Journalists, who spend so much time trying to keep the jargon of police, doctors and lawyers out of the paper, use a lot of it themselves. These are a few terms that, if you’re new to a newsroom, may make you wonder.

In high school or college, journalists can begin making plans and doing things that will make their entry into the professional world world much smoother. The secret is no secret at all, but simply to start working and learning — now.

Everybody knows that journalism has writers. What everybody doesn’t know is that, besides writers, newspapers are filled with amazing (and unusual) people who do all sorts of other.