First result for the search ‘Newspaper Jargon’:
takeout
A longer story that takes a step back from daily, breaking news stories to put a running story with frequent developments into context and perspective.
slug
An internal name for a story, usually just one word. Elex might be the slug for a story on school elections.
scoop
As a noun, a story no one else has; as a verb, to do it to the competition.
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