Unit 7. Newspaper Terminology

Vocabulary

Exercise 1. Make sure that you remember the following words and expressions.

Advice column (agony column) – колонка советов

I prefer to stick to investigative reporting and out of the advice column.

Announcement – объявление

The announcement made a dramatic shift in the government’s approach to freedom of media.

Article – статья

There was an article on legal issues and other topics relevant for the local community.

 Artwork – художественные работы; рисунки

They have extravagant artwork on their front page.

Banner headline – центральный заголовок, «шапка»

There were no banner headlines or enthusiastic comments.

By-line – строка с фамилией автора

Was the newspaper report bylined or was it anonymous?

Cartoon – карикатура, комикс

She enjoys reading cartoons in the Sunday paper.

Centerpiece (lead story) – передовая статья, центральный материал выпуска

Up next we have our lead story.

Classified ad – маленькое объявление о купле-продаже, сдаче в наем

First thing he browsed the classified ads for used automobiles for sale in the morning papers.

Color supplement – воскресное цветное приложение к газете в виде журнала

She was sitting in a plastic chair in the clinic waiting room looking through the Sunday color supplement.

Column – колонка

The error appears at the bottom of the second column.

Comic strip – комикс

Usually comic strips are beloved by both children and adults.

Contribution – содействие; статья для газеты, журнала

University newspaper features the contributions of my fellow-students.

Copy – материал для печатания

The printers demand copy at once.

Cover story – заглавная история

Only a few journalists are given the task to write a cover story.

Explainer – статья, объясняющая или поясняющая тему

Our foreign correspondent wrote an explainer about Greek economy.

Exposé – разоблачительная статья

Their combination of shocking exposés, high-profile media work and concerted campaigning throughout Europe had far-reaching effects.

Gossip column – колонка сплетен

If I were you, I would ask my editor someone else look for the gossip column.

Masthead (flag) – выходные данные, сведения о газете

About 35 daily papers use the word Telegram in their masthead.

Obituary – некролог

Obituaries portrayed him as an outstanding but largely forgotten author.

Page Three girl – обнаженная модель; в Великобритании подобные фото публикуются обычно на третьей странице

His biggest ambition was to date page three girl.

Problem page – страница вопросов-ответов

I’m going to write a reply to a letter from the problem page in a newspaper for teenagers.

Profile – короткая статья или репортаж о ком-то

Every week they profile one of their authors.

Quote – цитата, цитировать

Thus ends the quote from the article in The New York Times.

Refer – ссылаться, отсылать, адресовать

Refer to a dictionary if you don’t know the meaning of a word.

Review – обзор, рецензия

The critic gave the film a detailed review.

Shocker – репортаж о шокирующем событии или написанный в сенсационной манере

Their front page story will be a plastic surgery shocker.

Spread – длинная статья

The editor was not willing to allow so much space to his spread on economic crisis.

Exercise 2. Match the words in Column A with their definitions in Column B. Make up your own sentences with these words.

A	B
Obituary	Writing that is ready to be published in a newspaper or magazine
Artwork	A magazine printed in color that is given away with a newspaper
Shocker	A short advertisement that you put in a newspaper, for example so that you can sell something
Banner headline	A short statement in a newspaper, often about a birth, death, or marriage
Comic strip	A long article in a newspaper or magazine
Classified ad	A short article or program about someone
A cover story	The name of a newspaper or magazine that is printed at the top of the front page
Profile	Main story in a magazine relating to the picture on the front cover
Masthead	An article in which someone gives their opinion of a play, book, art exhibition
Copy	A report in a newspaper that announces someone’s death
By-line	A very large headline on the front page of a newspaper
Color supplement	A humorous drawing in a magazine or newspaper, often with words written below
Review	Pictures, photographs, or drawings that are used in a book, magazine
Cartoon	A series of drawings that tell a story, especially a funny story
Announcement	A newspaper report about a shocking event, or a report that describes something in a deliberately shocking way
Spread	A line at the top of an article in a magazine or newspaper giving the writer’s name

Exercise 3. Match the words in Column A with the words in Column B to make up word combinations. Use them in your own sentences.

A	B
Shocker	headline
Cover	page
Color	copy
Page three	a contribution
To edit	a column
Gossip	story
Problem	exposé
Classified	a review
Humorous	purpose
Comic	article
To provide	ad
Nationwide	cartoon
To run	strip
To give	supplement
Eye-opening	column
Banner	girl