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Backgrounding

Finding out about someone pre-interview

follow-up questions

new questions that occur to you based on the interviewee's answers so far

Editorialization

inserting a reporter's or editor's opinion in a news story

DPI

dots per inch

Sans Serif

A font with straight edges.

Serif

A font that has curved or extended edges

mass media

Television, radio, newspapers, magazines, the Internet, and other means of popular communication.

Photojournalism

journalism that presents a story primarily through the use of pictures

main headline

A headline describing the main story

Teaser

to give a hint or preview of the story

teller

a straight-forward explanation of the story ahead

gaze motion

Where a reader's eyes will move to on the page.

focus point

areas of interest, emphasis, or difference within a composition that capture and hold the viewer's attention.

Dominant

most important, powerful, or influential.

Points

measurement of font size smaller than pica

Pica

measurement of font size larger than point

12 point?

1 pica

6 picas?

1 inch

CMYK

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black

RGB

red, green, blue

PDF

Portable Document Format

inverted pyramid

the organization of a news story in which information is arranged in descending order of importance

leading

the space between lines of text

oddity

how strange or unusual is the story

Human interest

does it tug on the emotions of the reader

news peg

a sentence or paragraph connecting a news feature story to a specific item of news

lead in a news story

an opening paragraph that gives the audience the most important information in a concise and clear manner

Framing

the way a photo is posed; how a photo is framed can significantly affect decisions and judgments.

Rule of Thirds

main subjects should fall in the hot spots and not in the dead center of the image.

Repition

using repeating subjects as method of visual emphasis or breaking the emphasis

Leading Lines

lines that take you through a photo and usually to the primary subject