Glossary

Sittings Editor

The sittings editor works with model agencies to book models for photos in the magazine. Might also be known as the model bookings editor.

Lede

The initial paragraph of the story. The word’s origin goes back to the newspaper biz back when metal type (hot lead) was used. As not to confuse a typographer into thinking he had to add a line of lead to space out a column of type, we used “lede” to denote the initial paragraph.

Fotog

Short for “photographer”

Byline

Stand-alone line that is literally ‘by’ — identifies the author of the story (sometimes used for photographers as well)

Graf

Short for “paragraph.” As in, “Rewrite the first two grafs.”

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