Newspaper Terms

4. opening of a news story telling who, what, when, where, why, and how
5. to position copy on a page
7. urgent news,usually of a serious nature, found on front page on newspaper, purely factual
8. gives credit to the person who took the picture
9. new, fresh stories hold reader's interest
12. time at which all copy of an edition must be turned in
17. news story form where important facts are listed first
18. a statement that tells the audience what is happening in the picture
19. provides reader with additional information that could not fit in the headline
20. person who decides what stories will be covered, assigns reporters to stories, decides layout

1. newspaper's name as it appears on the top of the first page
2. words in large type at top of story telling what story is about
3. paper's volume number, date, and price info on front of paper under flag
6. beginning of a story that gives story's place of origin
10. organization that distributes material to many different newspaper for their use
11. area of news regularly covered by a reporter
13. reporter's name,appears at the top of a news story
14. gives summary and author's opinions of book, movie, song, etc.
15. to continue a story from one page to another
16. printed names of publication's publisher, editor, usually printed in a box on the editorial page
19. story obtained before other papers get it