Journalism Terms

2. margin between facing pages in the vertical fold
6. 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 exposition
7. formal statement of the Newspaper name, officer, management and place of publications, usually found on the editorial page
11. halos known as a cut line) accompanies a photograph of illustration and explains who/what the image is about
13. article that includes information about an event that is recent and relevant to people’s lives
15. the author of the news story and his or her title
17. a qoute from the news story that is separate and emphasized using special fonts and graphics
18. the first paragraph of the story that summarized story and leads the reader’s interest
19. statement made by a person other than the author and included in the story either using the person’s exact words in quotations or by paraphrase
20. short statement that grabs the reader’s attention, summarizes important information in the story found at the beginning of the story and is usually

1. tells who photographed the image
3. 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
4. a listing, usually on the first page of the newspaper that refers readers to the large features and sections of the newspaper
5. use of lines, screens, boxes and large first letters to break up areas of space on the page
8. tells the location and date of a news story. Found at the beginning of the article in all caps.
9. (also known as Flag): Name and logo of the Newspaper, usually at the very top of the newspaper in large letters
10. abbreviation for questions that should be answered from the information in any good news story. Who, What, Where, when, Why and How.
12. when a story is too long for a column and is continued story
14. a report that evaluates a restaurant, book, movie, music album or other entertainment
16. 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