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News service
Of or pertaining to any organisation, agency or person engaged in the business of selling news to the public.
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storyboard
News service; Journalism
A sequence of drawings or diagrams used in planning movies or longer television reports, showing approximately how the shots will appear.
throw
News service; Journalism
Where one person on-air passes (‘throws’) the task of presentation to someone else, e.g. ‘And now we go to our reporter at the scene ...’
typesetter
News service; Journalism
In the days before desktop publishing, the person who turned a journalist’s work into metal type for printing. Often called a compositor.
continuity
News service; Journalism
Announcements between radio or television programs, often back announcing the previous program or looking forward to forthcoming programs.
deck
News service; Journalism
(1) The number of rows in a headline. (2) A sub head(line) below the main headline, describing a key part of the story. See also sub head.
sibilance
News service; Journalism
Distortion of sounds caused by a person being too close to a microphone when saying words with strong 's', 'z', 'sh', 'ch' or 'zh' sounds.
out-take
News service; Journalism
In broadcasting, recorded material left out of the program that is finally broadcast. Humorous out-takes are often called flubs or bloopers.
Sub-categories
- Investigative journalism (66)
- Journalism (951)
- Newspaper (916)