anchor
/ˈæŋkɝ/
noun
someone who introduces news on a live TV or radio program by other broadcasters
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1Number three is Anchoring.
2Lastly, number four is anchoring bias.
3Companies also anchor the product to perceptible elements.
4Three is anchoring.
5Anchor extraordinaire John Anderson.
weathergirl
/wˈɛðɚɡˌɜːl/
noun
a woman on TV or radio who tells people about the weather and describes it

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contributor
/kənˈtɹɪbjətɝ/
noun
someone who writes a piece to be published in a newspaper or magazine
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1Our major contributors are teachers.
2It made me a critic rather than a contributor.
3These guys in their 70s, these guys in their 60s, and then here are the contributors.
4It only has five contributors.
5The first contributor is media manipulation, government cover-up and societal gas-lighting.
correspondent
/ˌkɔɹəˈspɑndənt/
noun
someone employed by a TV or radio station or a newspaper to report news from a particular country or on a particular matter
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1At the jail, correspondents arrived for the civil rights hero.
2Some correspondents also sent him gifts-- books, flowers, religious tracts, medical advice.
3They've deployed correspondents.
4Beyond the sketches, obviously the correspondents do the field pieces.
5War correspondent, come on!
couch potato
/kˈaʊtʃ pətˈeɪɾoʊ/
noun
someone who sits around and watches TV a lot
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1I aint no couch potato.
2The brain is a lazy couch potato.
3Oh, somebody said, "A couch potato."
4Be a couch potato without guilt.
5I'm not a couch potato.
paparazzi
/ˌpɑpɑˈɹɔˌzi/
noun
freelance photographers who aggressively pursue and take pictures of celebrities, often in invasive or intrusive ways
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1Paparazzi took photos of them on vacations around the world.
2The first word is paparazzi.
3Paparazzi, stop.
4Paparazzi, get up in there in that sandwich.
5The paparazzi often hounded the mother-daughter duo, according to Hatcher.
subscriber
/səbsˈkɹaɪbɝ/
noun
someone who pays, at given intervals, to receive a publication or service
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1For a monthly fee, subscribers get access to tons of special features.
2Subscribers are your core audience.
3I love subscribers.
4Number of subscribers, subscriber gained.
5To get subscribers ?
antenna
/ænˈtɛnə/
noun
a device that is used to send and receive television or radio signals
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1That gives multiple antennas.
2Most routers have two antennas in them.
3We have our antenna.
4The strange sighting resembled an antenna.
5First implanted antenna.
frequency
/ˈfɹikwənsi/
noun
the specific number of waves that pass a point every second
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1And then the radial axis has frequency.
2Now our next word was frequency.
3Now our next word was frequency.
4Some animal species can hear frequencies well beyond this range.
5So frequency is important.
wavelength
/ˈweɪvˌɫɛŋθ/
noun
the distance between a point on a wave of energy and a similar point on the next wave
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1Its wavelength tells us its energy and color.
2In other words, each wavelength tells a totally different story!
3LWS opsin is long wavelength sensitive opsin.
4Lower notes have longer wavelengths.
5And yet this function has no wavelength.
fm
/ˈɛˈfɛm/
noun
one of the main methods of radio broadcasting with a high sound quality
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1Heterodyning is also used in FM radio.
2They're FM transmitters for radio stations WPKQ and WHOM
3queson is ming fm.
4That FM radio is not a bad thing either.
5The FM tuner was introduced in the 5th-generation nano.
to censor
/ˈsɛnsɝ/
verb
to remove parts of something such as a book, movie, etc. and prevent the public from accessing them for political, moral, or religious purposes
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1Don't censor criticism.
2So what sport was censored?
3The press was censored.
42005 or 6, the censor board has censored 1,600 films alone.
5- Censor it?
to receive
/ɹəˈsiv/, /ɹiˈsiv/, /ɹɪˈsiv/
verb
to pick up broadcast signals
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1The brain not only gives signals to the missing arm, it receives them as well.
2Today, over 70% of all heroin addicts in Switzerland receive treatment.
3The selection committee receives a large number of nominations from faculty, faculty deans, tutors, coaches, and fellow students.
4The defendants here received lengthy sentences.
5And education even most doctors rarely receive.
to televise
/ˈtɛɫəˌvaɪz/
verb
to broadcast or show something on TV
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1For Miss USA and for Miss Universe, obviously, those competitions are televised.
2The resistance will be televised.
3The revolution will not be televised
4-It's televised.
5Should the Supreme Court televise all arguments?
to tune in
/tˈuːn ˈɪn/
verb
to watch a TV program or listen to a radio show
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1Well, the book is called "The Beatles All These Years, Tune In, Volume One."
2The tagline is Tune In, Hook Up.
3Now you'll notice here that at the bottom it says From, From Tune In or From I Heart Radio or sometimes from Radio.com.
4Be sure to Tune In.
bulletin
/ˈbʊɫɪtən/
noun
a brief news program that is broadcast on the radio or television
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1He issued 44 of these bulletins between 1898 and 1943.
2And I saw the bulletin.
3Watch your mail for flash bulletins.
4A BULLETIN ON JANUARY 5th, ONE DAY BEFORE THE RIOTS WARNING RIGHT WING EXTREME.
5On March 1, 1944, the FPC leaders distributed a bulletin that described their attitude toward the draft.
commentary
/ˈkɑmənˌtɛɹi/
noun
a spoken description of an event while it is taking place, particularly on TV or radio
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1You guys can provide commentary.
2He wrote social commentary.
3- I love the commentary.
4The rest is commentary.
5Social commentary is all of a sudden spiking up.
lead story
/lˈiːd stˈoːɹi/
noun
an item of news that is given the most prominence in a news broadcast, magazine, or newspaper
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1We return now to our lead story, today's move by the GOP to block an investigation into the Capitol insurrection.
2And we return now to our lead story, and that is the guilty verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd.
3So let's start with our lead story tonight.
4And the lead story at this hour is the State of Florida is too close to call.
5This will be the lead story!
newsroom
/ˈnuzˌɹum/
noun
a place in radio or television stations or a newspaper office where news is reviewed and put together to be broadcast or published
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1He’s back in the newsroom.
2I looked around our newsroom the other day.
3In fact, we've added hundreds and hundreds of journalists to the newsroom.
4And newsrooms frequently do not collaborate.
5And we have a more gender-balanced newsroom today.
prime time
/pɹˈaɪm tˈaɪm/
noun
the time at which the largest number of people are watching TV or listening to the radio
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1This is prime time.
2- Today on Prime Time, is this month on Prime Time.
3Take that Prime Time.
4None of them are ready yet for prime time.
5His prime time show was the top cable news show for 16 years with as many as four million viewers a night.
circulation
/ˈsɝkjəˌɫeɪʃən/
noun
the number of copies of a newspaper or magazine sold at regular intervals
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1Circulation grew quickly, partly because of the magazine's lack of competition.
2The amount of money in circulation continues to grow.
3Merchants from all over the continent met to trade their goods, but there was one problem: too many currencies in circulation.
4Its circulation was limited by an odd anachronism: these gazettes were still being written by hand.
5Newspapers had circulations in the low thousands.
clipping
/ˈkɫɪpɪŋ/
noun
a story or article cut from a newspaper or magazine to be kept
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1News clippings are a big culprit of this.
2Missing any fingernail clippings?
3Grass clippings are a fantastic source of mulch for the garden.
4Now I want lawn clippings.
5I got lawn clippings.
newsgathering
/nˈuːzɡɐðɚɹɪŋ/
noun
the act of collecting news item for broadcast or publication
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1But just since 2006, revenue for professional newsgathering is down by 1/3.
newssheet
/nˈuːzʃiːt/
noun
a small and simple form of newspaper with only few pages

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issue
/ˈɪʃu/
noun
one of a series of publications produced regularly
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1The most complicated issue from a legal standpoint is copyright law.
2Today I want to talk about an issue that has been coming up as of recently regarding captions.
3This is partly because of the stay-at-home order that was issued by the governor about two days ago.
4Surveillance and privacy issues could arise if the central bank is able to monitor every transaction.
5Other Twitter users took issue with the design of the big garment itself.
photojournalism
/fˌoʊɾoʊdʒˈɜːnəlˌɪzəm/
noun
the act or profession of reporting news articles in newspapers or magazines mainly through photographs
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1And the art form that is most relevant to news gathering is photojournalism.
2Now, what is good photojournalism?
3And this largely came through innovations in the field of photojournalism, rather than new discoveries in city planning or architecture.
4His work is rooted in the world of fine art, but also skirts that of photojournalism.
5The conventions of photojournalism, a lot of which actually go back to these photographs that were taken during the New Deal in a project that was sponsored by the Farm Security Administration.
photo op
/fˈoʊɾoʊ ˈɑːp/
noun
an occasion arranged by a politician or other famous people to be photographed while doing something that they think will popularize them

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periodical
/ˌpɪɹiˈɑdɪkəɫ/
noun
a publication, especially about a technical subject, that is produced regularly
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1We just had repeated and periodical national elections.
2But periodical cicadas may be transforming in real life.
3But periodical cicadas may be transforming in real life.
4The nymphs of the periodical cicada have been biding their time.
5In fact, periodical check-ins with your inner child can go a long way towards your personal health.
quarterly
/ˈkwɔɹtɝɫi/
noun
a publication produced four times a year
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1I have quarterly goals.
2- All right, Jim, your quarterlies look very good.
3The next mythical society, quarterly collectible item is the cloak of mythicality.
4They think about quarterly.
5What's my quarterly benchmark?
tabloid
/ˈtæbɫɔɪd/
noun
a newspaper with smaller pages and many pictures, covering stories about famous people and not much serious news
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1The tabloid had been an outspoken critic of Beijing's policies.
2Trump saw this classic tabloid story.
3The tabloid claims it tracked him across five states and over 40,000 miles.
4Clearly the tabloids loved the story.
5Eventually, the tabloids acknowledged their problematic coverage of the couple.
readership
/ˈɹidɝˌʃɪp/
noun
the number of people who read a particular magazine, newspaper, or book on a regular basis
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1Again, never assume readership.
2His readership, his main support, is free black people.
3His column extended his readership and influence beyond the Middle East.
4This also changed the readership dramatically.
5What was the readership of poems like Claude McKay's in the editorials?
citizen journalism
/sˈɪɾɪzən dʒˈɜːnəlˌɪzəm/
noun
the coverage of news by ordinary people, which is then shared on the Internet
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1You could look at how technology has changed the media, ranging from the 24-hour news cycle, to bloggers, and citizen journalism, and two-way communications, and the acute explosion of media sources, social power-- there's a lot here-- personal publishing, the internet email, criminal power-- certain crimes becoming easier-- identity theft, which is really impersonation fraud done to scale, and how the internet has changed things.
2Citizen journalism was a phrase.
3And I was trying to figure out, why wouldn't I want a citizen journalism?
anonymous
/əˈnɑnəməs/
adjective
(of a person) not known by name
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1They did anonymous re-mailers.
2It was anonymous.
3The anonymous author elaborates his diagrammatic didacticism.
4The first question comes from anonymous.
5The first word is anonymous.
high-profile
adjective
drawing a lot of public attention
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1Today, the company increasingly works with high-profile commercial customers too.
2Meanwhile, high-profile cases started appearing.
3He does make these high-profile media appearances.
4In recent years, SPACs have used high-profile sponsors like Chamath Palihapitiya, a former Facebook executive, or Bill Ackman, a famous hedge fund manager.
5The highest-profile jobs are with professional teams.
nationwide
/ˈneɪʃənˈwaɪd/
adjective
existing or occurring across a country
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1For every 1% increase in THC, 60 more people enter treatment nationwide.
2KATE SOSIN: 2015 saw the advent of marriage equality nationwide.
3Pooling the risk nationwide.
4Nationwide, Black boys miss way more school due to suspensions than any other group.
5The first broadcast trial in American history, broadcast live over the radio nationwide.
ballot
/ˈbæɫət/
noun
a piece of paper on which a vote is written
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1Thankfully for our immune systems, we humans have ballots.
2Voters in New York City cast ballots today in primary elections for mayor.
3Campaign officials fillings out ballots.
4We're bemoaning the fact that there's so many ballots that they can't be counted in time to satiate everyone's thirst for immediate answers.
5Ballots, sling shotted into volcanoes.

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