# Media & Publishing **Type:** Topic **Words:** 182 ## About News, books, journalism, broadcasting, and published information. ## Words by Level ### A1 - show — To let someone see something.; frequency rank 233 - story — An account of real or imaginary events, told to entertain people.; frequency rank 433 - news — Information about recent and important events.; frequency rank 513 - book — A set of printed pages held together inside a cover, that you read.; frequency rank 562 - TV — Television; programmes broadcast to be watched on screen.; frequency rank 762 - radio — A device that receives sound broadcasts such as music and news.; frequency rank 866 - page — One side of a sheet of paper in a book, magazine, or newspaper.; frequency rank 1844 - television — A device with a screen and speakers for watching broadcast programmes.; frequency rank 2073 - section — one of the parts that something is divided into; frequency rank 2396 - magazine — A regular publication with articles, stories, and pictures on paper or online.; frequency rank 2461 - newspaper — A printed or digital publication, usually daily or weekly, containing news and articles.; frequency rank 2481 - writer — A person who writes books, stories, or articles, especially as a job.; frequency rank 2530 - article — A piece of writing in a newspaper, magazine, or website.; frequency rank 2793 ### A2 - air — The mixture of gases we breathe and that surrounds the Earth.; frequency rank 608 - report — A spoken or written account of something, especially news or the results of research.; frequency rank 716 - audience — The people watching or listening to a performance, speech, or program.; frequency rank 1590 - issue — An important subject or problem that people discuss or argue about; frequency rank 1688 - media — The newspapers, television, radio, and websites that report news to the public.; frequency rank 2193 - reporter — A person who collects news and writes or broadcasts it for newspapers, radio, or television.; frequency rank 2448 - drama — A play for the theater, television, radio, or film, especially a serious one.; frequency rank 2838 - print — To produce words or pictures on paper using a machine.; frequency rank 3007 - complain — To say that you are unhappy or annoyed about something.; frequency rank 3462 - chapter — One of the main sections a book is divided into.; frequency rank 4058 - item — A single thing in a group or on a list; frequency rank 4089 - editor — A person who corrects and improves writing before it is published.; frequency rank 4192 - author — A person who writes a book, article, or other work.; frequency rank 5264 - column — A tall, vertical post used to support a building or as decoration.; frequency rank 5446 - feature — An important or noticeable part or quality of something.; frequency rank 6345 - publish — To print a book, magazine, or article and make it available to people.; frequency rank 7037 - cartoon — A film made of drawings that appear to move, often funny and made for children.; frequency rank 8186 - web page ### B1 - press — To push firmly against something.; frequency rank 1143 - ghost — The spirit of a dead person that some believe can appear to the living.; frequency rank 1422 - studio — A room where radio or television programmes, music, or films are made.; frequency rank 2192 - series — A number of similar things or events that come one after another.; frequency rank 2395 - channel — A television or radio station and its programmes.; frequency rank 2780 - collection — A group of similar things kept or brought together.; frequency rank 2881 - actress — a woman who performs in plays, films, or television; frequency rank 3389 - album — A collection of songs released together by a musician.; frequency rank 3688 - tale — A story, especially one about exciting or imaginary events.; frequency rank 3841 - journalist — A person who reports news for newspapers, magazines, TV, or the internet.; frequency rank 4635 - broadcast — To send out a programme on television or radio.; frequency rank 5112 - thumb — The short, thick finger on the side of the hand.; frequency rank 5228 - exclusive — Limited to one person or group; not shared with others.; frequency rank 5461 - journal — A book in which you write down your thoughts and daily experiences.; frequency rank 5547 - update — To make something more modern or add the newest information.; frequency rank 6021 - DJ — A person who plays recorded music for an audience, on the radio or at an event.; frequency rank 6372 - edition — A particular version of a book, magazine, or newspaper that is published.; frequency rank 7385 - blog — A website where someone regularly posts articles, opinions, or personal entries.; frequency rank 8412 - printing — The process or business of producing books, newspapers, and other material using a press.; frequency rank 8847 - headline — The title printed in large letters at the top of a newspaper or article.; frequency rank 9821 - bulletin — A short official news report, often broadcast or published immediately; frequency rank 11092 - opener — a person who opens something; frequency rank 12802 - handbook — a concise reference book containing practical instructions, advice, or essential information about a subject or organization; frequency rank 19662 - columnist — A writer who regularly produces an article or column for a newspaper or magazine.; frequency rank 26806 - storybook — a book containing stories, especially stories written or illustrated for children; frequency rank 30285 - misinformation — false or inaccurate information, whether spread deliberately or by mistake; frequency rank 37823 - bibliography — a list of books, articles, or other sources relating to a subject or used in preparing a work; frequency rank 107145 - unprintable — too offensive, shocking, or legally objectionable to be published in print; frequency rank 179903 - ebook — a book published in a digital form that can be read on a screen; frequency rank 215354 - chat show - soap opera - video clip ### B2 - ed — a written abbreviation of edition, especially in bibliographic references; frequency rank 1795 - anchor — A heavy metal object dropped from a boat to stop it from moving.; frequency rank 6592 - receiver — A person who receives something.; frequency rank 10088 - programming — The activity of writing computer programs.; frequency rank 10630 - insert — To put something into something else.; frequency rank 11049 - editorial — An article in a newspaper or magazine giving the editors' opinion on a topic.; frequency rank 14026 - correspondent — A journalist who reports news, often from a distant or foreign place.; frequency rank 14465 - publication — A book, magazine, or other printed work that is made available to people.; frequency rank 14624 - brochure — A small thin book or magazine with pictures, usually advertising something or giving information; frequency rank 14847 - newscaster — A person who reads and presents the news on television or radio.; frequency rank 18953 - obituary — An article in a newspaper about a person who has recently died, often describing their life.; frequency rank 18973 - supplement — Something added to make up for what is missing or to improve something.; frequency rank 19789 - presenter — A person who introduces and hosts a TV or radio programme.; frequency rank 22109 - spoiler — information that reveals an important plot event or ending and may reduce a story's surprise; frequency rank 22805 - illustration — A picture or drawing in a book, magazine, or other text.; frequency rank 29719 - broadcaster — A person who presents programmes on radio or television.; frequency rank 32450 - anchorman — The main male presenter of a television or radio news programme.; frequency rank 39561 - newsworthy — Interesting or important enough to be reported as news.; frequency rank 45915 - misprint — an accidental error in printed or published text; frequency rank 52900 - unread — not yet or never read; frequency rank 55891 - reprint — To print something again, especially a book that was published before.; frequency rank 61080 - italic — printed or written with letters that slope to the right, often for emphasis; frequency rank 61280 - inset — a small picture, map, panel, or passage placed within a larger one; frequency rank 86908 - anchorperson — The main presenter of a television or radio news programme.; frequency rank 162693 ### C1 - tom — an abbreviation of tome or volume in older bibliographic citations, especially citations to French works; frequency rank 878 - manuscript — A written or typed version of a book or article before it is published.; frequency rank 9518 - commentator — A person who describes an event live on radio or television.; frequency rank 12770 - theatrical — Relating to the theatre or acting on a stage.; frequency rank 13326 - commentary — A spoken description of an event as it happens, especially on radio or television.; frequency rank 15262 - gazette — a newspaper, especially one whose title contains Gazette; frequency rank 18569 - subscription — An arrangement to receive or use something for a set period, usually by paying.; frequency rank 19334 - autobiography — an account of a person's life written by that person; frequency rank 20799 - parchment — the specially prepared skin of a sheep, goat, or calf, formerly used as a durable writing surface; frequency rank 22403 - blockbuster — A book, film, or show that is very popular and successful.; frequency rank 22644 - newsletter — A printed or emailed report sent out regularly with news for a particular group or about a particular topic.; frequency rank 23530 - cite — To name a book, article, or author as the source of information.; frequency rank 24741 - memoir — A book in which someone writes about their own life and experiences.; frequency rank 25696 - clench — To close or press something tightly together, especially your hands or teeth.; frequency rank 29423 - almanac — an annual publication containing a calendar and practical information such as astronomical data, tides, or notable dates; frequency rank 33105 - contributor — A person or thing that helps to cause or create something.; frequency rank 35827 - proofread — to read written or printed material carefully and correct errors before it is published or submitted; frequency rank 43213 - sketchbook — A book of blank pages used for drawing sketches.; frequency rank 45122 - characterization — The way a writer describes and develops the characters in a story.; frequency rank 52316 - sensationalism — the use of exaggerated, shocking, or lurid material to attract attention, especially in journalism; frequency rank 63557 - monograph — a detailed scholarly work devoted to one subject or a closely related group of subjects; frequency rank 72182 - republication — the act of publishing again ### C2 - transmitter — A device that sends out radio, television, or other signals.; frequency rank 9037 - scrapbook — a book in which photographs, clippings, notes, and other memorabilia are collected and arranged; frequency rank 21110 - paperback — a book bound with a flexible paper or card cover; frequency rank 38563 - epilogue — a concluding section added to a literary work that comments on or reveals what happens after the main narrative; frequency rank 42374 - pundit — an expert who regularly gives opinions or analysis in the media; frequency rank 42989 - addendum — a section of additional information appended to a document or publication; frequency rank 44444 - watermark — a faint identifying design formed in paper during manufacture and visible when held to the light; frequency rank 47846 - embed — To fix something firmly inside a surrounding material.; frequency rank 49198 - folio — a book made from sheets folded once to form two leaves each, especially a large-format volume; frequency rank 50033 - cinematographic — relating to cinematography, motion-picture technique, or the representation of movement as successive images; frequency rank 64729 - newsboy — historical: a boy or young man who sells or delivers newspapers; frequency rank 68062 - trope — a familiar theme, device, or convention that recurs in a type of story, art, or discussion; frequency rank 69929 - dénouement — the final part of a story or drama in which complications are resolved; frequency rank 74363 - cutaway — a drawing, photograph, or model with part of the exterior removed to reveal the internal structure; frequency rank 74760 - bookbinder — a craftsperson or worker who binds pages into books or repairs book bindings; frequency rank 74941 - reissue — To issue or publish something again, often in a new version.; frequency rank 78138 - cinematograph — an early apparatus that recorded and projected motion pictures; frequency rank 89795 - typographical — relating to typography, typesetting, or the appearance and arrangement of printed text; frequency rank 98635 - hardback — a book bound with a rigid protective cover; frequency rank 108815 - holograph — a document written entirely in the handwriting of the person named as its author or signer; frequency rank 109642 - quarto — a book or page format made by folding a full sheet twice to create four leaves, or eight pages; frequency rank 117987 - scroop — Yorkshire dialect: the back or spine of a book; frequency rank 118084 - octavo — a book or page size produced by folding a full sheet three times to make eight leaves; frequency rank 123187 - satirize — to expose or ridicule the faults of a person, institution, or idea through satire; frequency rank 124345 - vignette — a brief, vivid description, scene, or episode that captures a person, place, or situation; frequency rank 130619 - quire — a set of twenty-four or twenty-five sheets of paper, traditionally one twentieth of a ream; frequency rank 136496 - assonance — the repetition of similar vowel sounds in nearby words, especially in poetry; frequency rank 137023 - coauthor — a person who writes a book, article, or other work jointly with another author; frequency rank 138923 - frontispiece — an illustration facing or immediately preceding the title page of a book; frequency rank 144047 - inkstand — a small stand or tray made to hold an inkwell and writing implements; sometimes, the inkwell itself; frequency rank 172314 - proem — an introduction, preface, or preamble to a work or discourse; frequency rank 188325 - newsvendor — a person who sells newspapers and often magazines, especially at a street stand; frequency rank 200070 - ibid — in the same source or passage just cited, used in notes and bibliographies; frequency rank 216621 - typescript — a typewritten manuscript or other text prepared in typewritten form, especially as a copy for printing; frequency rank 229397 - halftone — a printing or image-reproduction method that simulates continuous tones with dots of varying size or spacing; frequency rank 234413 - foolscap — a traditional British size of writing or printing paper, historically about 13 by 16 inches before folding or cutting; frequency rank 270863 - letterpress — printing in which an inked raised surface is pressed directly onto paper; frequency rank 448004 - plagiary — a plagiarist; a person who presents another's words or ideas as their own; frequency rank 547379 - passim — in many places throughout a cited work, used after a page or section reference; frequency rank 827919 - heliotype — historical: a photomechanical printing process using a gelatin relief plate; frequency rank 969834 - expurgation — the removal of material considered offensive, objectionable, or unsuitable from a text or other work - scientifiction — dated: science fiction, especially fiction that combines scientific facts or speculation with adventure and predictions about the future - apologue — a short allegorical story or fable intended to convey a moral lesson - anapestic — in prosody, relating to or composed of anapests, metrical feet with two unstressed or short syllables followed by one stressed or long syllable - paragrapher — a writer of short newspaper paragraphs, especially gossip, editorial, or society items - literati — plural: educated people with a strong interest in literature, especially writers and critics - dossier — a collection of documents that gives detailed information about a person or subject - fabulism — literature: storytelling that introduces fantastic or impossible events into an otherwise familiar, everyday world ### C2+ - tentpole — a pole that supports a tent; frequency rank 228919 - belles-lettres — literature valued primarily for beauty, style, and imaginative expression rather than for practical information; frequency rank 458580 - 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 - 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