juniorization n.— «The survey spawned a terrible new word: juniorization. It covers a multitude of sins. When more experienced reporters left the profession because they were traumatized by covering the political violence that swept the...
rowback n.— «A “rowback” is an important if little-known tool of the journalistic trade. It is the reporter’s artgum eraser. If used skillfully enough, the readers will not even realize he has made a correction...
convenio n.— «On top of theconvenios, which function rather like long-term contracts with media bosses, there are thechayotes—one-time direct payments to reporters. Although much less common than 25 years ago, when reporters received cash...
shoulder peak n.— «Different rates would be charged electric power users during “super peak hours,” “shoulder peak hours,” and “off peak hours.”» —“Electricity Rates Must Be...
jugaad n.— «Daniel Chopra, who learned his golf in India, “seems to have plenty of the typical Indian quality of jugaad.”…A reporter who had peeked translated it as “finding alternative ways of doing improbable...
hocker n.— «Some reporters are hockers, which may be true. However, once they begin publishing what they hock, Rabbis may be reticent to speak to them…Of course, there are Hockers which have poor information & hockers with...