Journalism jargon notes

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Across
  1. 2. formal statement of the newspaper’s name, officer, management and place of publication, usually found on the editorial page
  2. 7. a quote from the news story that is separated and emphasized using special fonts and graphics
  3. 8. 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
  4. 9. the author of the news story and his or her title
  5. 10. also known as flag Name of the Newspaper, usually at the very top of the newspaper in large letters
  6. 13. tells the location and date of a news story found at the beginning of the article in all caps
  7. 14. use of lines screens boxes and large first letters to break up areas of space on the page
  8. 16. 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
  9. 17. also called a Teaser): short headline text or visuals that highlight articles in the interior of the paper
  10. 18. one written by a reporter working for a news service
  11. 19. brief story with a special angle that goes with a main story
  12. 21. abbreviation for questions that should be answered from the information in any good news story. Who What Where When Why and How.
  13. 22. story a story in which the basic purpose is something other than recent news eg human interest stories, investigative reports historical or scientific expositions
Down
  1. 1. also called a lead the first paragraph of the story that summarizes story and leads the reader’s interest
  2. 3. an article usually featured on the editorial page where the newspaper its management or staff or readers express their opinion and encourages certain action
  3. 4. 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
  4. 5. 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
  5. 6. 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
  6. 11. a report that evaluates a restaurant, book, movie, music album or other entertainmenot
  7. 12. article that includes information 5Ws and H about an event that is recent and relevant to people’s lives
  8. 15. tells who photographs the image
  9. 20. margin between facing pages in the vertical fold