Chapter IV: Newspapers
Terms
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- publisher
- in print industries, the person who runs an individual company and acts as its chief representative
- ethnic press
- that part of the newspaper industry aimed at particular cultural groups
- The Federalist Papers
- essays that explained the new federal government to early Americans
- investigative journalism
- reporting that uncovers information that sources have tried to conceal
- news hole
- total amount of space in a newspaper that can be devoted to editorial content versus advertising
- beat reporters
- journalists who find and write stories in specialized areas
- Audit Bureau of Circulations
- an association that verifies newspaper and magazine distribution
- copy editors
- make smaller changes in style, grammar, and spelling before trimming the copy to fit a space and writing a headline
- shoppers
- free-distribution newspapers consisting mostly of ads
- featured syndicates
- brokers for newspaper entertainment and specialty items
- underground press
- alternative newspapers of the 1960s and 1970s that passionately criticized cultural and political norms
- sensationalism
- use of exaggeration and lurid elements to produce a startling effect
- newsprint
- inexpensive paper used for newspapers
- stunt journalism
- reporting that includes a spectacular exploit to gain publicity for the story
- op-ed
- the section of the newspaper "opposite the editorial page" reserved for signed columns, opinion pieces, and guest editorials
- alternative press
- publications that provide a different viewpoint on the news, ususally one that is politically radical or otherwise out of the mainstream
- editorial page
- section of newspaper reserved for statements representing the opinion of the newspaper
- byline
- a line at the beginning of a news story giving the author's name
- general assignment reporters
- journalists who can find and write stories in any area
- hard news
- stories about current events that have impact on people's lives
- penny press
- inexpensive, advertiser-supported newspapers that appeared in the 1830s
- chain
- one company that owns the same type of business in more than one market area
- yellow journalism
- a style of reporting characterized by unprecedented sensationalism
- organizational papers
- newspapers published as part of an organization's communication with members
- mercantile press
- newspapers that provided news of business and shipping
- feature news
- stories directed toward human interest and curiosity; also known as soft news
- partisan press
- newspapers owned or supported by political parties
- seditious libel laws
- laws established in colonial America that made it illegal to criticize the government
- jazz journalism
- styles of news presentation of the 1920s that paralleled the music of the era