Journalism Jargon

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