Chapter 4

10 cards·by rubi sanchez

The person or body that owns, runs, or controls a publication, sets broad guidelines and general policies but is rarely concerned with day-t

Publisher

The person who has overall responsibility for a news operation or publication; also called editor-in-chief

Managing Editor

A reporter assigned to check the same new source for each issue of the paper

Beat Reporter

A person who writes articles or does the work on any subject assigned as the editor sees fit

General Assignment Reporter

To continue a story from one page to another

Jump

The concept of joint planning of pages or sectioins of publication by writers, editors, and designers; also called the team

WED

The joint of planning of pages or sections of publications by writers, editors, and designers; also called the team or WEB approach

Maestro

The main story of several stories about a topic on one page of a paper; the story that brings the issue into shape

Mainbar

A story supplementing, but separate from another story on the same subject in the same issue of the paper

Sidebar

A story that focuses more on entertaining than on informing; soft news. Feature stories may be written on virtually any topic

Feature Book