Journalism terms

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Across
  1. 2. vertical division of the page that helps to give it structure
  2. 4. 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. 5. short headline text or visuals that highlight articles in the interior of the paper
  4. 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)
  5. 8. Name of the Newspaper, usually at the very top of the newspaper in large letters
  6. 9. a story or article in which the basic purpose is something other than recent news; e.g. human interest stories, investigative reports, historical or scientific expositions
  7. 14. abbreviation for questions that should be answered from the information in any good news story. Who, What, Where, When, Why and How.
  8. 16. one written by a reporter working for a news service
  9. 17. formal statement of the newspaper’s name, officer, management and place of publication, usually found on the editorial page
  10. 18. 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
  11. 20. the first paragraph of the story that summarizes story and leads the reader’s interest
  12. 21. tells who photographed the image
  13. 22. accompanies a photograph or illustration and explains who/what the image is about
Down
  1. 1. a quote form the news story that is separated and emphasized using special fonts and graphics
  2. 3. article that includes information about an event that is recent and relevant to people’s lives
  3. 6. margin between facing pages in the vertical fold
  4. 8. the author of the news story and his or her title
  5. 10. a report that evaluates a restaurant, book, movie, music album or other entertainment
  6. 11. use of lines, screens, boxes and large first letters to break up areas of space on the page
  7. 12. 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
  8. 13. tells the location and date of a news story. Found at the beginning of the article in all caps
  9. 15. brief story with a special angle that goes with a main story
  10. 19. a listing, usually on the first page of the newspaper that refers readers to the regular features and sections of the newspaper