Journalism Terms

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Across
  1. 3. 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
  2. 5. a quote from the news story that is separated and emphasized using special fonts and graphics
  3. 9. a report that evaluates a restaurant, book, movie, music album or other entertainment
  4. 11. accompanies a photograph or illustration and explains who/what the image is about
  5. 13. 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
  6. 15. tells who photographed the image
  7. 16. 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. 17. margin between facing pages in the vertical fold
  9. 18. 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
  10. 19. the first paragraph of the story that summarizes story and leads the reader’s interest
Down
  1. 1. statement made by a person other than the author and includes in the story either using the person’s exact words in quotations (direct quote) or by paraphrasing (indirect quote)
  2. 2. 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
  3. 4. article that includes information (5Ws and H) about an event that is recent and relevant to people’s lives
  4. 6. formal statement of the newspaper’s names, officer, management and place of publication, usually found on the editorial page
  5. 7. use of lines, screens, boxes and large first letters to break up areas of space on the page
  6. 8. abbreviation for questions that should be answered from the information in any good news story. Who, What, Where, When, Why and How.
  7. 10. Name and logo of the Newspaper, usually at the very top of the newspaper in large letters byline the author of the news story and his or her title.
  8. 12. tells the location and date of a news story. Found at the beginning of the article in all caps
  9. 14. an article, usually featured on the editorial page, where the newspaper, its management or staff, or readers express their opinion and encourages certain action