Technical Terms

Career Terms: Journalism:

-Break:

When a news development becomes known and available. Also, the point of interruption in a story continued from one page to another.

-Enterprise Copy:

Story, often initiated by a reporter, that digs deeper than the usual news story.

-Investigative Reporting:

Technique use to unearth information that sources often want hidden.

-Masthead:

Formal statement of newspaper’s name, officers, place of publication and other descriptive information, usually on the editorial page.

-Op-ed page:

Abbreviation for the page opposite the editorial page. The page is frequently devoted to opinion columns and related illustrations.

Life After High School Terms:

-AGI:

Adjusted gross income, or AGI, is all the income you receive over the course of the year, including wages, interest, dividends and capital gains, minus things such as contributions to a qualified IRA, some business expenses, moving costs and alimony payments. AGI is the first step in calculating your final federal income tax bill.

-Annuity:

A series of payments under a contract that are made at regular intervals and over a period of more than one year.

Matriculation:

Admission to a group (especially a college or university)

-Matriculation:

Admission to a group (especially a college or university)

-Mortgage:

Security instrument by which the borrower (mortgagor) gives the lender (mortgagee) a lien on property as collateral for the repayment of a loan.

-Self-Employed Individual:

An individual in business for himself or herself, and whose business is not incorporated, is self-employed. Sole proprietors and partners are self-employed. Self-employment can include part-time work.