This document defines key terms found in newspapers such as:
- Local news: Events within the country
- Foreign news: International events
- Dateline news: Out-of-town stories including location and date
- Weather news: Local forecasts
It also outlines common newspaper sections like the front page, editorial page, and sports page. Elements often included on these pages are nameplates, banners, headlines, columns, photos, captions, and bylines. Special features provide additional context beyond just news.
7. An out-of-town news story. It is
introduced by a dateline which
states the place from which the
story was reported, the date, and
the source of the material if not
written by the local staff.
8. Usually a boxed forecast
of the area, sometimes a
temperature, wind
directions and velocities.
9. A slug line indicating an
important inside page
story and the page where
it is found.
10. Nameplate
Ears
Banner
Running Head
Headline
Deck
Lead
News Story
Columns
Column Rule
Fold
Byline
Box
Cut
Cutline
Kicker
Credit Line
20. The vertical line that divides
the page into columns. Most
pages of newspaper are
divided into columns by a
space usually one em wide.
This space is called the
sunken rule.
24. A metal plate bearing a
newspaper’s illustration,
also known as cliché.
25. The text accompanying
photos and other art work,
better known as caption. If
written above the photo just
like a slugline, it is called
overline.
26. A tagline placed above but
smaller than a headline,
also known as teaser. If is
bigger than the headline, it
is called hammer.
27. A line giving the source of
the story or illustration as
reprinted from the “
Manila Times” or Photo
by MPI.
29. Consists of the page number, date
of publication, and name of the
newspaper usually written on top
of the page. This is also found in
the other pages.
30. The editorial box containing the logo, names
of the staff members and position in the
staff, subscription rate, the publisher and
other pertinent data about the newspaper. A
logo (a shorter word for logotype) is a cut
which contains an identifying word or words,
such as the name of the newspaper r of a
section.
31. Commentary written by any of the
editors who comments or gives
the opinion of the staff or of the
whole paper on various subjects.
It is the stand of the paper.
32. A personal opinion written by
the columnist himself. Like the
editorial proper, it may attack,
teach, entertain, or appeal
depending upon its purpose.
33. Usually a caricature
emphasizing a simple point.
Usually humorous, it has the
editorial. Standing by itself, it is
not a complement of the
editorial proper.
34. A short statement or quoted
sayings placed at the end of
editorial columns or editorial to
drive home some messages.
35. A letter sent in by the
reader giving his personal
views on certain aspects.
36. Sports stories are
classified as news stories,
therefore, what may be
found in the news page may
also be found in the sports
section. Other things that
may be found in the sports
section are the sports
commentaries and sports
features.
37. The modern newspaper has
taken some special features
and eliminated some which
have become irrelevant to the
needs of the times. An example
of this was the society page.
40. On a long bond, clip news of the following types:
1. foreign
2. Local
3. Dateline
4. Weather
Include the name of the broadsheet you used as
reference