Journalism terms

1. vertical division of the page that helps to give it structure
3. formal statement of the newspaper’s name, officer, management and place of publication, usually found on the editorial page.
4. (also known as a Cutline): accompanies a photograph or illustration and explains who/what the image is about
7. tells who photographed the image.
10. one written by a reporter working for a news service.
12. a report that evaluates a restaurant, book, movie, music album or other entertainment.
14. brief story with a special angle that goes with a main story.
16. when a story is too long for a column and is continued later in the paper.
17. margin between facing pages in the vertical fold
18. (also called Lede): the first paragraph of the story that summarizes story and leads the reader’s interest
20. tells the location and date of a news story. Found at the beginning of the article in all caps.
21. (also called a Teaser): short headline text or visuals that highlight articles in the interior of the paper.

2. article that includes information (5Ws and H) about an event that is recent and relevant to people’s lives.
5. a quote from the news story that is separated and emphasized using special fonts and graphics.
6. 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).
8. a story or article in which the basic purpose is something other than recent news.
9. the author of the news story and his or her title
11. abbreviation for questions that should be answered from the information in any good news story.
13. an article, usually featured on the editorial page.
15. 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
17. use of lines, screens, boxes and large first letters to break up areas of space on the page.
19. a listing, usually on the first page of the newspaper.
22. (also known as Flag): Name of the Newspaper, usually at the very top of the newspaper in large letters