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Webster Joins Newspaper

"Now I sniff out the NEWS," Webster says. "I can find stories where nobody else would think to look."

By JOHN SMITH

ANYWHERE -

When Webster first became a newshound, he had to learn the newspaper terminology. "If I'm going to 'walk the walk', I'd better learn to 'talk the talk'," he said.
Webster knew that it was important to know what everyone was talking about. "It's no good having a great nose for news if you don't know what's going to be done with it after you've sniffed it out!" he added.

    With a newshole to fill, every columnist assigned to a beat has got to know all about deadlines and editing.
    When the editor wants a lead, a feature or an editorial, everyone springs into action to get their copy in on time.
   All the while, display ads and classified ads are coming in. The newspaper has a large circulation and everyone is kept busy to make sure that each edition is accurate and comes out on time.

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World News for Today
EVERYWHERE PRESS

News from around the world indicates that there is unrest in the Middle East, population is increasing, real estate prices continue to rise, and trees are still being cut down in the rainforests at an alarming rate.
There were thunderstorms somewhere, and the entire planet is experiencing various forms of weather. The sun rose in the east and will set in the west, and while people of one hemisphere report increasing durations of sunlight, inhabitants of the other are noticing a decrease.

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OWNER: Big Corporation
PUBLISHER: Joe
EDITOR: Apply Within
NEWSHOUND: Webster

MORE TERMS & INFORMATION...

CLASSIFIED ABBREVIATIONS: Advertisers pay for classified ads according to how many lines of text they use. Abbreviations are often used to get more information on each line. Sometimes it looks like code - and here's the decoder.

EDITION: Series of issues of a newspaper in one day which differ in local news coverage or time of distribution.

FOLIO: The number of each page together with the date and the name of the newspaper, usually placed at the top of each newspaper page.

HARD NEWS: News stories that give information that readers want and need to know immediately. Current information that might have an impact on people's lives.

LAYOUT (DUMMY): A plan or sketch of each page of the newspaper indicating where photos, articles, ads or headlines will be placed.

PAGINATION: The process of designing and producing a full page of the newspaper on a computer.

REFER: Lines of type and sometimes art that refer readers to stories inside the newspaper.

SCOOP: An exclusive story.

TIP: Information from a source outside the newspaper that could lead to a news story.

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