Part 24 (2/2)

=Query.=--A telegraphic request to a paper for instructions on a story that a correspondent wishes to send. See page 240.

=Quoins.=--Wedges used for fastening or locking type in a galley or a form.

=Release.=--To permit publication of a story on or after a specified date, but not before. See page 54.

=Revise.=--A corrected proof.

=Rewrite.=--A story rewritten from another paper. See page 218.

=Rewrite Man.=--A reporter who rewrites telegraphic, cable, and telephone stories, or who rewrites poor copy submitted by other reporters. See page 219.

=Run.=--See _Beat_ (1).

=Run-in.=--To omit paragraph indentions for the sake of saving s.p.a.ce.

=Running Story.=--A story which develops as the day advances, or from day to day.

=Scoop.=--Publication of an important story in advance of rival papers; also called a _beat_.

=Sheets.=--See _Arrest Sheets_.

=Slips.=--Slips of paper hung on the police bulletin board or pasted in a public ledger, announcing such crimes, misdemeanors, complaints, and the like as the police are willing to make public. See page 35.

=Slug.=--(1) A solid line of type set by a linotype machine. (2) A strip of type metal thicker than a lead and less than type high, for widening s.p.a.ces between lines, supporting the foot of a column, etc. (3) A strip of metal bearing a type-high number inserted by a compositor at the beginning of a take to mark the type set by him. (4) The compositor who set the type marked by a slug. See also _Catch Line_ (2).

=Solid.=--Having no leads between the lines: as, a _solid_ column of type.

=s.p.a.ce Book.=--A book in which the state editor keeps a record of stories sent in by correspondents and s.p.a.ce writers.

=s.p.a.ce Writer.=--A writer who is paid for his stories according to the amount of s.p.a.ce they occupy when printed.

=Special.=--A story written by a special correspondent, usually one out of town.

=Stick.=--(1) A small metal tray holding approximately two inches of type, used by printers in setting type by hand. (2) The amount of type held by a stick.

=Stone.=--A smooth table top, once of stone, now usually of metal, on which the page forms are made up.

=Story.=--(1) Any article, other than an editorial or an advertis.e.m.e.nt, written for a newspaper. (2) The event about which the story is written: as, a burglar story, meaning the burglary that the reporter writes up.

=Streamer Head.=--A head set in large type and extending across the top of the page.

=String.=--A strip of clipped stories pasted together end to end to indicate the number of columns contributed by a s.p.a.ce writer.

=Style Book.=--The printed book of rules followed by reporters, copy-readers, and compositors. See page 249.

=Take.=--The portion of copy taken at once by a compositor for setting up. See page 13.

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