English for Comm. Arts

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Newspaper Vocabulary
1. ARTWORK: Materials other than text, such as photos, illustrations and diagrams.
2. BANNER: The main headline that runs across the top of the front page.
3. BEAT: Area assigned to a reporter for regular coverage: for example, police or city hall. Also, a term
sometimes used for an exclusive story.
4. BLEED: To print past the finished image area into the trim area.
5. BOX SCORE: Statistics of a baseball game, football game, or other sporting event, giving details and
scores inning by inning, quarter by quarter.
6. BREAK: 1. The point at which a story turns from one column to another or "jumps" to another page. 2.
The time when a story becomes available for publication. News is said to “break” when it happens.
7. BROADSHEET: A full-sized newspaper. Dimensions for a broadsheet page vary from about 25" x 21.5"
to 27" x 23".
8. BYLINE: A line at the beginning of an article that gives the name of the writer(s).
9. CIRCULATION: The number of newspaper copies sold or distributed.
10. CMYK: The four process colors used for printing full color pictures: Cyan,Magenta, Yellow, and black.
11. COLUMN: Vertical dimensions of a newspaper page that change in width depending upon the product.
Editorial and Retail Advertising are composed of six columns per broadsheet page:
12. COLUMNIST: A writer using the same space daily, such as Ann Landers, in contrast to a reporter.
13. COPY: 1. Material submitted with the layout for inclusion in an ad or news reproduction.
14. COPY EDITOR: A newspaper worker who corrects or edits copy written by a reporter and writes
headlines.
15. CROP: The trimming of an image for publication.
16. CUTLINE: Caption or text near a photo that describes the action or identifies the subject(s).
17. DATELINE: Line at the beginning of a story identifying the place of origin of the story, but not the date.
18. DECKHED: Sub-headline over article, usually half the size of main headlines
19. DUMMY: A draft page layout which indicates the position of each story, picture, headline, and ad on a
newspaper page.
20. EDITOR: A person who decides what goes where in the news hole, or one who reviews and revises stories
submitted by reporters.
21. EDITORIAL: An article appearing on the editorial page presenting the opinions of the newspaper. Also
refers to the department where editorials originate.
22. FACING PAGES: Pages that run side by side, but are separated by a “gutter” or fold.
23. FEATURE: An in-depth look at a subject that interests readers but is not necessarily related to breaking
news.
24. FIVE Ws AND H: The questions (Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?) that should be answered in
the lead of an article written as an inverted pyramid.
25. FLAG: The banner or name of the newspaper on the front page.
26. FOLIO: A line at the top or bottom of a newspaper page that gives the newspaper name, section and page
number, and publication date.
27. GUTTER: The margin of white space between two columns or where two pages meet.
28. HEADLINE (HED): The title of a story or article.
29. INVERTED PYRAMID: The traditional organization of a news story, with the most important
30. JUMP: Text continued on another page.
31. LAYOUT: Rough sketch that gives the general appearance of the finished printed product, indicating the
relationship between ads, text and photos/illustration.
32. LETTER TO THE EDITOR: A letter in which a reader expresses his or her views in the newspaper;
usually printed on the editorial pages.
33. MASTHEAD: Box or section printed in each issue, listing the publisher, owner, editors, the location of
office.
34. NAMEPLATE: The newspaper's name on page one, also called the flag or masthead.
35. PRESS RUN: Total number of copies printed.
36. PROOF: A print made to check for errors.
37. PUBLISHER: The chief executive of the newspaper, sometimes the owner of a newspaper or other
publishing firm.
38. SCOOP: A story obtained and distributed ahead of competitive media.
39. SPREAD: A newspaper package, element, ad or feature that spreads (bleeds) across the gutter of facing
pages.
40. TABLOID (TAB): A newspaper about half the page size of a broadsheet

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