parts of a newspaper Flashcards
this spans the full width of the page
banner headline
a small part of the page shaded in a different color of contrast
box-out
a space for the name of the campus journalists who wrote the article
by-line
a type text under images describing its action
caption
the author of a feature may be given credit in the form of a box-line. photographs may have the name of the person who took them or the agency that supplied alongside them.
credits
a subheading that appears in a body of the text and is centered above the column. if it set to one side, then it is a called a side-head
crosshead
the line that contains words at the beginning of a news article that tells when and where the article was written
dateline
these are words printed in large types across the top of a newspaper article to catch the reader’s attention. usually the main statement
headline
the main story on the front page, usually a splash
lead story
word or phrase inviting the readers to look inside the paper
lure
the list of content inside the paper
menu
contains the official logo of the campus paper and (sometimes) its slogan, can be called the Masthead
nameplate
these are the top left and right hand corners of the campus paper, are known as the ears of the page
pugs
contains the volume number, issue number, command, location, and publication’s date typically found under the nameplate
folioline
