必备英文报刊常用术语

accredited journalist                   n.特派记者
advertisement                                   n.广告
advance                                    n.预发消息；预写消息
affair                                         n.桃色新闻；绯闻
anecdote                                   n.趣闻轶事
assignment                                n.采写任务
attribution                                  n.消息出处；消息来源
back alley news                         n.小道消息
backgrounding                           n.新闻背景
Bad news travels quickly.          坏事传千里
banner                                       n.通栏标题
beat                                           n.采写范围
blank                                         vt.“开天窗”
body                                          n.新闻正文
boil                                            vt.压缩（篇幅）
box                                            n.花边新闻
brief                                          n.简讯
bulletin                                      n.新闻简报
byline                                        n.署名文章
caption                                      n.图片说明
caricature                                  n.漫画
carry                                         vt.刊登
cartoon                                      n.漫画
censor                                       vt.审查（新闻稿件），新闻审查
chart                                         n.（每周流行音乐等）排行榜
clipping                                     n.剪报
column                                      n.专栏，栏目
columnist                                   n.专栏作家
continued story                          连载故事，连载小说
contributing editor                      特约编辑
contribution                                n.（投给报刊的）稿件，投稿
contributor                                 n.投稿人
copy desk                                  n.新闻编辑部
copy editor                                n.文字编辑
correction                                  n.更正（启事）
correspondence column             读者来信专栏
correspondent                            n.驻外记者，常驻外埠记者
cover                                         vt.采访，采写
cover girl                                          n.封面女郎
covert coverage                         隐性采访，秘密采访
crop                                          vt.剪辑（图片）
crusade                                     n.宣传攻势
cut                                            n.插图 vt.删减（字数）
cut line                                      n.插图说明
daily                                                 n.日报
dateline                                     n.新闻电头
deadline                                     n.截稿时间
dig                                            vt.深入采访，追踪（新闻线索），“挖”（新闻）
digest                                        n.文摘
editorial                                     n.社论
editorial office                                   编辑部
editor's notes                             编者按
exclusive                                          n.独家新闻
expose                                      n.揭丑新闻，新闻曝光
extra                                         n.号外
eye-account                               n.目击记，记者见闻
faxed photo                                传真照片
feature                                       n.特写，专稿
feedback                                   n.信息反馈
file                                             n.发送消息，发稿
filler                                           n.补白
First Amendment                       （美国宪法）第一修正案（内容有关新闻、出版自由等）
five "W's" of news                      新闻五要素
flag                                           n.报头，报名
folo (=follow-up)                         n.连续报道
Fourth Estate                             第四等级（新闻界的别称）
freedom of the Press                  新闻自由
free-lancer                                 n.自由撰稿人
full position                                醒目位置
Good news comes on crutches.  好事不出门。
grapevine                                  n.小道消息
gutter                                        n.中缝
hard news                                  硬新闻，纯消息
headline                                     n.新闻标题，内容提要
hearsay                                     n.小道消息
highlights                                  n.要闻
hot news                                    热点新闻
human interest                           人情味
in-depth reporting                       深度报道
insert                                         n.& vt.插补段落，插稿
interpretative reporting               解释性报道
invasion of privacy                            侵犯隐私（权）
inverted pyramid                        倒金字塔（写作结构）
investigative reporting                调查性报道
journalism                                  n.新闻业，新闻学
Journalism is literature in a hurry 新闻是急就文学.
journalist                                   n.新闻记者
kill                                             vt.退弃（稿件），枪毙（稿件）
layout                                        n.版面编排，版面设计
lead                                           n.导语
libel                                           n.诽谤（罪）
makeup                                     n.版面设计
man of the year                          年度新闻人物，年度风云人物
mass communication                 大众传播（学）
mass media                               大众传播媒介
master head                              n.报头，报名
media                                        n.媒介，媒体
Mere report is not enough to go upon.仅是传闻不足为凭.
morgue                                      n.报刊资料室
news agency                             通讯社
news clue                                  新闻线索
news peg                                   新闻线索，新闻电头
newsprint                                   n.新闻纸
news value                                新闻价值
No news is good news.                     没有消息就是好消息，不闻凶讯便是吉
nose for news                                   新闻敏感
obituary                                     n.讣告
objectivity                                  n.客观性
off the record                             不宜公开报道
opinion poll                                民意浏验
periodical                                   n.期刊
pipeline                                      n.匿名消息来源
popular paper                             大众化报纸，通俗报纸
press                                         n.报界，新闻界
press conference                       新闻发布会，记者招待台
press law                                   新闻法
press release                             新闻公告，新闻简报
PR man                                     公关先生
profile                                        n.人物专访，人物特写
proofreader                                n.校对员
pseudo event                             假新闻
quality paper                              高级报纸，严肃报纸
quarterly                                    n.季刊
readability                                  n.可读性
reader's interest                         读者兴趣
reject                                         vt.退弃（稿件）
remuneration                             n.稿费，稿酬
reporter                                     n.记者
rewrite                                       vt.改写（稿件）;改稿
round-up                                    n.综合消息
scandal                                     n.丑闻
scoop                                        vt.“抢”（新闻） n.独家新闻
sensational                                a.耸人听闻的，具有轰动效应的
sex scandal                               桃色新闻
sidebar                                      n.花絮新闻
slant                                          n.主观报道，片面报道
slink ink                                     “爬格子”
soft news                                   软新闻
source                                       n.新闻来源，消息灵通人士
spike                                         vt.退弃（稿件），“枪毙”（稿件）
stone                                         vt.拼版
story                                         n.消息，稿件，文章
stringer                                     n.特约记者，通讯员
subhead                                    n.小标题，副标题
supplement                                n.号外，副刊，增刊
suspended interest                     悬念
thumbnail                                   n.“豆腐干”（文章）
timeliness                                  n.时效性，时新性
tip                                             n.内幕新闻，秘密消息
trim                                           n.删改（稿件）
update                                       n.更新（新闻内容），增强（时效性）
watchdog                                   n.&vt.舆论监督
weekly                                       n.周报
wire service                               n.通讯社