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| ASTON | An on screen caption, for instance giving the name and description of an interviewee or programme participant. |
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| Browse/Hybrid Browse | A video editing tool that newsroom staff can access from their computers to view and edit footage received from newswire sources. In ENPS, journalists can read newswires and accompanying shot lists and then locate the correct news feed in Browse. |
| Chief sub video | The person who oversees all the video footage coming into the newsroom and which satellite feeds are coming in from where. |
| Chief sub words | The person who oversees the scripted content of the show. He/she will look over the scripts of reporters, producers and presenters to make sure they adhere to the Channel 4 News style, and may also write headlines and read-ins to pieces. |
| Chromakey | This is an electronic process where a certain colour in the video footage can be changed without altering the rest. In most cases, the foreground, usually a person, is filmed against a blue or green background which is then substituted for other video footage. The process can also be called 'greenscreen' or 'bluescreen'. In 'A Day In the Newsroom, the final edit' we see reporter Victoria Macdonald record her piece to camera in front of a green screen but when the news programme is transmitted we see a graphic behind her - the graphic has been superimposed on or keyed into the green colour. |
| Correspondent | A specialist journalist who is responsible for covering a particular kind of news: for instance the arts correspondent or the Washington correspondent. |
| Debrief | The debrief is a meeting after every news broadcast where a member of the senior editorial team reviews how the day and the programme have gone. This enables programme editors or deputy editors and journalists to reflect on the day's bulletin and look forward to how key news stories are set to develop over the coming days. |
| Disco | A studio discussion. |
| Dope sheet | This is a shot list describing the video footage available for a news story. Newswires that come through ENPS usually contain a summary of the story and a dope sheet; journalists can then use the Browse tool to access the footage. |
| ENPS (Electronic News Production System) | A software application developed by the Associated Press and widely used in British TV news rooms that allows people working in the newsroom to access news wires and shot lists of video footage, write scripts, access the running order for the day's programme, and prospects for upcoming stories. |
| House style | This refers to the Channel 4 News style of writing and titling. It takes its name from the style manuals of print publishing houses, newspapers and magazines. |
| In/Out points | When editing video clips, the 'in' point is where you want your footage to start and the 'out' point is where you want it to end. Also referred to as 'edit points'. |
| Infotainment | Infotainment refers to a general type of television programme which provides a combination of current affairs, news and entertainment programming, or an entertainment programme structured in a news format. |
| News belt | A roundup of short news stories run together with a commentary. |
| NUJ | The National Union of Journalists. |
| Prospects | A provisional list of possible stories for a news programme. |
| Reverse | A camera angle where you can see the presenter over the shoulder of, or from behind the interviewee. Reverse shots are used to cover edits in an interview. |
| Running order | A list of items for a news bulletin in the order in which they will be broadcast, with timings. |
| Rushes | Unedited video footage. |
| Satellite feed | A satellite transmission of video footage usually shot at a distant location and sent to the studio in real time. |
| SOT | Sound on tape, i.e. an interview. |
| Spin doctor | A person who publicises favourable interpretations of events and words and actions of public figures, especially politicians. |
| Still | A still photograph as opposed to a moving image such as video or film. Stills can be used to illustrate a story and can sometimes be displayed over narration or interview clips instead of video footage. |
| Sting | A very short musical and graphical sequence - usually a punctuation point at the beginning or end of a part of the programme. |
| Stock footage | Video footage that can be used when generic shots are required in a story. A cameraman may be asked to shoot stock footage for a story, or newsroom staff may use the large, searchable archives of past video footage from the channel. |
| Story slug | The title of a story. |
| Stringer | A freelance journalist who is paid for each piece of published or broadcast work rather than receiving a regular salary. |
| Ulay | An abbreviation of underlay. Ulay footage is shown while a reporter or presenter is reading his/her script, mainly for headlines and newsbelt stories. This video sequence is always edited to run for longer than the duration of the script, so if the reporter or presenter reads autocue slowly, the pictures won't run out. |
| Video wall | A large video screen, in this case behind the news presenter. |
| VO | An abbreviation of voice-over when the voice of a narrator or presenter is used with video footage to tell the audience what is happening. |
| Vox pops | This is short for vox populi which is a Latin phrase meaning "voice of the people". In TV news this term is taken to mean interviews on a news topic with random members of the public, often in the street, a shopping centre or similar public space which are then used in a news bulletin to supplement a story with a view to adding a rough and ready sample of public opinion on the topic under discussions. |
| VT | An abbreviation of video tape. VT is used in the running order of a programme to indicate that there is an edited video to play from a tape at this point in the broadcast. |
| VTR | An abbreviation of video tape recording, VTR refers to specific pieces of video, for example, Glass VTR refers to a video of Nick Glass, arts correspondent. This naming convention is used in the running order of items for a day's programme. |
| Wire | An up-to-the-minute news story supplied by a news agency such as Reuters or Associated Press that can be accessed through ENPS or the internet. |
