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