front 1 AP format paragraph | back 1 1-4 sentences |
front 2 AP format sentences | back 2 no "can't," "won't," etc. |
front 3 AP format attribution | back 3 "quote," name said. |
front 4 AP format comma | back 4 NO Oxford comma |
front 5 AP format numbers | back 5 spell out numbers one through nine numerals for numbers higher than nine (10, 20, 25, etc.) |
front 6 AP format date | back 6 day, month + date, year (Thursday, January 13, 2022) |
front 7 AP format time | back 7 no colons for time on the hour (not 8:00, instead 8 am/pm) |
front 8 AP format dates/standings | back 8 use "st," "nd," "rd," etc. |
front 9 AP format months | back 9 abbreviate months (Jan., Feb., etc.) |
front 10 AP format titled works | back 10 use quotation marks around titled works ("Romeo and Juliet," "The Great Gatsby," etc.) |
front 11 caption | back 11 1. the 5Ws 2. extra info 3. direct quote 4. cutline (photo credit) |
front 12 libel | back 12 PUBLISHED falsehood |
front 13 headline | back 13 "title" of passage |
front 14 lede | back 14 the 5 Ws |
front 15 attribution | back 15 credit to source |
front 16 hard news | back 16 "important" news |
front 17 soft news | back 17 entertaining news |
front 18 byline | back 18 who wrote the article |
front 19 editorialize | back 19 expressing an opinion |
front 20 prior review | back 20 consent to publish |
front 21 cutline | back 21 additional context |
front 22 false light | back 22 portraying someone unflatteringly |
front 23 slander | back 23 SPOKEN falsehood |
front 24 appropriation | back 24 unauthorized use of someone's name for money |
front 25 copy | back 25 primary content |
front 26 transcription | back 26 transferring audio to words |
front 27 bleed | back 27 extra space around page for room to print |
front 28 dominant element | back 28 draws attention to the reader |
front 29 gutter | back 29 space between the spread |
front 30 proof | back 30 copy of final pages |
front 31 folio | back 31 page numbering |
front 32 ladder | back 32 the "chart" in the yearbook |
front 33 rule of thirds | back 33 leaving 2/3rds of space in the picture open |
front 34 leading lines/framing | back 34 positioned lines to frame the picture |
front 35 white space | back 35 "breathing room" for the action shot |
front 36 preparing for pictures | back 36 turn on camera grid, clean lens, steady camera, burst photos, portrait mode |
front 37 inverted pyramid | back 37 1. lede 2. body 3. tail |
front 38 active voice | back 38 noun did verb |
front 39 passive voice | back 39 verb was done by noun |
front 40 topic | back 40 being talked about |
front 41 angle | back 41 POV |
front 42 objective | back 42 opinion |
front 43 action shot | back 43 primary source of picture is in frame |
front 44 reaction shot | back 44 primary source of picture is out of frame |