GLOSSARY OF TERMS: JOURNALISM

GLOSSARY OF TERMS: JOURNALISM Collected by Kajalaknti Karmakar; Reporter ‘Bartaman’ •M:9933066200; eMail: ghatal1947@gmail.com •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 repo...