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Journalism

The term is widely used in news bulletins is electronic media or newspaper reports.

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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.

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