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  1. newspaper
    a daily or weekly publication with articles and advertisements
  2. advertising
    the business of drawing attention to goods and services
  3. alignment
    the spatial property possessed by things in a straight line
  4. beat
    hit repeatedly
  5. bold
    fearless and daring
  6. broadsheet
    an advertisement intended for wide distribution
  7. by-line
    a line giving the name of the writer of a story or article
  8. caption
    brief description accompanying an illustration
  9. column
    a line of units following one after another
  10. deadline
    the point in time at which something must be completed
  11. editor
    the person who determines the final content of a text
  12. editorial
    an article giving opinions or perspectives
  13. ethics
    motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
  14. fact
    a piece of information about events that have occurred
  15. feature
    a prominent attribute or aspect of something
  16. flag
    a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
  17. font
    a bowl for baptismal water
  18. graphics
    photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication
  19. hammer
    a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle
  20. hard news
    news that deals with serious topics or events
  21. headline
    the title or caption of a newspaper article
  22. interview
    the questioning of a person, often conducted by journalists
  23. kicker
    a player who kicks the football
  24. layout
    a plan or design of something that is laid out
  25. lead
    take somebody somewhere
  26. libel
    a false and malicious publication
  27. masthead
    a staff list printed in a newspaper or magazine
  28. morgue
    a building or room where dead bodies are kept before burial
  29. news
    information about recent and important events
  30. opinion
    a personal belief or judgment
  31. quotation
    a passage or expression that is cited
  32. reporter
    a person who investigates or communicates news stories
  33. review
    look at again; examine again
  34. sans serif
    a typeface in which characters have no serifs
  35. serif
    a short line at the end of the main strokes of a character
  36. slander
    words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
  37. soft news
    news that does not deal with serious topics or events
  38. spread
    distribute or disperse widely
  39. snuffbox
    a small ornamental box for carrying snuff in your pocket
  40. story
    a record or narrative description of past events
  41. tabloid
    sensationalist newspaper with half-size pages
  42. transition
    the act of passing from one state or place to the next
  43. underline
    draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to
Created on Mon Oct 08 17:03:10 EDT 2012 (updated Tue Oct 09 16:54:46 EDT 2012)

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