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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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atmos
News service; Journalism
Short for atmosphere, this is background noise recorded on location. In television it is sometimes also called actuality. Sometimes called ambient sound.
cable television
News service; Journalism
A TV service delivered into the home through a cable, usually for a fee. A form of pay TV. Compare with terrestrial television and satellite television.
correspondent
News service; Journalism
A journalist who writes from a position of expertise, either in a subject matter or geographical area, e.g. arts correspondent or European correspondent.
scare quotes
News service; Journalism
A word or short phrase put between quotation marks when they are not necessary, usually just for emphasis or to suggest disbelief, e.g. "global warming".
live
News service; Journalism
(Adjective) (1) Being broadcast as it happens. See also on air. (2) A microphone which is switched on and capable of recording sound is said to be 'live'.
death-knock
News service; Journalism
An assignment in which a reporter calls at the home of a bereaved relative or friend when gathering information about a death. Also known as door-stepping.
inverted pyramid
News service; Journalism
The most common structure for writing a news story, with the main news at the start and the rest of the detail following in decreasing order of importance.
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- Investigative journalism (66)
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