A Collection of Top 20 Newspaper & Journalism Words


Collected & compiled by Hamid R. Bagheri


 

Here is a collection of Top 20 Words in newspaper and journalism as listed below:

1  article  n. a text or piece of writing on any non-fiction subject

2  broadsheet UK  n. a large-format newspaper with usually serious contents

3  censor  n. official with the power to stop publication of certain articles - censorship n.

4  chequebook journalism  n. the obtaining of exclusive rights to a story by payment of large sums of money

5  correspondent  n. 1 person who writes a letter to a paper 2 person who writes articles for a paper

6  critic  n. a person who writes articles, esp. stating opinion, about art, music etc

7  desk  n. a department of a newspaper [eg: the sports desk

8  edit  v. to check, modify and generally prepare written material for publication

9  editor  n. 1 a person who edits 2 the head of a newspaper or newspaper department

10  editorial  n. an article written by the editor stating his opinion

11  exclusive rights  n. rights or permission for one paper to publish a story that no other paper can

12  feature  n. a special or regular article in a newspaper, usually displayed prominently

13  front page  n. the first page of a paper, usually carrying the most important story

14  headline  n. 1 the title at the top of an article 2 headlines the most important stories

15  journalist  n. a person employed to write articles for a newspaper - journalism n.

16  media  n. the media all the means of mass communication (papers, TV, radio etc)

17  opinion  n. what a person thinks about a particular subject; a subjective point of view

18  paper  n. 1 thin, flexible material for writing or printing on 2 newspaper

19  story  n. a news article or report

20  tabloid  n. a small-format paper, with short, sensational stories - see broadsheet