspaperthatcomesoutfirstandisavailable"onthestreets"suchasatnewsstands.

subhead

Asmallerone-lineheadlineforastory.

TK

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

take

Actionofarunningstory.

tieback

See"tiein."

tiein

Partofthest"tieback."("Yourpieceisgood,

butthetie-inisweak.")

tip

Informationaboutapotentialstorythathasnotbeenbroken.

topheads

Headlinesatthetopofacolumn.

trim

Toreducethelengthofastory.

vet

weekly

Apublicationthatpublishesonceaweek.

widow

Asinglelineoftextendingaparagraphorctionoftextand

appearingatthetopofapage.

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)

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