NEWSPAPERS


Meaning of NEWSPAPERS in English

INDEX:

1. newspapers and magazines

2. parts of newspapers

3. people who work for newspapers

RELATED WORDS

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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.

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