![]() ![]() Lower third graphic - Graphic shown on the bottom of the screen, usually identifying a person or place.įull Screen Graphic - Graphic taking up the full screen, usually giving information related to the story being told. OTS - Over the shoulder graphic, usually seen over one of the anchor's shoulders as he reads the story. Wire - Stories sent to different news outlets from around the state and country, via computer. Toss - When on anchor or reporter turns over a portion of the show to another anchor or reporter.Īssignment Sheet - The list of stories to be covered for the day. Tease - A preview of a story, that runs, most of the time just before a commercial.Ĭold Open - Beginning a show or a segment with vo and or a sound byte. Live Shot - A story by a reporter, done live, not on tape, from a different location than the studio. Rundown - The order and timing of a newscast, indicating which stories, segments and commercials will run when, and how long they will run. Package - A story voiced by a reporter, with that reporter's voice on tape, including both video and sound bytes. VO/SOT or VOSB or VOB - a story that includes an anchor reading with vo over his voice, and includes a sound byte. SOT or Sound Byte (or Byte) - A short clip of an interview. VO - A story, read by an anchor, with video shown over the anchor's voice. Reader - a story that is read by an anchor without video. We'll link to this so you can reference it from time to time if you don't understand something we're talking about. ![]() ![]() So what follows is a simple glossary of television news terms. Since we do talk shop here from time to time, I thought maybe it would be a good idea to give you a quick lesson on what some of the terms we use on a daily basis are. I guess I'll veer from my normal course of action to talk a little about the inner workings of this business. Weather is the main story of the day today, and since Josh covers that pretty well on his blog, I'm really at a bit of a loss as to exactly what I'm going to blog about. ![]()
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