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Newspaper Terms

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by jimmydangles, May 9, 2008.

  1. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    --Rip job
    --Railroad
    --Paycheck hed.
     
  2. spaceman

    spaceman Active Member

  3. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    --CMY
    --Layout sheet
    --Straight edge.
    --Compositors
     
  4. NightOwl

    NightOwl Guest

    My favorite back scratcher of all!
    Glad to know I'm not alone on that one.
     
  5. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

  6. Chi City 81

    Chi City 81 Guest

    Excellent.
     
  7. Rex Harrison

    Rex Harrison Member

    Terms of the buyout depend on the company I guess.
     
  8. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    takeout

    thumbsucker

    proof
     
  9. Rosie

    Rosie Active Member

    Flats.

    And I still can paste up a flat in no time flat.
     
  10. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    You're fired!
     
  11. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    I used a pica pole and scaling wheel at my former paper in the late '90s. Said paper also had a darkroom, where the photos were done tray-to-tray with chemicals.

    I believe they have somewhat modernized since then.
     
  12. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    Tombstoned headlines.

    running remake

    AP Wirephoto

    AP Laserphoto

    At my first job we had about five of the old clackity-clack AP machines in the back of the office, spitting out reams of hard copy. They were loud at first, then you ust tuned them out. A bell would ring every time there was a story of major import coming across.

    At my second job we had a headline program that told you if it fit, or if it was one or two counts over, under, etc. If you got a "fit fit fit" on a three-deck head, we'd yell out, "Jackpot!"
     
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