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wire service
subscribed to by newsrooms
wire copy
stories supplied by a wire service
bulletin
wire story breaking news
news director
in charge of news room decision making, guides news
assignment editor
determines which stories covered/logistics
producer
in charge of organizing a newscast
boothing the show
producer is in control room controlling a live newscast
backtiming
producer determines starting time from necessary ending time
rundown
producer has a list of stories in show in the order of appearance
slug
short title of news package/ story
copy
story done in house for local audience
anchor
person who reads the news on air
reporter
person sent out in the field to gather info
lead
first few sentences in a news story
reader
anchor who reads story without any video or sound
toss
when an anchor hands the story to a reporter
dateline
location reporter files story
rip and read
taking wire copy and not rewriting, only in a breaking news situation.
voice over
anchor reads over sounds of a scene
natural "nat" sounds
not reporter but ambient sound in the background
SOT or sound on tape or actuality
comment of a new source in and interview; aka sound bite
incue
first few words of anything (SOT, package...)
outcue
last few words of anything
track
sound/copy recorded by anchor or reporter before show
package
self contained story of tracks and SOTs
TRT
total running time of a package or SOT
tagline
final sentence read by a reporter (name, station, location...)
tag
read by anchor to close up a story
backgrounding
researching source/subject before gathering info
Author
lauren
ID
3863
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Broadcast Terms
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terms for J350
Updated
2010-01-07T23:15:01Z
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