Journalism/Newspaper Vocabuary | Learn English Vocabulary for Beginners

want to speak real English from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at englishclass101.com hi everybody my name is Alicia in this lesson I'm going to talk about journalism and newspaper vocabulary so these are vocabulary words that are used in the news so you might see these in online newspapers in magazines and in other kinds of reports let's get started okay the first word or group of words I want to talk about is this it is article peace or story we use these three words to mean the same thing in most cases so these three words refer to an essay or an opinion or other writing that is published in media so this can be like I said someone's opinion it can be something that was researched it can be interviews but it's some writing prepared for publication prepared to be shared in media of some kind like in a magazine or a newspaper perhaps a Blog something like that for example this is a really interesting story so here story is used when we're using story to talk about this kind of writing it does not mean like fiction story like a children's story we use the word story to talk about news items as well okay let's go to the next expression which is according to according to so according to is an expression we use to share the source of some information so this can be a person this can be a written document it can be some kind of writing it can be a report it can be any kind of information any place you receive information any place you get information that can be a source so you can note The Source you can indicate the source with according to for example according to Witnesses the suspect broke a window to escape so in this case the source is Witnesses so a witness is someone who saw something in this case a crime Witnesses is the plural which means according to more than one person who saw what happened the suspect broke a window to a Escape so we indicate we share the source of information with according to okay let's continue to the next expression or the next verb in this case to cite to cite the pronunciation here is site c-i-t-e so to cite something means to refer to a written document usually a written document but it can be other media as well as an information Source or a reason for doing something so for example he cited his professor's book in his essay so that means in this person's essay in his essay this he in his essay he included his professor's book as a source of information so that means this was a key place that this writer got his information from he cited his professor's book so we can talk about other sources usually when we use sight we're talking about written information so this can be a thesis paper it can be an essay it can be a newspaper article so we cite information we cite our sources to make our essays to make our writing clearer and to show where we got our information from so it's like saying this is my opinion the reason I have this opinion is because I read this information this information and this information so we can check kind of the background of the writing by looking at the things the writer cited so to cite something is extremely extremely important if you are preparing documentation at the college or university level it's very common for students to cite other papers cite books and other media sources in their thesis writing and in other essay writing so this is a very important thing to do to cite sources okay let's go to the next word which is to publish to publish something to publish means to make writing or photos or other media available for people to access so to publish this is not just for like major magazines or major news websites we also use publish on blogs like when we finish writing an essay on a Blog we might push the button that says publish publish so that means make it accessible for other people to read make it so other people can check that thing so to publish is a very general word we can use this on social media as well like to publish a photo maybe on Instagram so we don't generally use that word but that's what it means it means to make something accessible a media somewhere for example we're going to publish your article next week we're going to publish your article next week means we are going to make your article available for other people to access next week this can be in print which I'll talk about in a moment or it can be online as well okay on to the next one the next one is to research to research so research is is a very important part of Journalism and any kind of news or reporting uh any kind of College Study as well so to research means to look for detailed information about a topic to research so please keep in mind we don't use research for quick everyday checks like we don't really say like please research in the dictionary the definition of this word we don't use it for that we use it for detailed information we're looking for lots and lots of detailed information about something about a specific topic we don't use the word research to talk about quick checks of information in those cases we say look up so to look something up so to research sounds like a big project for example she researched the effects of smartphone use on kids she's research the effect of smartphone use on kids so that means she gathered lots and lots of detailed information about this topic smartphone use on kids okay on to the next one the next one is finding or findings so you might see this in news reports and in other research related papers so finding or findings as we sometimes use it means results of research so what did you find after your research we sometimes call that the research finding for one thing or the research findings for other things for more than one thing rather so this means the result or the results of the research what did you learn what did you find we can sometimes call those the findings of the research for example the research findings show that regular exercise is important the research finding so this means the research results that's all it means the research results show so this show connects here that means from this information we got this information uh shows so in this case we're using the plural findings so we don't need to change show to shows the research findings show that regular exercise is important or we learn from our research that regular exercise is important so this is another way to describe research outcomes or research results but we use finding findings to do that okay I mentioned this expression a little bit earlier there are two here to go to press or to go to print these two expressions mean to publish something on a recognized media platform so to go to press or to go to print so these come from kind of traditional media expressions like physically printing a newspaper or printing a magazine so to go to press the Press means the media as well so we use these two expressions for like big media platforms we do not use these expressions for like a blog or for social media it's usually for a big like article about something that's published in like a major major news source so we don't use this for like small individual projects really but again this has the same meaning of publish it means to share something to make it accessible for other people to read so to go to print or to go to press for example the piece went to print with an error so that means the piece my story the thing that I wrote or the thing that someone wrote went to print that means it was shared on a large media platform with an error that means inside the writing there was a mistake so the piece of writing or the thing that I wrote the thing a person wrote was shared to a lot of people on a recognized media platform but there was a mistake inside the writing so that's what this means this is of course a much shorter way to say that the piece went to print with an error we could change this the piece went to press with an error as well so this went comes from go go becomes went here all right let's talk about these next two these next two uh vocabulary words are about people roles in journalism and in article and in story production so the first one is editor an editor is someone who decides what stories to include in a publication and therefore what stories not to include in a publication and the editor decides how to talk about those stories so that means that every major publication like every major magazine every major newspaper has an editor the editor is making decisions about how to share stories so this is a key role because it determines the feel and it determines kind of the opinions that are generally presented by that publication for example the editor decided not to include my travel article so that means like the head of the publication the editor decided I don't want to include this article this month maybe I'll do it next month so the editor makes decisions about which stories or which pieces to include or not include then this word copy editor a copy editor is different from an editor though sometimes depending on the situation they may share some roles so a copy editor is someone who checks writing to make sure the information is correct one and they also check grammar punctuation spelling Etc so a copy editor is there to check the writer to make sure the writer is sharing the correct information so all the facts are there and they're there to check grammar to check the spelling to check that your ideas are clearly communicated so the copy editor is like the first person who reads an article they're checking to see is this clear is everything clearly and correctly communicated so a copy editor is very important in the process related is something called a proofreader too so a proofreader is like the step before copy editor a proofreader is someone who generally checks like uh capitalization so large letters or small letters uh punctuation and so on they're looking for those kinds of things and then a copy editor is kind of the next level they're looking for fact checks uh or rather they're doing fact checks or they're looking to see if the writing can be improved somehow to be more clear and so on so copy editors and editors are very important to the process okay in an example the copy editor caught lots of mistakes in my story so to catch a mistake means to find a mistake so it sounds like uh in this case the writer is happy because the copy editor found lots of issues and otherwise the piece might have gone to print with an error okay finally then to commission a piece so to commission something means to ask someone to do something to create something in exchange for money so to commission a piece means to ask someone to write about a topic a specific topic for money for example I was commissioned to write a piece about the environment I was commissioned to write a piece about the environment that means someone asked me to write a story to write an article about the environment and they promised I would be paid so to commission a piece in the journalism world means to receive money in exchange for writing about a topic so these are some good vocabulary words to know as you read the news as you read newspapers magazines and so on of course there are many more so if you know some other words please feel free to leave them in the comment section for other people to check out also if you want to practice making sentences or if you have any questions or other comments please feel free to share those in the comment section as well if you like this lesson please don't forget to give it a thumbs up subscribe to our Channel if you have not already and check us out at englishclass101.com for some other things that can help you with your English studies thanks very much for watching this lesson and I will see you again soon bye want to speed up your language learning take your very first lesson with us you'll start speaking in minutes and 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Published: Wed Jun 14 2023