W
want ads - classified advertisements
widow - a single word or short line of type at the end of a paragraph, particularly at the top or bottom of a column or page
wire copy - editorial matter supplied by outside sources, especially that transmitted by telegraph or teletype from news services
wire photo - the Associated Press service that transmits photographs, maps or other illustrations. The illustration is then reproduced electronically in the newsrooms of subscribing newspapers.
wire service - a news collection and transmission service. News services include:
-AFP - Agence France-Presse - world service based in France
-AP - Associated Press - world service based in the U.S.
-CNT-CPT - Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Telegraph, for transmission of correspondents' stories
-CP - Canadian Press news service
-Reuters - world service based in the United Kingdom
-Tass - Soviet Union news service
-UPI - United Press International, world service based in the U.S.
Y
yellow journalism - sensational journalism
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