Soft lead
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A lead that uses a quote, anecdote or other literary device to attract the
reader. See also hard lead.
Profile
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A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or
person.
,Hyperlocal
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Information that is intensely local in its emphasis.
News value
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A measure of how important or interesting a story is.
Confidential Source
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a person who provides information to a law-enforcement agency or to a
journalist on the express or implied guarantee of anonymity
Ethics
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the moral principals that govern the appropriate conduct for individuals
and organizations
,Central Point
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What the story is really about, what question or questions the story will
answer to be worthwhile,
why people need or will want to know about it,
if it reflects a larger trend or theme, etc.
Depth of Field
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the distance between the nearest and the furthest objects that give an
image judged to be in focus in a camera
Off the record
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An expression that usually means "Don't quote me." Some sources and
reporters use it to mean "Don't print this." Phrases with similar, and equally
ambiguous, meanings are "not for attribution" and "for background only."
Umbrella Lead
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, sets the foundation for creating newscast opens as well as designing team
coverage
Content Editor
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(also called developmental editing or substantive editing), as the name
implies, involves checking the content
plagiarism
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Using any part of another person's writing and passing it off as your own
Convergence
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The coordination of print, broadcast and online reporting in a news
operation. The terms is defined in different ways by different people in the
media industry
On Background
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A lead that uses a quote, anecdote or other literary device to attract the
reader. See also hard lead.
Profile
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A story intended to reveal the personality or character of an institution or
person.
,Hyperlocal
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Information that is intensely local in its emphasis.
News value
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A measure of how important or interesting a story is.
Confidential Source
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a person who provides information to a law-enforcement agency or to a
journalist on the express or implied guarantee of anonymity
Ethics
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the moral principals that govern the appropriate conduct for individuals
and organizations
,Central Point
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What the story is really about, what question or questions the story will
answer to be worthwhile,
why people need or will want to know about it,
if it reflects a larger trend or theme, etc.
Depth of Field
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the distance between the nearest and the furthest objects that give an
image judged to be in focus in a camera
Off the record
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An expression that usually means "Don't quote me." Some sources and
reporters use it to mean "Don't print this." Phrases with similar, and equally
ambiguous, meanings are "not for attribution" and "for background only."
Umbrella Lead
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, sets the foundation for creating newscast opens as well as designing team
coverage
Content Editor
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(also called developmental editing or substantive editing), as the name
implies, involves checking the content
plagiarism
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Using any part of another person's writing and passing it off as your own
Convergence
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The coordination of print, broadcast and online reporting in a news
operation. The terms is defined in different ways by different people in the
media industry
On Background
