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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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bidirectional mic
News service; Journalism
A microphone which picks up sound from two directions, front and rear. Compare with omnidirectional and unidirectional microphones.
kerning
News service; Journalism
A way of setting printed type so that adjacent characters appear to overlap, reducing the amount of horizontal space they require.
on the record
News service; Journalism
Information given by a source who has agreed to be identified in the story. Compare with off the record and non-attributable above.
blog
News service; Journalism
Short for web log, an online commentary or diary often written by individuals about their specialist interests, hobbies, family etc.
cue sheet
News service; Journalism
A radio script containing the introduction to a report, details about any inserts, any back announcements and durations of segments.
super
News service; Journalism
Graphics - usually words - superimposed over a television image giving details about it, such as a person’s name or where they are.
spin
News service; Journalism
Putting a positive slant on something bad or emphasizing only the positive aspects while ignoring the negatives. Compare with balance.
Sub-categories
- Investigative journalism (66)
- Journalism (951)
- Newspaper (916)