Journalism Vocabulary

2. and encourages the reader to take action.
5. information provided about an event shortly after it occurs.
6. use of lines, screens, boxes and large first letters to break up areas of space on
9. first paragraph of the story that summarises it and/or grabs the reader’s attention.
11. location where an event took place and sometimes the date, usually at the very
14. who, what, when, where, why and how.
15. statement made by another person. A direct quotation is exactly what the
17. large type written and designed to summarise a story and attract the reader’s
19. explains what is happening in a photograph or illustration.
20. tells who wrote the story and may include the writer’s title.

1. information always included in a news story and answering the
3. said and is not in quotation marks.
4. a story in which the basic purpose is something other than news.
7. vertical division of the page that helps to give it structure.
8. statement that can be proven (not an opinion).
10. of a story.
12. a symbol or other small design adopted by a journalism organisation
13. said and is placed in quotation marks. An indirect quote paraphrases what the
16. page.
18. a column featured on the editorial page that expresses an opinion of the