End Mark.—A mark put at the end of a story to indicate to the compositor that the story is complete. The two end marks used are the figure 30 enclosed in a circle and a #.
Feature.—To give prominence to; to display prominently.
Feature Story.—A story, often with a whimsical turn, in which the interest lies in something else than the immediate news value; one that develops some interesting feature of the day's news for its own sake rather than for the worth of the story as a whole. Also called "human interest" story. See page [224].
Filler.—A story of doubtful news value included for lack of better news in a column or section of a paper. The so-called "patent insides" in country weeklies and small dailies are known as fillers.
Flash.—A brief telegraphic message sandwiched between two sentences of a running story, giving the outcome before it is reached in the story: as, "Flash—Smith knocked out in fourteenth round," when the reporter's story has got only as far as the eleventh round; or, "Flash—Jury coming in; get ready for verdict," thrust into the body of a story a reporter is sending about a murder trial.
Flimsy.—Thin tissue paper used in duplicating telegraphic stories as they come off the wire.
Flush.—On an even line or margin with.
Follow Copy.—An instruction, written on the margin of manuscript, to the compositor that he must follow copy exactly, even though the matter may seem wrong.
Folo.—An abbreviation for follow, marked at the beginning of stories to indicate that they are to follow others of a similar nature: as, "Folo Suicide," meaning to the bank-man, "Put this story in the form immediately after the one slugged 'Suicide.'" See page [15].
Form.—An assemblage of type, usually seven or eight columns, locked in a chase preparatory to printing or stereotyping.