Media Vocabulary
| NEWS | a report of a recent event; what is reported about a recent event or events |
NEWS SERVICES |
news companies that have their own reporters. They sell their articles to the media. Associated Press (AP), United Press International (UPI) and Reuters are the top three news services used in the U.S. |
THE MEDIA |
all the means of mass communication (newspapers, TV, radio, websites, magazines) |
EDITOR |
the head of a news organization; person who chooses the articles that will be printed each day |
COLUMNIST |
a person who writes a regular (daily or weekly) article for a newspaper or magazine, such as a political columnist or a sports columnist |
REPORTER |
a person who gathers and reports news for a news organization |
JOURNALIST |
a person who writes articles for a news organization |
CORRESPONDENT |
a person employed by a news organization to gather, report, or contribute news, articles, etc., regularly from a distant place |
THE PRESS |
all the media and agencies that print, broadcast, or gather and transmit news |
SOURCE |
someone who gives a reporter information; a supplier of information |
EYEWITNESS |
a person who sees an occurrence with his own eyes and is able to give a firsthand account of it |
OMBUDSMAN |
a neutral individual employed by a news organization to receive, investigate, report on and (in some instances) resolve reader or viewer complaints against a news organization |
ARTICLE |
a story based on the facts |
STORY |
a news article or report |
FRONT PAGE |
the first page of a paper, usually carrying the most important story |
FEATURE |
a special or regular article, usually displayed prominently |
COLUMN |
a regular article or feature in a newspaper or magazine |
HEADLINE |
title of any newspaper article |
CAPTION |
a sentence or phrase under a picture to identify or describe the picture |
EDITORIAL |
article written by the editor giving his opinion on a problem or event |
OPINION |
what a person thinks about a particular subject; a subjective point of view |
LIBEL |
a lie that causes damage (misrepresents damagingly) |
SLANDER |
a false report maliciously uttered and tending to injure the reputation of a person |
BIAS |
when an editor or reporter expresses a personal point of view in a news article in a series of articles |
OBJECTIVE |
not affected by personal feelings or prejudice; based on facts; unbiased |
SUBJECTIVE |
based on personal feelings |
PLAGIARIZE |
to put forth as original to oneself the ideas or words of another |
ETHICAL |
pertaining to or dealing with morals; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct |
INTEGRITY |
soundness or moral character; honesty |
CREDIBLE |
believable; worthy of belief or confidence; trustworthy |
