attribute - to write the name of source of your information when using a quote, of book, or a part of any copyrighted work.

broadcast - communicating near and far using radio and television.

byline - your name, which is printed before or after a news story or photographs.

copy - material for a newspaper or magazine article.

cutline - sentences at the bottom of a photo that describe what happened in it, which usually relate to a story.

editor - a person who edits material for publication or broadcast.

editing - the process of reviewing and fixing a news story for mistakes before printing it in a publication.

editorial - a newspaper article written by, or on behalf of, an editor, especially one giving an opinion on a well-known issue.

grammar - the study of classes and functions of words, how words are said, and how words relate in a sentence.

info-bahn - the information super highway (info, as in information and bahn, as in German for highway).

journalist - a person who writes, edits, or reports for a newspaper, magazine or news broadcast.

journalism - the business or practice of writing and producing news media.

lede (or lead) - the first and most important sentence of the story. It sets up what the story is going to be about.

off the record - this is what people say when they want the information they tell you to be unmentioned. This means that they don’t want their names or quotes to be said to anyone or printed in your story. The information may be a stepping stone to another source you could ask.

on the record - the opposite of “off the record”. This means that you are allowed to use the person’s name and quotes for your story.

pack journalism - this refers to large groups of reporters from different newspapers or broadcasting stations who are all after the same big story. You usually find mobs of journalists outside courthouses, city halls, or at the scene of an accident or disaster, to get comments from the important sources. Compare this to a pack of hungry wolves: they’re all hunting one thing, the story, but they’re all so hungry that they want to move in to get the biggest piece for themselves.

publish - to produce or release a written work for the public to see or hear.

scrutiny - a close investigation or examination of the details.

search engine - a program used by an Internet browser to look for specific words and sort them for information.

source - a person, written article, book, song, video, or film that you get information from.

syntax - the way that words are put together to make sentences.