媒介英语词汇(共12页)

1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上Free Journalism Dictionary A glossary of terms, words, slang and shop talk used in the journalism, book publishing, printing, and writing professions. ad Advertisement. add Copy to be added to a story already written. advance 1. A preliminary story describing a future event. 2. To move

2、a story up in priority ("We're advancing the scandal story to the front page.") angle The aspect emphasized in a story. assignment The task or story a reporter must cover. background 1. A story that is not assigned a deadline. (See also "backgrounder.") 2. Any information tha

3、t is given to reporter not specifically for a quote, but for general information on a subject. backgrounder A story that details the background of a subject. ("I'm assigned to do a backgrounder on the new company.") bank See deck. banner A headline that extends across the page or scree

4、n. beat The area or subject matter that a reporter regularly covers. blind interview An interview which does not give the name of the person interviewed. blurb Short phrase issued by a publisher to promote the sale of a book. BOD "Book-on-demand" method of book printing where each book is

5、produced as it is ordered. boil down To reduce in size. break 1. The time when a story has been published. ("When did that story break?") 2. The first news source to report a story. ("An indie Web site first broke the scandal.") brief A brief story. bump 1. To move something ahea

6、d or behind schedule. ("We're going to bump this story up to Tuesday.")2. To increase or decrease. ("We'll bump your payment up to compensate you for the extra work you did.") byline The author's name at the beginning of a story. caption The descriptive text for an il

7、lustration; often credits the name of the photographer or artist who made the illustration. Also "cut line" or "cutline." casebound See "hardbound." clip A collection of a writer's previously published work, used to show the talent and interests of a writer. ("

8、Can you send me some clips on the subject?") codex A book made of bound pages. copy The text of a story. copyreader One who edits and gives headlines to news stories. cover To research and put together a story. credit Acknowledging the source for a given fact. cub A beginning reporter. Also &qu

9、ot;rookie." cut Remove a portion of a story. cut line See "caption." daily A publication that publishes every day. deck Part of the headline which summarizes the story. Also "deck copy," "bank." dog watch See "lobster shift." editorialize To inject the op

10、inion of the writer in a story. filler Short news stories or tidbits used to fill space. flak A low-position spokesperson for a company. flash Short news summary of an event. follow-up A story that gives new developments about the subject of a previously published story. folio Page number. foto Phot

11、ograph. fotog Photographer. freelancer One work works for himeself, and is not employed by the publisher; a freelance assignment is one given to a writer not employed by the publisher. Also "free-lancer." fyi For your information. get A very good, or exclusive, interview. graf Paragraph. h

12、ardbound A codex book whose cover material is hard and not flexible. Also "hardback" or "casebound." head See "headline." headline Title of a story. inset 1. Correcting copy inserted into a piece that is already typeset. 2. Any material inserted into something larger: p

13、ages, copy, illustration, advertisements. ("The corrections in the book's new edition were made with inset copy - you can see that the typeface is slightly different.") journo 1. Journalist. 2. Journalism. kicker The first sentence or first few words of a story's lead, set in a fon

14、t size larger than the body text of the story. kill To delete copy; to remove an item from the publication schedule ("In light of the airplane tragedy, the editor decided to kill the airline humor story.") kill fee Fee paid to reporter for a killed story; usually a percentage of the normal

15、 fee. lead The lead paragraph or sentence in a story. lede See "lead." leg man A reporter who gathers news. library A publication's private collection of files, clips, illustrations, prepared bios/obits, etc. lobster shift Working in the hours after a publication has gone to print. mas

16、thead The page of a publication that gives its staff and editorial information. morgue See "library." mug shot A head-and-shoulders picture of an individual. net sales Number of actual sales of a book (ie, not counting copies sent to distributors and later returned). nut graf Paragraph in

17、a story containing the "meat" details of what the story is all about, often directly following an anecdotal lead. obit Obituary. on spec Submitting a piece on the "speculation" that the editor will accept it, a practice more new free-lancers op-ed "Opposite editorial" -

18、 features page usually printed opposite a newspaper's editorial page, often containing pieces presenting a position on an issue which is the opinion of the author and not necessarily (or usually) the opinion of the paper. Also "O&E." orphan A single line of text beginning a paragra

19、ph or section of text and appearing at the bottom of a page. pad To make longer. paste-up A page's individual elements assembled in its layout on a board (usu. by _pasting_ or taping); used to make the photographic plates which are then printed. pic Picture or illustration. pitch Story idea sent

20、 to an editor by a reporter. pix Pictures. play up Emphasize. ("Why don't you play up the infidelity angle?") pork Material held for later use, if needed. POD "Print-on-demand." See BOD. pull quote A quotation from an article, sometimes edited for brevity, displayed in larger

21、 type as a figure to the body of the article. (Also "pullquote.") puff Editorialized, complimentary statements in a story. puff piece A news story that contains a lot of puff. query A pitch, usually for longer, editorial or magazine pieces. redletter Exclusive, breaking news coverage of a

22、major news event, printed in red type. retraction A publication's withdrawal of a previously-published story or fact. ("The _Times_ retracted their comments on the man.") revision A re-written or improved story, often with additional quotes or facts. rookie See "cub." run 1.

23、To put an item on schedule for publication ("Let's run this item in the gossip column.") 2. A reporter's beat. sacred cow News or promo material which a publisher or editor demands be published, often for personal reasons. scoop 1. An exclusive or first-published story. ("That

24、 story you did was a nice scoop.") 2. A synonym for "tip." ("I got another great scoop from her.") sell-through Percentage amount of net sales for a book. short See "brief." source An individual whose statements are used for material in a story. spec See "on s

25、pec." stet Proofreader's mark for "restore to condition before mark up." street edition The edition of a newspaper that comes out first and is available "on the streets" such as at newsstands. subhead A smaller one-line headline for a story. TK Proofreader's insertio

26、n mark for data "to come" also "TKTK." take A section of a running story. tie back See "tie in." tie in Part of the story that reiterates past events in order to make recent developments clear. Also "tie back." ("Your piece is good, but the tie-in is weak

27、.") tip Information about a potential story that has not been broken. top heads Headlines at the top of a column. trim To reduce the length of a story. vet weekly A publication that publishes once a week. widow A single line of text ending a paragraph or section of text and appearing at the top

28、 of a page. accredited journalist n. 特派记者 advertisement n广告 advance n预发消息；预写消息 affair n桃色新闻；绯闻 anecdote n趣闻轶事 assignment n采写任务 attribution n. 消息出处，消息来源 back alley news n. 小道消息 backgrounding n新闻背景 Bad news travels quickly. 坏事传千里。 banner n通栏标题 beat n采写范围 blank vt. "开天窗" body n. 新闻正文 boil vt压

29、缩(篇幅) box n. 花边新闻 brief n. 简讯 bulletin n新闻简报 byline n. 署名文章 caption n图片说明 caricature n漫画 carry vt刊登 cartoon n漫画 censor vt. 审查(新闻稿件)，新闻审查 chart n每周流行音乐排行版 clipping n剪报 column n专栏；栏目 columnist n专栏作家 continued story 连载故事;连载小说 contributing editor 特约编辑 contribution n(投给报刊的)稿件;投稿 contributor n投稿人 copy des

30、k n新闻编辑部 copy editor n文字编辑 correction n更正(启事) correspondence column读者来信专栏 correspondent n.驻外记者；常驻外埠记者 cover vt采访;采写 cover girl n. 封面女郎 covert coverage 隐性采访;秘密采访 crop vt剪辑(图片) crusade n宣传攻势 cut n插图 vt删减(字数) cut line n插图说明 daily n日报 dateline n新闻电头 deadline n截稿时间 dig vt深入采访；追踪(新闻线索)；“挖”(新闻) digest n文摘

31、editorial n社论 editorial office 编辑部 editor's notes 编者按 exclusive n独家新闻 expose n揭丑新闻；新闻曝光 extra n号外 eye-account n目击记;记者见闻 faxed photo 传真照片 feature n特写；专稿 feedback n信息反馈 file n发送消息；发稿 filler n补白 First Amendment (美国宪法)第一修正案(内容有关新闻、出版自由等) five "W's" of news 新闻五要素 flag n报头;报名 folo (=foll

32、ow-up) n连续报道 Fourth Estate 第四等级(新闻界的别称) freedom of the Press 新闻自由 free-lancer n自由撰稿人 full position 醒目位置 Good news comes on crutches. 好事不出门。 grapevine n小道消息 gutter n中缝 hard news 硬新闻;纯消息 headline n新闻标题；内容提要 hearsay n小道消息 highlights n. 要闻 hot news 热点新闻 human interest 人情味 in-depth reporting 深度报道 insert

33、n.& vt插补段落;插稿 interpretative reporting 解释性报道 invasion of privacy 侵犯隐私(权) inverted pyramid 倒金字塔(写作结构) investigative reporting 调查性报道 journalism n新闻业;新闻学 Journalism is literature in a hurry 新闻是急就文学 journalist n新闻记者 kill vt退弃(稿件)；枪毙(稿件) layout n版面编排；版面设计 lead n导语 libel n. 诽谤(罪) makeup n. 版面设计 man of the year 年度新闻人物，年度风云人物 mass communication 大众传播(学) mass media 大众传播媒介 master head n