Campus journalism Flashcards
Functions of modern Campus Papers:
- Information
- Opinion
- Education
- Watchdog
- Laboratory
- Documentation
- Entertainment
- Developmental
News that takes place within the country
Local News
News that takes place outside the country
Foreign News
An out of town news story — introduced by a dateline
Dateline news
Usually a boxed forecast of the area — temperature, wind directions, and velocities
Weather News
A slug line indicating an important inside page story and the page where it is found
Index
The engraved or printed name of the newspaper (Manila Times)
Nameplate
The little boxes on either side of the nameplate
Ears
- The principal headline bearing the boldest and biggest type
- the title of the most important news of the day
Banner
A head made up of two or more line
Running Head
The Title of any news story
Headline
A subordinate headline placed immediately below its mother headline also known as (bank or readout)
Deck
The beginning of a news story
Lead
The whole story of an event composed of the lead and the text which is the elaboration of the lead
News Story
The horizontal division into parts of a newspaper
national papers: divided into 8 columns
school papers: divided into 5 columns of 12 ems each
Columns
The vertical line that divides the page into columns
Column Rule
The space divides into columns
Sunken Rule
The imaginary horizontal line that divides the newspaper equally into 2 parts
Fold
The signature of a reporter preceding a news-feature
Byline
News materials enclosed by line rules
Box
A metal plate bearing a newspaper’s illustration a.ka. clichè
Cut
The text accompanying photos and other art work, better known as CAPTION
Cutline
If written above the photo just like a slug line
Overline
A tagline placed above but smaller than a headline, also known as teaser
Kicker
Bigger than the headline
Hammer
A line giving the source of story or illustration
Credit Line
Consists of the page number, date of publication, and name of the newspaper usually written on the top of the page
Folio
The editorial box containing the logo, names of the staff members and position in the staff
Masthead
A commentary written by any of the editors who comments or gives the opinion of the staff
Editorial Proper
A personal opinion written by the columnist himself or herself.
Editorial Column
Usually a caricature emphasizing herself or himself.
Editorial Cartoon
A short statement or quoted saying placed at the end of an editorial Column or editorial to drive home a message
Editorial liner
A letter sent in by the reader giving his personal views on certain aspects
Letter to the Editor
Sports commentaries and sports features
Sports Page
- Society Page
- Life and leisure
- Finance and Business
Special Features
Elements of News
- Conflict
- Immediacy or timeliness
- Proximity or nearness
- Prominence
- Significance
- Names
- Drama
- Oddity or unusualness
- Romance and adventure
- Sex
- Progress
- Animals
- Number
- Emotion
- physical or mental conflict
- man vs. man — nature, animals, himself
Conflict
Emphasizes the newest angle of the story
[The more recent the event, the more interesting it is to the reader]
Immediacy or timeliness
Geographical nearness as well as to nearness of kinship or interest
Proximity or nearness
People with wealth, social position, or achievements
Prominence
Whatever is significant to the life of an individual is interesting to him
Significance
Important names make important news
Names
Adds color to the story
Drama
Strange or unnatural events, objects, persons, and places
Oddity or unusualness
Romance of Hemingway with the sea and of the astronauts with space
Romance and Adventure
Stories that are usually related to stories of romance, marriage, divorce, and the varied activities of men and women
Sex
Onward and forward march of civilization or the progress of a country is chronicled step by step in the newspaper
Progress
Stories of animals — with talents are good reading matter
Animals
sweepstakes numbers, vital statistics, election results, score in games
Number
various human responses such as the innate desire for food, clothing, shelter — feeling of love, sympathy
Emotions
Report of events that take place within the immediate locality
Local News
News that takes place within the country
National News
News that takes place outside the country
Foreign News
News preceded by the date and place of origin or place where it was written or filed
Dateline News
News published before its occurrence — reporter foretells events to occur at a definite time in the future
Advance or Anticipated
Dope or Prognostication
Advance or Anticipated
Unscheduled information demanding immediate publication — reporter is an eyewitness to the event that took place
Spot News
News written from a given beat
Coverage News
A sequel to a previous story
Follow-up News
News that consists of facts given straight without embellishments — to inform
Straight News
It entertains more than it informs
News Feature
The writer may give his impression, may describe and narrate, but without resorting to biased opinions — without editorializing
News Feature
The story deals with an isolated event — explained further in the succeeding paragraphs
Single-feature/One incident story
Aims to draw together two or more divergent aspects of related news items separately; one big story
Several-feature, multiple angled or composite story
A plain exposition setting forth a single situation or a series of closely related facts that inform — inverted pyramid design
Fact Story
A narrative of actions involving not mere simple facts but also of dramatic events
Accidents and war reports are examples
Action Stories
A news story usually written from a public address, talks, and speeches
Speech Report
Speeches, statements, letters, quote stories
Quote Story
A news report written from an interview
Interview Story
Events such as Killings, city council meetings, speeches by leading government officials, are timely and are reported almost automatically by the media
Hard News
Events, such as a lunch to honor a retiring school custodian or a boy scouting jamboree are not usually considered immediately important or timely to a wide audience
Soft News
Celebrations, enrollment, graduation, election stories reported year in and out
Routine Story
Accident, fire, calamity, crime stories, etc.
Police Reports
- Routine Story
- Police Reports
- Science News
- Developmental News
- Sports stories
Content
A short item of news interest — giving mainly the result with details
News Brief
Similar to the lead of a straight News story — give the gist of the news
News Bulletin
Short news Feature usually used as filler “Quirks in the news”
News-featurette
A bulletin that conveys the first word of an event
Flash
Kinds of Lead
- Conventional or Summary Lead
- Grammatical beginning lead
- Novelty Lead
This Kind of Lead used in straight News answers right away any all or any of the 5 W’s and/or the H.
Conventional or Summary Lead
Used when the person involved is more prominent than what he does or what happens to him
Who Lead
Used when the event or what took place is more important than the person involved in the story
What Lead
Used when the place is unique and no prominent person is involved
Where Lead
Useful when speaking of deadlines, holidays, and important dates
When Lead
Used when the reason is more prominent or unique than what happens
Why Lead
Used when the manner, mode, means, or method of achieving the story is the unnatural way
How Lead
The phrase is introduced by a preposition
Prepositional Phrase Lead
It begins with the sign of the infinitive to plus the main verb
Infinitive Phrase Lead
Introduced by the present or past participle form of the verb
Participial Phrase Lead
It is introduced by a gerund (a verbal noun ending in ING)
Gerundial Phrase Lead
The lead begins with a clause which may either be independent or subordinate
Clause Lead
Uses an interjection or an exclamatory sentence
Astonisher Lead
Describes two extremes or opposites for emphasis
Contrast Lead
Opens by quoting a common expression, or verse
Epigram Lead
Describes a person, a place, or an event, at the same time creating a mental picture of the subject matter in the mind of the reader
Picture Lead
Describes the setting which may be more prominent than the characters and the events
Background Lead
Used when comparatively few descriptive words can vividly formulate an imagery
Descriptive Lead
Consists of a parody of a well-known song, poem, lines, etc
Parody Lead
A short, forceful word or expression
Punch Lead
One word
One Word Lead
Consist of the speaker’s direct words which are very striking
Quotation Lead
An answer to a question which is the basis of the news story
Question Lead
The headline of the Number 1 story on Page 1
Banner
If the headline runs across the page
Streamer
Important functions of the headline
- tell what is the story all about
- grade the news as to importance
- make the page look attractive
Both lines are flushed to the left margin
Flush Left
The first line is flushed left while the second is indented
Drop Line or Step Form
Each of three or four lines in this head is successively shorter than the line about it
Inverted Pyramid
The first line is flushed left — followed by two indented parallel lines
Hanging Indention
A one-lime headline that runs across the column
Crossline or Barline
For emphasis or art’s sake
Boxed headline
Types of Boxes Headlines
- Full
- Half
- Quarter