Journalism Terms

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Across
  1. 5. use of lines, screens, boxes and large first letters to break up areas of space on the page.
  2. 6. Margin between facing pages in the vertical fold.
  3. 11. formal statement of the newspapers name, officer, management and place of publication, usually found on the editorial page
  4. 15. one written by a reporter working for a news service
  5. 17. short statement that grabs the readers attention. Summarizes important information in the story;found at the beginning of a story and is usually in large type.
  6. 18. article that includes information (5ws and H) about an event that is recent and relevant to people’s lives.
  7. 19. an article, usually featured on the editorial page, where the newspaper, it’s management or staff, or readers express their opinion and encourages certain action.
  8. 21. a quote from the news story that is separated and emphasized using special fonts and graphics
  9. 23. brief story with special angle that goes with a main story
Down
  1. 1. tells who photographed the image
  2. 2. 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
  3. 3. Vertical division of the page that helps to give it structure. News paper stories and images are measured in column inches- the number of columns wide by inches long.
  4. 4. statement made by a person other that the author and include in the story either using the persons exact words in quotations
  5. 7. a report that evaluates a restaurant, book,movie,music album or other entertainment
  6. 8. (also known as flag): Name and logo of the Newspaper, usually at the very Top of the newspaper in large letters.
  7. 9. (also knows as Cutline): accompanies a photograph or illustration and explains who/what the image is about.
  8. 10. a listening, 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
  9. 12. (also called a teaser) short headline text or visuals that highlight articles in the interior of the paper
  10. 13. The author of the news story and his or her title.
  11. 14. tells the location and date of a news story. Found at the beginning of the article in all caps.
  12. 16. Abbreviation for Questions that should be answered from the information in any Good news story. Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How.
  13. 20. story 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
  14. 22. (also called lede: the first paragraph of the story that summarizes story and leads the readers interest.