Friday, April 11, 2014

Newspaper Terms


Headlines-
a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter, set in larger type than that of the copy and containing one or more words and lines and often several banks.


Subheadlines-a short phrase used as a title for a small part within a longer piece of writing

Lines-the betting line which quite often appears in the daily newspapers


Boxes-
Complementairny formation accompany in a story, usually framed by line


Teaser-
A short item, a headline, or photo with caption referring to or promoting a news article or feature on inside pages.


Flag- A newspaper's logo or nameplate.

Folios- The page number, newspaper name, and the date on a newspaper 

Captions- A title or explanatory phrase accompanying a picture

Bylines-A line identifying the author of a story

Jumps -What an article does when it continues, unfinished, from one page to another.
Story dividers


Screens-

A pattern of tiny dots used to create gray areas; to screen a photo is to turn it into a halftone.

Infographics-
Newsroom slang for "informational graphic"; any map, chart or diagram used to analyze an event, object or place

Masthead/staff boxThe information printed in every issue o f a newspaper  journal , stating the title, ownership management subscription and other non-news feature

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