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If you're ever a bit confused by some of the tv newscast terminology that occasionally finds its way to OMI, or just want to have some fun reading, check out this vintage thread on MediaLine:
http://openline.medialine.com/showthread.php?t=12380
Now I've learned that the "proper" name for one thing which KPTV loves to do on its newscasts is Architectural Study . (when you shoot video of a building HOURS after an event took place. Example: shooting the exterior of a bank at 6pm when it was robbed at 9am, or a house that burned overnight but is being shot during the day)