Media & Publishing

News, books, journalism, broadcasting, and published information.

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# Media & Publishing

**Type:** Topic
**Words:** 179

## About
News, books, journalism, broadcasting, and published information.

## Words by Level

### A1
- show - To let someone see something.
- story - An account of real or imaginary events, told to entertain people.
- news - Information about recent and important events.
- book - A set of printed pages held together inside a cover, that you read.
- TV - Television; programmes broadcast to be watched on screen.
- radio - A device that receives sound broadcasts such as music and news.
- page - One side of a sheet of paper in a book, magazine, or newspaper.
- television - A device with a screen and speakers for watching broadcast programmes.
- section - one of the parts that something is divided into
- magazine - A regular publication with articles, stories, and pictures on paper or online.
- newspaper - A printed or digital publication, usually daily or weekly, containing news and articles.
- writer - A person who writes books, stories, or articles, especially as a job.
- article - A piece of writing in a newspaper, magazine, or website.

### A2
- reporter - A person who collects news and writes or broadcasts it for newspapers, radio, or television.
- drama - A play for the theater, television, radio, or film, especially a serious one.
- item - A single thing in a group or on a list
- cartoon - A film made of drawings that appear to move, often funny and made for children.
- air - The mixture of gases we breathe and that surrounds the Earth.
- report - A spoken or written account of something, especially news or the results of research.
- audience - The people watching or listening to a performance, speech, or program.
- issue - An important subject or problem that people discuss or argue about
- print - To produce words or pictures on paper using a machine.
- complain - To say that you are unhappy or annoyed about something.
- chapter - One of the main sections a book is divided into.
- editor - A person who corrects and improves writing before it is published.
- author - A person who writes a book, article, or other work.
- column - A tall, vertical post used to support a building or as decoration.
- feature - An important or noticeable part or quality of something.
- publish - To print a book, magazine, or article and make it available to people.
- web page
- media - The newspapers, television, radio, and websites that report news to the public.

### B1
- ghost - The spirit of a dead person that some believe can appear to the living.
- collection - A group of similar things kept or brought together.
- album - A collection of songs released together by a musician.
- press - To push firmly against something.
- studio - A room where radio or television programmes, music, or films are made.
- series - A number of similar things or events that come one after another.
- channel - A television or radio station and its programmes.
- actress - a woman who performs in plays, films, or television
- tale - A story, especially one about exciting or imaginary events.
- journalist - A person who reports news for newspapers, magazines, TV, or the internet.
- broadcast - To send out a programme on television or radio.
- thumb - The short, thick finger on the side of the hand.
- exclusive - Limited to one person or group; not shared with others.
- journal - A book in which you write down your thoughts and daily experiences.
- update - To make something more modern or add the newest information.
- DJ - A person who plays recorded music for an audience, on the radio or at an event.
- edition - A particular version of a book, magazine, or newspaper that is published.
- blog - A website where someone regularly posts articles, opinions, or personal entries.
- printing - The process or business of producing books, newspapers, and other material using a press.
- headline - The title printed in large letters at the top of a newspaper or article.
- bulletin - A short official news report, often broadcast or published immediately
- columnist - A writer who regularly produces an article or column for a newspaper or magazine.
- chat show
- soap opera
- video clip
- ebook - a book published in a digital form that can be read on a screen
- handbook - a concise reference book containing practical instructions, advice, or essential information about a subject or organization
- storybook - a book containing stories, especially stories written or illustrated for children
- misinformation - false or inaccurate information, whether spread deliberately or by mistake
- bibliography - a list of books, articles, or other sources relating to a subject or used in preparing a work
- unprintable - too offensive, shocking, or legally objectionable to be published in print
- opener - a person who opens something

### B2
- anchor - A heavy metal object dropped from a boat to stop it from moving.
- receiver - A person who receives something.
- programming - The activity of writing computer programs.
- insert - To put something into something else.
- editorial - An article in a newspaper or magazine giving the editors' opinion on a topic.
- correspondent - A journalist who reports news, often from a distant or foreign place.
- publication - A book, magazine, or other printed work that is made available to people.
- brochure - A small thin book or magazine with pictures, usually advertising something or giving information
- newscaster - A person who reads and presents the news on television or radio.
- obituary - An article in a newspaper about a person who has recently died, often describing their life.
- supplement - Something added to make up for what is missing or to improve something.
- presenter - A person who introduces and hosts a TV or radio programme.
- illustration - A picture or drawing in a book, magazine, or other text.
- broadcaster - A person who presents programmes on radio or television.
- anchorman - The main male presenter of a television or radio news programme.
- newsworthy - Interesting or important enough to be reported as news.
- reprint - To print something again, especially a book that was published before.
- anchorperson - The main presenter of a television or radio news programme.
- ed - a written abbreviation of edition, especially in bibliographic references
- italic - printed or written with letters that slope to the right, often for emphasis
- misprint - an accidental error in printed or published text
- unread - not yet or never read
- spoiler - information that reveals an important plot event or ending and may reduce a story's surprise
- inset - a small picture, map, panel, or passage placed within a larger one

### C1
- manuscript - A written or typed version of a book or article before it is published.
- commentator - A person who describes an event live on radio or television.
- theatrical - Relating to the theatre or acting on a stage.
- commentary - A spoken description of an event as it happens, especially on radio or television.
- subscription - An arrangement to receive or use something for a set period, usually by paying.
- blockbuster - A book, film, or show that is very popular and successful.
- newsletter - A printed or emailed report sent out regularly with news for a particular group or about a particular topic.
- cite - To name a book, article, or author as the source of information.
- memoir - A book in which someone writes about their own life and experiences.
- clench - To close or press something tightly together, especially your hands or teeth.
- contributor - A person or thing that helps to cause or create something.
- sketchbook - A book of blank pages used for drawing sketches.
- characterization - The way a writer describes and develops the characters in a story.
- tom - an abbreviation of tome or volume in older bibliographic citations, especially citations to French works
- proofread - to read written or printed material carefully and correct errors before it is published or submitted
- autobiography - an account of a person's life written by that person
- parchment - the specially prepared skin of a sheep, goat, or calf, formerly used as a durable writing surface
- almanac - an annual publication containing a calendar and practical information such as astronomical data, tides, or notable dates
- monograph - a detailed scholarly work devoted to one subject or a closely related group of subjects
- sensationalism - the use of exaggerated, shocking, or lurid material to attract attention, especially in journalism
- gazette - a newspaper, especially one whose title contains Gazette
- republication - the act of publishing again

### C2
- transmitter - A device that sends out radio, television, or other signals.
- embed - To fix something firmly inside a surrounding material.
- reissue - To issue or publish something again, often in a new version.
- ibid - in the same source or passage just cited, used in notes and bibliographies
- typescript - a typewritten manuscript or other text prepared in typewritten form, especially as a copy for printing
- addendum - a section of additional information appended to a document or publication
- passim - in many places throughout a cited work, used after a page or section reference
- pundit - an expert who regularly gives opinions or analysis in the media
- bookbinder - a craftsperson or worker who binds pages into books or repairs book bindings
- expurgation - the removal of material considered offensive, objectionable, or unsuitable from a text or other work
- typographical - relating to typography, typesetting, or the appearance and arrangement of printed text
- inkstand - a small stand or tray made to hold an inkwell and writing implements; sometimes, the inkwell itself
- foolscap - a traditional British size of writing or printing paper, historically about 13 by 16 inches before folding or cutting
- epilogue - a concluding section added to a literary work that comments on or reveals what happens after the main narrative
- frontispiece - an illustration facing or immediately preceding the title page of a book
- cutaway - a drawing, photograph, or model with part of the exterior removed to reveal the internal structure
- hardback - a book bound with a rigid protective cover
- paperback - a book bound with a flexible paper or card cover
- holograph - a document written entirely in the handwriting of the person named as its author or signer
- newsboy - historical: a boy or young man who sells or delivers newspapers
- coauthor - a person who writes a book, article, or other work jointly with another author
- scientifiction - dated: science fiction, especially fiction that combines scientific facts or speculation with adventure and predictions about the future
- folio - a book made from sheets folded once to form two leaves each, especially a large-format volume
- quarto - a book or page format made by folding a full sheet twice to create four leaves, or eight pages
- apologue - a short allegorical story or fable intended to convey a moral lesson
- satirize - to expose or ridicule the faults of a person, institution, or idea through satire
- anapestic - in prosody, relating to or composed of anapests, metrical feet with two unstressed or short syllables followed by one stressed or long syllable
- watermark - a faint identifying design formed in paper during manufacture and visible when held to the light
- octavo - a book or page size produced by folding a full sheet three times to make eight leaves
- letterpress - printing in which an inked raised surface is pressed directly onto paper
- newsvendor - a person who sells newspapers and often magazines, especially at a street stand
- trope - a familiar theme, device, or convention that recurs in a type of story, art, or discussion
- vignette - a brief, vivid description, scene, or episode that captures a person, place, or situation
- dénouement - the final part of a story or drama in which complications are resolved
- scrapbook - a book in which photographs, clippings, notes, and other memorabilia are collected and arranged
- cinematograph - an early apparatus that recorded and projected motion pictures
- cinematographic - relating to cinematography, motion-picture technique, or the representation of movement as successive images
- halftone - a printing or image-reproduction method that simulates continuous tones with dots of varying size or spacing
- heliotype - historical: a photomechanical printing process using a gelatin relief plate
- assonance - the repetition of similar vowel sounds in nearby words, especially in poetry
- quire - a set of twenty-four or twenty-five sheets of paper, traditionally one twentieth of a ream
- scroop - Yorkshire dialect: the back or spine of a book
- paragrapher - a writer of short newspaper paragraphs, especially gossip, editorial, or society items
- proem - an introduction, preface, or preamble to a work or discourse
- plagiary - a plagiarist; a person who presents another's words or ideas as their own

### C2+
- scoop - a utensil for lifting loose material, or an exclusive news story
- tattle - to report another's wrongdoing; to gossip idly
- dob - chiefly British to inform on or report someone for wrongdoing
- marginalia - notes written in the margins of a book or manuscript
- announcer - a person who introduces programs or reads news on radio or television
- ascribe - to attribute something to a cause, source, or author
- autocab - a taxicab, especially one summoned by an automated radio system
- bookpress - a press used in bookbinding, or a cupboard or case for storing books
- clipsheet - a sheet of press items or news clippings issued for reprinting
- finis - the end, especially printed at the close of a book or film
- intelligencer - one who conveys news or secret information; an informer or spy (archaic)
- mag - (informal) a magazine; also a magneto or ammunition magazine
- newspaperman - a man who writes for or owns a newspaper; a male journalist
- newspaperwoman - a woman who writes for or owns a newspaper; a female journalist
- periodical - a magazine or journal published at regular intervals
- preface - an introduction to a book; to introduce or precede with remarks
- pressman - a person who operates a printing press, or a newspaper journalist
- wireless - operating without connecting wires, or (chiefly British) a radio
- sourcebook - a book that collects primary documents, readings, or reference material on a particular subject
- leaderette - chiefly British and dated: a short newspaper editorial or a brief paragraph within an editorial
- belles-lettres - literature valued primarily for beauty, style, and imaginative expression rather than for practical information
- noveldom - the realm of novels, novelists, or fictional narrative considered collectively
- goosequill - a large feather from a goose prepared for use as a writing pen
- unemended - not corrected or altered by editorial emendation, especially in a transmitted text
- tentpole - a pole that supports a tent

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