The Mill's Monthly Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. – a diagram of a newspaper page used to show printers where stories, pictures and ads are to be placed
  2. 5. – articles that have been cut out of the newspaper, short for clippings
  3. 7. – the area of the newsroom where local news events are covered
  4. 8. – the area of news regularly covered by a reporter (e.g., the paper)
  5. 11. - assigns reporters to stories, improves the stories that reporters write, and decides where stories will appear in
  6. 12. – copy in either upper corner of the front page, on either side of the flag (sometimes used for weather, jokes or to call attention to a special feature inside)
  7. 17. – time at which all copy for an edition must be in
  8. 18. – border around a story or photo
  9. 19. – an out-of-town reporter
  10. 20. – a headline that runs across the entire page
  11. 24. – any typographical device used for ornamentation
  12. 25. - an article expressing the opinion of the newspaper editor or management
  13. 27. – a person who writes a regular column giving a piece of art
  14. 28. – to set type
  15. 29. – the reporter’s name, which appears at the head of a news or picture story
  16. 30. – abbreviation for capital letters
Down
  1. 1. – a large, black dot used at the left edge of a column to mark each item in a series
  2. 2. – to cut away unwanted parts of a picture
  3. 4. – explanatory information under a picture or piece of art; also called a caption
  4. 5. – type that is produced photographically
  5. 6. – to shorten a story
  6. 7. – the name of the photographer or artist below
  7. 9. – the event or situation a reporter is supposed to report on
  8. 10. – one inch of type or space (measured vertically), one column wide
  9. 13. – abbreviation for the Associated Press, a wire service
  10. 14. – printed notice of something for sale (short for advertisement)
  11. 15. – to correct and prepare copy for publication
  12. 16. – to get all the facts about a news event for a story
  13. 19. – the person who edits news stories and writes headlines
  14. 20. – heavy or dark type
  15. 21. – words at the beginning of a story that give the story’s place of origin
  16. 22. – any photograph, map, graph or illustration
  17. 23. – a drawing, usually in a comic strip, which makes words appear to be coming directly from the speaker’s mouth
  18. 26. – the main part of a story
  19. 29. – initial news coverage of an event