Across
- 3. use of lines, screens, boxes and large first letters to break up areas of space on the page
- 6. an article, usually featured on the editorial page, where the newspaper, its management or staff, or readers express their opinion and encourages certain action
- 7. tells the location and date of a news story. Found at the beginning of the article in all caps.
- 9. 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
- 12. (also called Lede): the first paragraph of the story that summarizes story and leads the reader’s interest
- 14. tells who photographed the image
- 16. 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
- 17. Abbreviation for questions that should be answered from the information in any good news story. Who, what, where, when, why, and how.
- 18. statement made by a person other than the author and included in the story either using the person’s exact words in quotations (direct quote) or by paraphrasing (indirect quote)
- 19. (also known as a cutline) accompanies a photograph or illustration and explains who/what the images is about.
- 20. (also called a Teaser): short headline text or visuals that highlight articles in the interior of the paper
- 22. article that includes information (5Ws and H) about an event that is recent and relevant to people’s lives
Down
- 1. the author of the news story and his or her title.
- 2. brief story with a special angle that goes with a main story
- 3. margin between facing pages in the vertical fold
- 4. a report that evaluates a restaurant, book, movie, music album or other entertainment
- 5. 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.
- 8. a quote from the news story that is separated and emphasized using special fonts and graphic
- 10. a listing, 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
- 11. 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
- 13. one written by a reporter working for a news service
- 15. formal statement of the newspaper’s name, officer, management and place of publication, usually found on the editorial page
- 21. (also known as flag) name of the newspaper, usually at the very top of the newspaper in large letters.