Newspaper Terms 1

The MASTHEAD is...

The newspaper's title

The newspaper's bio information

The newspaper's legal information

The newspaper's information panel about inside stories

A PACKAGE is...

A box that arrives on your porch from Amazon

A group of connected stories over many pages of the paper

A group of unrelated stories

A group of stories with graphics

The BYLINE

Gives the author's location

Gives the newspaper's section name

Gives the author's name and location

Gives the newspaper's section name and location

A HEADLINE...

Serves as the main title of a story

Serves as the caption of an image

Serves as the summary of the story

Serves as the footnote of a story

A CENTERSPREAD...

Is a group of related images

Is a graphic that stands alone on the page

Is an image or graphic that spreads across two pages

Is a graphic with it's own headline

The SKYLINE...

Is an information panel at the top of the paper or section that showcases the stories inside

Is an information panel at the top of the paper or section that showcases the graphics inside

Is an information panel along the side of a section or story

Is an information panel along the bottom of a section or story

COPY refers to...

The text underneath images

The text contained in headlines

All of the text printed for a story

Only the text contained in the main parts of a story

GRAPHICS can be...

Photographs only

Infographics only

Maps and charts only

Any kind of image that helps support the story

The IMPRINT is where you will find...

Biographical information about the newspaper

Legal and staff information about the newspaper

Contrary information about the newspaper

Imagined information about the newspaper

BODY TEXT is...

All text written for the paper

All text written for a caption

Only the text for the main part of the story

All text you write on your body while taking notes during interviews

CROSSHEADS are...

words or phrases in a bigger and bolder type inserted between two paragraphs in a story to break it up

words or phrases in a bigger and bolder type inserted between two paragraphs to make a story longer

Two headlines that cross one another on the page

Two headlines that are angry with one another

A FOLIO...

Acts as a top label for the entire page

Acts as a bottom label for the entire page

Is where you will find the legal and staff information for the newspaper

Is where you will find the edition information for the newspaper

A CAPTION...

Briefly states the author's name and location

Briefly summaries what's happening in a graphic

Briefly summarizes the content in a story

Briefly states additional information that helps explain the headline

PAGE FURNITURE refers to...

All graphics and captions

All articles and graphics

Everything on the page except for graphics and bodytext

Everything on the page except for advertisements and rules

A PULLQUOTE is...

An imaginary quote you pulled out of thin air

A quote you pulled from your friend but claim that it's yours

A quote from a story that is enlarged within the text of the article

A quote from a story that is enlarged and used as a headline

STANDALONES are...

Graphics that take an entire page by themselves

Graphics that don't like company

Graphics without text that makes you wonder about what the story is

Graphics with text that act as it's own lead into a story

A SIDEBAR is...

Panel or box containing copy and a headline, graphics or other information connected to the main story

A panel or box with contrary opinions that are connected to the main story

Panel or box containing additional information about the newspaper

Panel or box containing additional information about what you should read next

The STANDFIRST refers to...

Words linking the headline to the story. In smaller type size than the headline but bigger than the story.

Words linking the headline to the story. In bigger type size than the headline but smaller than the story.

Words linking the headline to the story in a sidebar.

Words linking the headline to the story in a skyline.

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