Newspaper Terminology

The first page of the newspaper. This page contains the most likely, relevant, and newsworthy stories.

A brief description underneath a photo that explains what is happening in the photo.

A recurring opinion-based article.

A line of text that states where the story was physically written.

This is a term referring to publications that are printed instead of publishied electronically.

This section of the newspaper contains stories related to tv, movies, music, and more.

The design and position of stories, ads, pictures, adn more in the paper.

Breaking news stories that contain timely and relevant info

A continuation line that appears at the end of the story on a page that directs readers

The abreviation refers to the opinions and editorial pages of the newspaper.

This section of the newspaper contains stories relevant to the city or town that publishes it.

An article in a newspaper or other periodical that presents the opinions of the newspaper, editor, publisher.

The first sentence, or the beginning, of a story.

This section contains information about sports and games.

The top of the newspaper that includes general information about the newspaper.

A line of text that is slightly smaller than the headline

Text formatted in a large type setting that summarizes the story and grabs the reader's attention.

This section contains stoires and news related to business.

Human interest news pieces such as entertainment stories, reviews, etc.

A line indicating who wrote the story