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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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tie in

News service; Journalism

(1) To explaining how a current story can be seen in the context of past events. Also known as a tie back.

body type

News service; Journalism

The style of newspaper type used in the body of a story, not in headlines, where it is called display type.

interview

News service; Journalism

A formal, usually structured conversation between a journalist and a source to get information for a story.

lift

News service; Journalism

To take a news story, feature or quote from another newspaper or broadcaster and use it in your own report.

point

News service; Journalism

A unit for measuring the size of a type font. A modern standard point is 1/72nd of an inch or 0.35 of a mm.

clip

News service; Journalism

(1) A single graphic or short excerpt of video, often used on Web pages. (2) A cutting of a newspaper story.

Internet

News service; Journalism

The global network of interconnected computers. The World Wide Web and email are two parts of the Internet.