follow-up

[ fol-oh-uhp ]

/ ˈfɒl oʊˌʌp /

the act of following up.

an action or thing that serves to increase the effectiveness of a previous one, as a second or subsequent letter, phone call, or visit.

Also called follow. Journalism.

a news story providing additional information on a story or article previously published.
Also called sidebar, supplementary story. a minor news story used to supplement a related story of major importance.Compare feature story(def 1), human-interest story, shirttail.

designed or serving to follow up, especially to increase the effectiveness of a previous action: a follow-up interview; a follow-up offer.

of or relating to action that follows an initial treatment, course of study, etc.: follow-up care for mental patients; a follow-up survey.

Origin of follow-up

First recorded in 1920–25; noun, adj. use of verb phrase follow up

The follow-up story is how those who survived both the competitive onslaught, as well as the recession, have adapted.

Best Buy Punches Back at Amazon |William O’Connor |December 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“She fought so Damn hard,” the poster added in a follow-up comment.

Did the Amber Lynn Coplin Murder Photos Sicken the Creeps of 4Chan? |Michael Daly |November 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The core of that, the way to stop Ebola in its tracks is contact tracing, and follow-up.

Doctors Without Borders Hits Ebola Breaking Point |Abby Haglage, Kent Sepkowitz |October 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Since the virus can stay incubated in the human body for up to 21 days, the third step, follow-up, is key.

Doctors Without Borders Hits Ebola Breaking Point |Abby Haglage, Kent Sepkowitz |October 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Based on the strength of her audition, he built his follow-up film, Jackie Brown, around Grier.

The Secrets of ‘Pulp Fiction’: 20 Things You Didn’t Know About the Movie on Its 20th Anniversary |Marlow Stern |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The editorial was to be a follow-up in the next day's paper.

The Clarion |Samuel Hopkins Adams
The burden of their shrill cries was the exposure of the gang, with "follow-up" details upon the Courier's story.

The Lash |Olin L. Lyman
Each one while indicating that the story was a follow-up retold the principal incidents in the fire.

Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence |Grant Milnor Hyde
From the above clippings it will be seen that the lead of the follow-up story is very much like that of any news story.

Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence |Grant Milnor Hyde
He listened carefully, reviewed their work, edited it, and made notes for follow-up comment.

The Space Pioneers |Carey Rockwell