This document defines various types of news media like newspapers, magazines, and online news. It discusses different sections of newspapers such as headlines, columns, obituaries, and weather reports. It also covers related vocabulary like paparazzi, reporters, circulation, and sensational news. Newspaper layout and design elements are explained as well as industry phrases like "yellow journalism" and "slow news day."

1. THE NEWS MEDIA
V O C A B U L A R Y

2. TYPES OF NEWS, NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES
• Online news: is the online version of a newspaper
• A broadsheet: a newspaper printed on large sheets of paper
• The daily: a newspaper published every day except Sunday
• A tabloid: a newspaper with fairly small pages mostly containing stories about famous
people and not much serious news
• A weekly publication: a magazine, newspaper
• A media outlet: a newspaper publishes news stories
• biweekly a magazine that is published twice a month or twice a week
• Bulletin a magazine or newspaper produced regularly by a club or organization to
give information to its members
• Compact a newspaper with fairly small pages that deals with serious news issues
• Fanzine a magazine written for and by fans
• Heavy (informal) a serious newspaper

3. NEWSPAPER CONTENT
• headlines = heading or title appearing at the top of a page or article
• columns = news that is printed in vertical columns rather than taking a whole page
• advice column = a column in the newspaper where advice is given to people who write in for
it
• obituaries = a section in the newspaper about people who have recently died
• horoscope = a section in the newspaper about star signs and zodiac signs which foretell the
future
• weather report = a section in the newspaper for weather forecasts
• business section = a section in the newspaper with business news
• international / world news section = a section in the newspaper which focuses on news from
abroad
• caption = an explanation or title matching a picture or cartoon
• letter to the editor = a section in the newspaper for people to express their views to the editor
of the newspaper
• special feature = a special story

4. YOUR HABITS / TYPES OF NEWS
• Follow a story
• peruse my favourite column;
• track the news;
• catch a news bulletin;
• subscribe to a publication
• local news; international news;
world events; current affairs;
business news; gossip;
sensational news; the scandal
received wide coverage in the
press; libel; breaking news; make
the headlines; objective
reporting; cover a story; news
coverage; analysis; the story
went viral

5. THE PEOPLE INVOLVED
• paparazzi
• unscrupulous reporters
• a news anchor
• a newscaster
• a broadcaster
• a columnist
• a reporter
• a journalist
• a photojournalist

6. PHRASES AND IDIOMS ABOUT THE NEWS
• the gutter press: newspapers which focus on sensational journalism,
often about the lives of famous people
• yellow journalism: a type of journalism that presents little or no
legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching
to sell more newspapers. Techniques may include exaggerations of
events, scandal-mongering or sensationalism.
• information overload: exposure to too much information or data
• invasion of privacy: unjustifiable intrusion into the personal life of
another without consent.
• a slow news day: a day with little news to report

7. OTHER USEFUL VOCABULARY FOR NEWSPAPERS
• circulation = the number of copies a newspaper distributes on an
average day (some newspapers have a wider circulation than others)
• layout = the way articles are designed on a page (this can include the
position of pictures, the number of columns and the size of headlines)
• attention-grabbing = a news story which draws public attention
• eye-catching = a picture or layout which catches a person’s eye
• in-depth = with many details
• sensational news = news which causes public excitement or interest
• black and white = without colour

8. OTHER USEFUL VOCABULARY FOR NEWSPAPERS (2)
• paparazzi = a freelance photographer who follows celebrities
• front page = the first page of a newspaper
• fact-checkers = a person (people) who checks if the newspaper facts
and information in an article are correct
• hot off the press = news that has just been printed and is very recent
• readership = the collective readers of a newspaper (some newspapers
have a large readership)
• issue (n) = 1. an important topic for a debate 2. a copy of a newspaper