Journalism Jargon
Across
- 3. use of lines, screens, boxes and large first letters to break up areas of space on the page
- 8. formal statement of the newspaper’s name, officer, management and place of publication, usually found on the editorial page
- 9. short statement that grabs the reader’s attention , summarizes important information in the story; found at the information of a story and is usually in type
- 12. 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
- 14. division of the page that helps give structure
- 15. accompanies a picture or illustration by giving detail
- 16. short headline text or visuals that highlight articles in the interior of the paper
- 17. a report that evaluates a restaurant, book, movie, music album or other entertainment
- 19. the author of the news story and his or her’s title
- 21. a listing, usually on the first page of the newspaper that refers readers to the regular features and sections
- 22. an article found on the editorial page and it’s a play of management or opinions
Down
- 1. a quote from the news story that is separated and emphasized using special fonts and graphics
- 2. a story or article in which the basic purposes is something other than recent news
- 3. use of lines, screens, boxes and large first letters to break up areas of space on the page
- 4. tells the location and date of the news story
- 5. name and logo of a newspaper, usually at the very top in bold letters
- 6. one written by a reporter working for a news service
- 7. article that includes information (5Ws and H) about an event that is recent and relevant to people’s lives
- 10. brief story with a special angle that goes with a main story
- 11. 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)
- 13. tells who photographed the image
- 18. abbreviation for questions that should be answered from the information in any good news story. Who, What, Where, When, Why and How
- 20. the first paragraph of the story that summarize story and leads the reader’s interest