The Media (Vocabulary)

ONLINE NEWS

online version of a newspaper

BROADSHEET

a newspaper printed on large sheets of paper

“THE DAILY”

a newspaper that is published every day except Sunday

A TABLOID

a newspaper with fairly small pages mostly containing stories about famous people and not much “serious” news

WEEKLY PUBLICATION

a magazine, newspaper

MEDIA OUTLET

a newspaper that publishes news stories

BIWEEKLY

a magazine that is published twice a week/month

BULLETIN

a magazine or newspaper produced regularly by a club or organization to give information to its members

COMPACT

a newspaper with fairly small pages that deals with serious news issues

FANZINE

magazine written for and by fans

HEAVY

(informal) serious newspaper

HEADLINES

heading or title appearing at the top of a page or article

COLUMNS

news that is printed in vertical columns rather than taking a whole page

ADVICE COLUMN

a column in the newspaper where advice is given to people who write in it

OBITUARIES

a section in the newspaper about people who have recently died

HOROSCOPE

section in the newspaper about star and zodiac signs which foretell the future

WEATHER REPORT

a section in the newspaper for weather forecasts

BUSINESS SECTION

a section in the newspaper with business news

INTERNATIONAL/WORLD NEWS SECTION

a section in the newspaper which focuses on news from abroad

CAPTION

an explanation or title matching a picture or cartoon

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

a section in the newspaper for people to express their views to the editor of the newspaper

SPECIAL FEATURE

a special story

EDITORIAL

a news article containing the editor’s opinions

COMIC STRIP

a cartoon serious in the newspaper

CIRCULATION

the number of copies a newspaper distributes on an average day

LAYOUT

the way articles are designed on a page

SENSATION NEWS

news which causes public excitement or interest

HOT OFF THE PRESS

news that has just been printed and is very recent

ISSUE (n)

an important topic for a debate, or a copy of a newspaper

FAST-CHECKERS

a person (or people) who checks if the newspaper facts and information in an article are correct

INFORMATION OVERLOAD

exposure to too much information or data

YELLOW JOURNALISM

a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers.

JOURNALESE

style of language or idioms used by journalists

MARATHON TALKS

very long talks

the “GO-AHEAD”

the permission/(be given) the permission to do something

“ELEVENTH HOUR”

last minute

UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS

protected by the fact that it was dark

CONFRONTATION(S)

violent acts of conflict

SHROUDED IN MYSTERY

not known

A LAST-DITCH ATTEMPT

a final try

PLUNGED INTO CHAOS

put into extremely difficult situation

(FOR HIS/HER) POLITICAL LIFE

in danger of losing one’s position