tombstoning

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17:45 Oct 19, 2009
English to Swedish translations [PRO]
Journalism
Additional field(s): Media / Multimedia, Printing & Publishing
English term or phrase: tombstoning
Definition from John E. McIntyre:
In page layout, to put articles side by side so that the headlines are adjacent. The phenomenon is also referred to as bumping heads.

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5 +1rubrikkrock
Anna Klotz


  

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rubrikkrock


Definition from Bakom rubrikerna (DN and Expressen):
Så tänk på att undvika rubrikkrockar, det vill säga att rubriker om olika ämnen inte ligger bredvid varandra.

Example sentence(s):
  • Redigerarna lyckas dessutom skapa jämna rubrikrader i såväl tvåradiga rubriker som ingresser vilket ger en mild hemkänsla, och av störande rubrikkrockar syns föga. - Journalisten  

Explanation:
I boken Göra tidning (Andersson-Ek, Andréasson, Edwardson) används "kolliderande rubriker".
Anna Klotz
Sweden
Local time: 04:05
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish

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