Copy Cutter.—An assistant in the composing room who receives copy from the head copy reader, or editor, cuts it into takes, and distributes the takes to the compositors to set up.
Copyholder.—A proof-reader's assistant who, to correct errors, reads copy for comparison of it with the proof.
Copy-reader.—One who revises copy and writes the headlines. Not to be confused with proof-reader.
Cover.—To go for the purpose of getting facts about an event or for the purpose of writing up the event: as, "Jones covered the prize fight."
Dead.—A term applied to composed type that is of no further use; also sometimes applied to copy.
Deck.—See Bank (1).
Department Men.—Reporters who seek news regularly in the same places, as the police courts, city hall, coroner's office.
Display Type.—Type bolder of face or more conspicuous than ordinary type.
Dope.—Slang for any information or collection of facts to be used in a story; applied specifically to sporting stories, meaning a forecast of the outcome, as in a horse-race or a boxing contest.
Em.—The square of the body of any size of type; used as the unit of measurement for making indentions, indicating the length of dashes, etc.