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Newspaper Elements

The document defines 15 common newspaper terms including byline, classified ad, column, cutline/caption, dateline, display ad, editorial, flag/logo, folio line, headline, index, jumpline, lead, masthead, and wire story. It provides brief explanations of each term and how they are used in newspapers to identify authors, advertise, organize content, and direct readers.

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Newspaper Elements

The document defines 15 common newspaper terms including byline, classified ad, column, cutline/caption, dateline, display ad, editorial, flag/logo, folio line, headline, index, jumpline, lead, masthead, and wire story. It provides brief explanations of each term and how they are used in newspapers to identify authors, advertise, organize content, and direct readers.

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Here are some newspaper terms that will help you use the

newspaper:

1. Byline – tells who wrote the story: may include the writer’s title.

2. Classified ad – an ad that appears in the classified or “want ad”


section of the newspaper.

3. Column – a vertical division of the layout that helps give structure to


the pages. Newspaper stories and images are measured in column
inches: the number of columns wide by the number of inches long.

4. Cutline/Caption – explains what is happening in a photograph or


illustration. The use of “cut” dates back to a time when images in the
newspaper were printed from carved wood and etched metal. A cutline
or caption sometimes may include a photo credit, the name of the
person who took the picture.

5. Dateline – the location (and sometimes the date) from which a story
was sent, usually given at the beginning of a story. The term was first
used at a time when news often took days to reach a reader, so the
date and location of the event were included in the story.

6. Display ad – an ad for a business or organization that appears on a


newspaper page.

7. Editorial – a type of story on the editorial page that expresses an


opinion of the newspaper and encourages the reader to take some
action.

8. Flag/logo – the name of the newspaper as it appears at the top of


page one.

9. Folio line – the date and page number that appears at the top of
each newspaper page.

10. Headline – large type written and designed to summarize a story


and get the reader’s attention.

11. Index – tells the reader where regularly featured pages such as
sports, weather, and local news, can be found.

12. Jumpline – the line that tells the reader on which page the story is
continued.

13. Lead – the beginning of the story, which summarizes it and/or


grabs the reader’s attention.

14. Masthead – the formal statement of the newspaper’s name,


officers, management, and place of publication. It usually appears on
the editorial page.

15. Wire story – a story written by a reporter for a news service, such
as The Associated Press or Reuters.

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