Newspaper Terminology

States who wrote the story

–The rest of the story continues in Section B on page 12

–Help grab readers’ attention –Help tell the story

–Largest text on the page –Located on the top of a story –States what the story is about

–A statement that tells the audience what is happening in the picture

–Gives credit to the person who took the picture

–States where the story was physically written –Usually written in all capitalized letters

–Slightly smaller text than the headline –Located directly beneath the headline –Provides with more information