feature Story emphasizing the human or entertaining aspects of a situation. A news story or other material differentiated from straight news. file To send a story to the office usually by wire or telephone or to put news service stories on the wire. flag Printed title of a newspaper on page one. folo Story that follows up on a theme in a news story. futures calendar Date book in which story ideas, meetings and activities scheduled for a later occurrence are listed. graf Abbreviation for paragraph. guild Newspaper Guild, an international union to which reporters and other newspaper workers belong. handout Term for written publicity or special-interest news sent to a newspaper for publication hard news Spot news; live and current news in contrast to features. HFR Abbreviation for “hold for release.” Material that cannot be used until it is released by the source or at a designated time. insert Material placed between copy in a story. investigative reporting Technique use to unearth information that sources often want hidden. jump Continuation of a story from one page to another. kill To delete a section from copy or to discard the entire story. lead First paragraph in a news story. localize To emphasize the names of persons from the local community who are involved in events outside the city or region. LTK Designation on copy for “lead to come.” makeup Layout or design. The arrangement of body type, headlines, and illustrations into pages. masthead Formal statement of newspaper’s name, officers, place of publication and other descriptive information, usually on the editorial page. morgue Newspaper library. add An addition to a story already written or in the process of being written. assignment Instruction to a reporter to cover an event. attribution Designation of the person being quoted. Also, the source of information in a story. banner Headline across or near the top of all or most of a newspaper page. Also called a line, ribbon, streamer, screamer. B copy Bottom section of a story written ahead of an event that will occur too close to deadline for the entire story to be processed. beat Area assigned to a reporter for regular coverage. Also, an exclusive story. break When a news development becomes known and available. Also, the point of interruption in a story continued from one page to another. bright Short, amusing story. bulldog Early edition, usually the first of a newspaper. byline Name of the reporter who wrote the story, placed atop the published article. cold type In composition, type set photographically or by pasting up letters and pictures on acetate or paper. correspondent Reporter who sends news from outside a newspaper office. crony journalism Reporting that ignores or treats lightly negative news about friends of a reporter. crop To cut or mask the unwanted portions, usually of a photograph. cut Printed picture or illustration. Also, to eliminate material from a story. cutline Any descriptive or explanatory material under a picture. dateline Name of the city or town and sometimes the date at the start of a story that is not of local origin. enterprise copy Story, often initiated by a reporter, that digs deeper than the usual news story. exclusive Story a reporter has obtained to the exclusion of the competition. TERMS IN JOURNALISM GLOSSARY OF TERMS: JOURNALISM news hole