parts of a newspaper or magazine
headline/'hcdkun/ [n Cj the words in big
letters at the top of a newspaper report that tell you what the report is about: The headline read: SPACE ALIENS MEET
WITH PRESIDENTS CAT" letters page /lety/ peid3/ [n ci a page in
a newspaper where letters from members of the public are printed
TV/sport/business/fashion page
/ti: vi:. sрл:rt, 'bizn^s. hepn ,peid.V (n С] а page in a newspaper that tells you about television, sport, business, or fashion
listings/'|isnr]z/[n plural] lists of films, plays,
and other events, with details of the times, dates, and places where they will happen
TV listings/ti: vi: Ji.stnjz/ [n plural] lists of programmes that are on the television and the times that they are on
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article /а:гпЫ/ [n C] a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine about a particular subject
+ on/about Did you read that article about О J Simpson?
Story /smi/ [п С) a report in a newspaper about a recent event: a front-page story in the New York Times
+ about Open any newspaper and you 11 see many stones about shootings and muggings.
run a story |=report an event) The Post is running a story about one of the President's advisors being arrested for talcing drugs.
feature j-fmJV/ [n С] a special report in a newspaper or magazine about an interesting subject, place, or person: a special feature about the lives of homeless people
SCOOp /sku:p/ (n C] an important or exciting news story that is printed in one newspaper before any of the others know about it: Read our latest Royal Diary scoop!
editorial /|CCii t;xnol/ [n CI a piece of writing in a newspaper that gives the personal opinion of the editor about something that is in the news: Their editorials always criticize the government, whatever the
government does
exclusive /ik'skluisiv/ [n CJ a news story
that is printed by one newspaper before any of the others know about it: a New York Times exclusive about a secret arms deal between a US company and Iraq exclusive [adj] an exclusive interview with ex-President Bush
coverage /'Uv,>r;d5/ [n U] when something is reported in newspapers or magazines. or on television or radio, and the way in which it is reported: The release of Nelson Mandela was given massive coverage throughout the world + of The Daily Star's coverage of the election was very biased.
H people who work for newspapers or magazines
reporter /п'рю:г1эг/ [n C] someone whose job is to find out about news stories and write about them: She works as a junior reporter on a local paper. ! A crowd of reporters were waiting outside the house all night.
journalist /d-y^nMist/ [n C] someone
who writes for a newspaper or magazine, or who appears on news programmes on television or radio: Cronkite's career as a journalist lasted over 30 years.
journalism /с1уз:'пЫг/,ю]/ [n (JJ the work of being a journalist
correspondent /,knr,Vspondoni||,ko:r,\- spdin-, ко:-/ (л CJ someone who writes
about or talks about a particular subject, especially a serious one. for a newspaper or a news programme political/Joreigri/education etc correspondent (-someone who reports news stories about politics, what is happening in other countries, education etc) Schoo/s in Crisis ', by our education correspondent Nick Bacon. I Martin Bell worked for many years as the BBC's war correspondent covering conflicts all over the world.
editor /'oditoV In C] the person in charge of a newspaper or magazine, whose job is to decide what should be written about: She's the editor of Cosmopolitan.
fashion/sports/political editor
etc [n С] the person who is in charge of a particular part of a newspaper or magazine. ar.d who decides what should be written about fashion, sport, politics etc: the chief political editor of The limes I Morrison is the papers senior business
editor.
Hack /ha.1 к/ [n C] informal a news reporter or journalist - use this about people you
disapprove of or who you think produce bad quality writing: The editor sent one of his hacks to interview the murderer s girlfriend.
Ы to write for a newspaper or magazine
write Дан/ [u I/T] to write news reports or other articles for a newspaper or magazine: She writes articles about health for a women's magazine. + for He's been writing for the Evening News ever since he left college.
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ort /n'po:rt/ [v 1Д1 to find out and write
about news stories for a newspaper or news programme: We try to report events as fairly as possible.
+ on She was sent to Bangladesh to report on the floods there. + that The newspaper wrongly reported thai he had died.
cover /'k.\w>7 к» T] to report the details of an event or a series of events for a newspaper or news programme: She u'as in New York to cover the St Patrick's Day celebrations. I Baxter had spent three weeks covering и big murder trial.
Q people who read newspapers and magazines
reader /'ri:d?r/ [n CJ someone who reads a particular newspaper or magazine. We'd
like to wish all our readers a very happy
Christmas! 1 2000 Cosmo readers took pari in a survey about student life in the nineties.
readership /тЫоНр/ [n U] the number of people or type of people who regularly read a particular newspaper, or magazine: The paper now has a readership of over 1.5 million. I The paper has a mai'nfy middle-class readership.
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circulation / .sx'kjo'leijfjn/ [n U] the number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold in a day, a week, a month etc: Circulation fell dramatically when the price of the magazine went up to $4.00.
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В freedom of the press
Most people feel that freedom of the press is