The Media (Vocabulary)

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ONLINE NEWS

online version of a newspaper

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BROADSHEET

a newspaper printed on large sheets of paper

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“THE DAILY”

a newspaper that is published every day except Sunday

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A TABLOID

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

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WEEKLY PUBLICATION

a magazine, newspaper

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MEDIA OUTLET

a newspaper that publishes news stories

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BIWEEKLY

a magazine that is published twice a week/month

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BULLETIN

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

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COMPACT

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

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FANZINE

magazine written for and by fans

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HEAVY

(informal) serious newspaper

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HEADLINES

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

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COLUMNS

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

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ADVICE COLUMN

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

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OBITUARIES

a section in the newspaper about people who have recently died

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HOROSCOPE

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

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WEATHER REPORT

a section in the newspaper for weather forecasts

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BUSINESS SECTION

a section in the newspaper with business news

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INTERNATIONAL/WORLD NEWS SECTION

a section in the newspaper which focuses on news from abroad

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CAPTION

an explanation or title matching a picture or cartoon

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

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

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SPECIAL FEATURE

a special story

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EDITORIAL

a news article containing the editor’s opinions

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COMIC STRIP

a cartoon serious in the newspaper

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CIRCULATION

the number of copies a newspaper distributes on an average day

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LAYOUT

the way articles are designed on a page

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SENSATION NEWS

news which causes public excitement or interest

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HOT OFF THE PRESS

news that has just been printed and is very recent

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ISSUE (n)

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

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FAST-CHECKERS

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

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INFORMATION OVERLOAD

exposure to too much information or data

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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.

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JOURNALESE

style of language or idioms used by journalists

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MARATHON TALKS

very long talks

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the “GO-AHEAD”

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

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“ELEVENTH HOUR”

last minute

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UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS

protected by the fact that it was dark

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CONFRONTATION(S)

violent acts of conflict

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SHROUDED IN MYSTERY

not known

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A LAST-DITCH ATTEMPT

a final try

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PLUNGED INTO CHAOS

put into extremely difficult situation

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(FOR HIS/HER) POLITICAL LIFE

in danger of losing one’s position

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