Key words in the media

someone who writes a regular article for a newspaper or magazine

a person employed by a newspaper, a television station, etc. to report on a particular subject or send reports from a foreign country

person or people who provide information to a journalist

refers to whether information given can be used for publication or not

someone or something that can be trusted

the road in London where most of Britain's national newspapers were produced in the past

a tabloid newspaper, particularly those considered to be of a lower standard than the broadsheets

a piece of writing on a particular subject in a newspaper or magazine

a report, especially in a newspaper, which gives the news of someone's death and details about their life

the part of a newspaper in which you finde stories about the social and private lives of famous people

a large title of a story in a newspaper that stretches across the top of the front page

a story or piece of news discovered and published by one newspaper before all the others

the title of a newspaper story or the main points of a television/radio programme

a short piece of text under a picture in a book, magazine or newspaper which describes the picture or explains what the people in it are doing or saying

when a newspaper persuades someone involved in a news story to give their report of events by paying them a lot of money

often derogatory term used to describe the practice thrusting journalists into an area to report on a story in which the reporter has little knowledge or experience

members of the public become active in writing about or recording events

a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest

an act of breaking a law, promise, agreement or relationship

a piece of writing which contains bad and false things about a person

a false spoken statement about someone which damages their reputation

a legal process that decided in a court of law

a problem taken to a court of law, by an ordinary person or an organization rather than the police, for a legal decision

to prevent a person or organization from talking or writing about a particular subject (often passive)

a person or organization responsible for making certain that companies maintain particular standards and do not act illegally

one of the equal parts into which the ownership of a company is divided and which can be bought by members of the public

someone who ownes shares in a company

a blue-chip company or investment is one that can be trusted and is not likely to fail

a place where parts of the ownership of companies are bought and sold, or the organization of people whose job is to do this buying or selling

a time when the price of shares is falling and a lot of people are selling them

a time when the prices of most shares are rising

to gradually become less, worse, or lower

to move to a lower level, or cause something to move to a lower level

to go into a worse state, often through lack of control or care