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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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yellow journalism

News service; Journalism

An old-fashioned US term for sensational journalism.

gutter

News service; Journalism

A vertical margin of white space where two pages meet

churnalism

News service; Journalism

Journalism that churns out rewrites of media releases.

retraction

News service; Journalism

Withdrawal of story or part of a story after publication, often because a mistake has been made or a legal problem has arisen.

scrum

News service; Journalism

A gathering of reporters around a person, all competing to ask questions or take photographs. Compare with a media conference.

sound on tape (SOT)

News service; Journalism

Sound on a recorded television report, identified as such so a presenter knows when it will start so they do not talk over it.

sub

News service; Journalism

(1) Short for 'sub-editor' below. (2) The process of sub-editing copy for inclusion in a newspaper, magazine or news bulletin.