Journalism terms

3. (also called a Teaser): short headline text or visuals that highlight articles in the interior of the paper
4. when a story is too long for a column and is continued later in the paper, a jumpline tells the reader where to find the continued story
9. (also known as a Cutline): accompanies a photograph or illustration and explains who/what the image is about
11. short statement that grabs the reader’s attention, summarizes important information in the story; found at the beginning of a story and is usually in large type
12. tells the location and date of a news story. Found at the beginning of the article in all caps
14. a report that evaluates a restaurant, book, movie, music album or other entertainment
15. a listing, usually on the first page of the newspaper that refers readers to the regular features and sections (like sports, weather, editorials, etc.) of the newspaper

1. an article, usually featured on the editorial page, where the newspaper, its management or staff, or readers express their opinion and encourages certain action
2. the author of the news story and his or her title
5. formal statement of the newspaper’s name, officer, management and place of publication, usually found on the editorial page
6. margin between facing pages in the vertical fold
7. statement made by a person other than the author and included in the story either using the person’s exact words in quotations (direct quote) or by paraphrasing (indirect quote)
8. use of lines, screens, boxes and large first letters to break up areas of space on the page
9. vertical division of the page that helps to give it structure. Newspaper stories and images are measured in column inches - the number of columns wide by inches long
10. brief story with a special angle that goes with a main story
13. (also called Lede): the first paragraph of the story that summarizes story and leads the reader’s interest