Below the fold: The bottom half of the front page (A1) of the newspaper.

 

Budget: A list of stories for the next days paper.

 

Buried the lead: Phrase meaning that there is concern that the most important fact is not at the top.

 

Cold type: Photographic paper with entire stories, ads and photographs already printed on it.

 

Flats: Newspaper sized plexiglas sheets covered with ruled pages of lined cardboard on which the articles making up the next day's paper will be pasted.

 

Folio lines: Piece of text containing the page numbers and the next day's date.

 

Hot type: Thousands of tiny lead ingots, stamps, with the letters of the alphabet, a number or a line of type. These were assembled by hand in a frame to compose the text of the next day's newspaper.

 

Key: An italic line of type that tells the reader where to find the continuation of a story.

 

Lawyering: The process of checking a story to confirm that it does not violate libel or any laws.

 

Lead: First paragraph of a story.

 

News hole: Space available in each section of the paper for news stories.

 

Off-lead position: The upper left section of the front page (A1).

 

Off the floor: The stage when all type has been pasted on the flats.

 

Pitch: Key part of the meeting where the articles to be printed in the next day's paper are selected.

 

Slug: A one word title given to each article.