Journalism Jargon Vocabulary

Short headline text or visuals that highlight articles in the interior of the paper

Also know as cutline, accompanies a photograph of illustration and explains who/what the image is about

Brief story with a special angle that goes with a main story

A report that evaluates a restaurant, book, movie, music album or other entertainment

Statement made by a person other than the author and included in the story using the persons exact words

Formal statement of the newspapers name, officer, management and place of publication

Vertical division of the page that helps to give it structure. Newspaper stories and images are measured in column

Define: Abbreviation for questions that should be answered from the information in any good news story. Who, What...

The author of the news story and his or her title

Also known as flag, name and logo of the newspaper, usually at the very top of the newspaper in large letters

One written by a reporter working for a news story

Editorial

A quote from the news story that is Socrates and emphasized using special fonts and graphics

Short statement to grab the reader’s attention

Dateline

A listing, usually on the first page of the newspaper late in the paper

Article that includes information about an event that is recent and relevant to people’s lives

The first paragraph of the story that summarizes story and leads the reader’s interest

Margin between pages in the vertical fold

Feature story

Tells who photographed the image

When a story is too long for a column and is continued later in the paper

Use of lines, screens, boxes and large first letters to break up areas of space on the page