| Term | Definition |
|---|
| art | a general term for all newspaper illustrations, photographs, and lettering |
| 5W's and H | basic parts of a story: who, what when where, and how |
| advertising | space in a publication sold to other businesses; identifies that business |
| alignment | refers to the positionof the text as its margins: left, right, centered, justified |
| bold | type that appers darker than surrounding type inthe same article, used for emphasis |
| banner | a headline covering the full width of the paper |
| hard news | news that is up-to-the-minute, reported immediately |
| by-line | name of writer, appearing above article he/she wrote |
| caption | portion of the newspaper that explains what is happening in a photograph (cutline) |
| column | vertical divsion of a layout that aids in organizing the page; opion expressed by a regular writer |
| editor | has overall responsilbility for the publication of the newspaper |
| editorial | story that serves to express opinon and persuade reader to take action |
| ethics | a standard of conduct based on moral beliefs and what is right |
| feature | story where the main interest is something other than news and facts |
| font | style and size of type |
| headline | large type designed to summarize a story and grab the readers attention; extra large font across the top of the front page |
| human interest | element of news that includes people of events with whom the readers can identify; interesting stories |
| inverted pyramid | writing of a news story in which the most important fact appear early in the story and less important facts later |
| lead | the beginning of the story that serves to summarize the story; the introduction |
| breaking news | news that is developing at the moment |
| paparazzi | international group of reporters who compete for stories, usually of a sensational nature (such as celebities) |
| review | form of an editorial written to comment on a play, movie, piece of music, etc. |
| libel | written statements about a person which are not true and damage reputation |
| obituary | brief biography published at the time of a person's death |
| teaser | newspaper announcement, often on page one, which tells of an interesting story elsewhere in the paper |
| typo | typographical error, mistake made while typing |
| classified ads | advertising space purchased in small amounts by the public |
| underline | smaller headline set under the main headline that is about the same length |
| write service | a news agency that gathers news and transmits it to individual subscribing newspapers |
| text wrap | adjusting the appearance of text to follow the shape of art on the page |
| section | how a newspaper is divided usually represented by letters |
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