Newspaper Terms

3. n. an article written by the editor stating his opinion
4. n. a department of a newspaper [eg: the sports desk]
6. v. to check, modify and generally prepare written material for publication
7. n. 1 a person who edits 2 the head of a newspaper or newspaper department
10. n. a text or piece of writing on any non-fiction subject
12. journalism n. the obtaining of exclusive rights to a story by payment of large sums of money
14. n. 1 the title at the top of an article 2 headlines the most important stories
16. n. a news article or report
18. n. a small-format paper, with short, sensational stories - see broadsheet
20. n. 1 person who writes a letter to a paper 2 person who writes articles for a paper

1. n. a person who writes articles, esp. stating opinion, about art, music etc
2. n. a large-format newspaper with usually serious contents
5. n. the media all the means of mass communication (papers, TV, radio etc)
8. n. what a person thinks about a particular subject; a subjective point of view
9. n. 1 thin, flexible material for writing or printing on 2 newspaper
11. n. a person employed to write articles for a newspaper - journalism n.
13. n. official with the power to stop publication of certain articles - censorship n.
15. rights n. rights or permission for one paper to publish a story that no other paper can
17. page n. the first page of a paper, usually carrying the most important story
19. n. a special or regular article in a newspaper, usually displayed prominently