ACRONYMS “A TO B”

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ACTUALITY

Rerecorded segment of a newsmaker speaking, generally lasting from 10 to 20 seconds; this is what people outside of radio journalism often call a "sound bite"

ADLIB

Unrehearsed, spontaneous act of speaking by an anchor/ Presenter.

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AUTOCUE

(TV Acronym) A teleprompter (also known as an autocue or a telescript) is a display device that prompts the person speaking with an electronic visual text of a speech or script. A device that displays words for people to read.

AMBIENT SOUND

Natural background audio representative of a given recording Environment. On-camera dialog might be primary sound; traffic noise and refrigerator hum would be ambient.

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ANGLE

The angle is the point or theme of a news or feature story. The angle is found in the lead of the story.

ATTRIBUTION/ATTRIBUTE

Attribution is to show or indicate where information in a news story comes from. Also Known As: attribute

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BACK ANNOUNCEMENT

In broadcasting, when the presenter gives viewers or listeners brief information about something they have just watched or heard, for example the name of the reporter or of the piece of music which was just played.

BANNER

A headline stretching across the width of a page, usually at the top. Also called a streamer.

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BEAT

A specialist area of journalism that a reporter regularly covers, such as police or health. See also round.

BULLETIN

A organised collection of news stories broadcast on radio or television at a regular time.

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