INDEX:
1. newspapers and magazines
2. parts of newspapers
3. people who work for newspapers
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1. newspapers and magazines
▷ newspaper/paper /ˈnjuːsˌpeɪpəʳǁˈnuːz-, ˈpeɪpəʳ/ [countable noun]
a set of large folded sheets of paper containing news, articles, pictures etc, which is printed and sold every day or every week :
▪ Can I have a look at your newspaper, please?
▪ It says in the paper that they’re getting divorced.
Sunday paper
a paper that is sold every Sunday, and has more pages than papers sold on other days
▪ I like to sit in bed and read the Sunday papers.
local paper
a newspaper that gives news mainly about the town or area where it is printed
▪ Did you see Dave’s picture in the local paper?
national newspaper
▪ ‘Asian Week’ is a national newspaper printed in San Francisco.
daily/weekly newspaper
▪ She works as a sportswriter for the town’s major daily newspaper, The Arizona Daily Star.
▷ magazine /ˌmægəˈziːnǁˈmægəziːn/ [countable noun]
a large, thin book with a paper cover, often printed on shiny paper, which contains stories, articles, photographs, and sometimes also news :
▪ I bought some magazines for the trip - Cosmopolitan and Vanity Fair.
▪ a photography magazine
▪ Hillary Clinton is featured on the cover of this week’s Time magazine.
women’s/men’s magazine
a magazine intended especially for women/men
▪ a model turned TV presenter, who has been on the cover of all the men’s magazines
▷ glossy magazine also glossies British /ˌglɒsi ˌmægəˈziːnǁˌglɔːsi ˈmægəziːn, ˈglɒsizǁˈglɔː-/ [countable noun]
a magazine for women printed on shiny paper, that has lots of photographs of fashionable clothes, and advertisements for beauty products :
▪ Cosmopolitan, the original glossy for young women
the glossies
British these magazines considered as a group
▪ We’ve seen her golden smile and her figure in the glossies again and again.
▷ the press /ðə ˈpres/ [singular noun]
newspapers and the people who write for them :
▪ Do you think the press has too much influence on politics?
▪ Princess Diana was followed by the press wherever she went.
the popular press
newspapers that are read by a lot of people, usually for entertainment rather than for serious news
▪ Smith strongly denies reports in the popular press that he is addicted to cocaine.
the gutter press
British newspapers that have an extremely low standard of reporting - used to show strong disapproval
▪ His wife walked out, selling her story to the gutter press, and accusing him of being an alcoholic.
the quality press
British serious newspapers with a high standard of reporting
▪ The issue was debated by academics, and some sections of the quality press.
▷ the media /ðə ˈmiːdiə/ [singular noun]
all the organizations that are involved in providing information to the public, especially newspapers, television, and radio :
▪ The letter must have been leaked to the media by a White House official.
▪ The judge is worried that comments in the media might affect the result of the trial.
▷ broadsheet /ˈbrɔːdʃiːt/ [plural noun] British
newspapers printed on large sheets of paper, especially serious newspapers that people respect :
▪ broadsheets such as The Times and The Telegraph
▪ Broadsheets are aimed at an educated middle and upper-class readership.
▷ tabloid /ˈtæblɔɪd/ [countable noun]
a newspaper that does not contain much serious news, but has stories about famous people, sport, sex etc - use this especially about newspapers that you think are not serious enough :
▪ She claimed that she had had an affair with the President, and sold her story to the tabloids.
2. parts of newspapers
▷ the front page /ðə ˌfrʌnt ˈpeɪdʒ/ [countable noun]
the first page of a newspaper, where all the most important news stories are shown :
▪ His face was all over the front page of the News of the World.
▷ the TV page/the sports pages etc /ðə ˌtiː ˈviː peɪdʒ, ðə ˈspɔːʳts ˌpeɪdʒə̇z/ []
a page or set of pages in a newspaper that tells you about television, sport etc :
▪ Could you give me the sports page if you’re finished with it?
▪ I don’t know why you buy a paper - you only read the television pages.
▷ headline /ˈhedlaɪn/ [countable noun]
the words in big letters at the top of a newspaper report that tell you what the report is about :
▪ I just saw the headline. I didn’t have time to read the article.
▪ The headline read: ‘Pope to Visit Kazakhstan.’
▷ article /ˈɑːʳtɪk ə l/ [countable noun]
a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine about a particular subject :
▪ He began his career writing articles for the college magazine.
article on/about
▪ Did you read that article on the Middle Eastern peace process?
▪ There was an interesting article in the LA Times about bullying at work.
newspaper/magazine article
▪ He had once read a magazine article about it in the dentist’s office.
▷ editorial /ˌedɪˈtɔːriəl◂, ˌedəˈtɔːriəl◂/ [countable noun]
a piece of writing in a newspaper that gives the personal opinion of the editor about something that is in the news :
▪ Their editorials always criticize the government, whatever it does.
▷ column /ˈkɒləmǁˈkɑː-/ [countable noun]
an article by a particular writer that appears regularly in a newspaper or magazine :
▪ a weekly column
▪ Did you read Julie Burchill’s column in the Guardian this week?
3. people who work for newspapers
▷ reporter /rɪˈpɔːʳtəʳ/ [countable noun]
someone whose job is to find out about news stories and write about them :
▪ She works as a junior reporter on a local paper.
▪ A crowd of reporters were waiting outside the house all night.
▷ journalist /ˈdʒɜːʳn ə l-ɪst, ˈdʒɜːʳn ə l-əst/ [countable noun]
someone who writes for a newspaper or magazine :
▪ She worked as a journalist on the New York Times.
▪ My father hated journalists - he didn’t trust any of them.
journalism [uncountable noun]
the work of being a journalist :
▪ a career in journalism
▷ correspondent /ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndənt, ˌkɒrəˈspɒndəntǁˌkɔːrə̇ˈspɑːn-, ˌkɑː-/ [countable noun]
someone who writes news articles about a particular subject, especially a serious one, for a newspaper :
political/foreign/education etc correspondent
▪ ‘Schools in Crisis’, by our education correspondent Nick Bacon.
▪ Martin Bell worked for many years as the BBC’s war correspondent, covering conflicts all over the world.
▷ editor /ˈedɪtəʳ, ˈedətəʳ/ [countable noun]
the person in charge of a newspaper or magazine, whose job is to decide what should be written about :
editor of
▪ Cummings is the editor of a local newspaper.
newspaper/magazine editor
▪ Berendt, a magazine editor and columnist (he was once editor of New York magazine), first visited Savannah in 1982.
business/sports etc editor
▪ Arch Ward became sports editor of the Chicago Tribune.
▷ hack /hæk/ [countable noun] informal
a news reporter or journalist - use this about people you disapprove of or who you think produce bad quality writing :
▪ The editor sent one of his hacks to interview the murderer’s girlfriend.
▷ columnist /ˈkɒləmnɪst, ˈkɒləmnəst, -ləmə̇stǁˈkɑː-/ [countable noun]
someone who writes articles, especially about a particular subject, that appear regularly in a newspaper or magazine :
▪ Tony Kornheiser is a columnist for the Washington Post, and a talk-show host on WTEM.
gossip/political/sports etc columnist
▪ Dan Dorfman, the influential financial columnist, was fired by Money magazine, the magazine’s managing editor said Wednesday.
▪ The ambitious couple threw large parties, inviting celebrities and gossip columnists.