Sections Of Newpaper

Question 1

What are the main sections of newspaper?

Answer 1

News
Editorials
Features
Obituaries

Question 2

What subsections does news section comprise?

Answer 2

Local news page
Foreign news page
Sports page
Business and finance section

Question 3

What does local news page contain?

Answer 3

The current events within the country or the locality

Question 4

What does foreign news page contain?

Answer 4

Events happening outside the country which have an impact on our national affairs or personal life

Question 5

What does sports page contain?

Answer 5

Keeps sports fans up to date with the current standing of their favorite teams in the sports world

Question 6

What does sports page contain?

Answer 6

Information for sports fans about the current standing of their favorite teams in the sports world

Question 7

To whom and what does business and finance section provide?

Answer 7

It provides businessmen and people interested in business with
Information on banking
Foreign exchange rates
Imports and exports
Prices of prime commodities

Question 8

For what does every newspaper set aside a page or two?

Answer 8

Mudslinging, backbiting, or pontificating

Question 9

Why does every newspaper set aside a page or two for mudslinging?

Answer 9

Because juxtaposing news and commentary is a dangerous thing and readers should know where cold facts and heated opinions begin

Question 10

What are central to a newspaper’s identity?

Answer 10

Editorial pages

Question 11

Where is the only place journalists are authorized to express their opinions?

Answer 11

Editorial pages

Question 12

What are journalists’ opinions often guided by?

Answer 12

The political leaning of the newspaper

Question 13

Where do newspapers speak to and for their audience?

Answer 13

In editorials

Question 14

What do editorials create for the newspaper?

Answer 14

A distinctive voice

Question 15

What are the ingredients for editorial pages?

Answer 15

Editorials
Opinion columns
Editorial cartoons
Letters from readers

Question 16

What are editorials?

Answer 16

Unsigned topical pieces representing the paper’s stance on topical issues

Question 17

Who write opinion columns?

Answer 17

Paper’s editors
Local writers
Nationally syndicated columnists

Question 18

What’s an editorial cartoon?

Answer 18

An illustration that lampoons public figures or political policy

Question 19

Where do features take the reader?

Answer 19

Behind the headlines

Question 20

What feelings can features invoke?

Answer 20

Amusement
Infuriation
Stimulation
Being informed

Question 21

What do features offer?

Answer 21

A contrast in tone & length to the news coverage at the front of the paper

Question 22

What do features allow the reader?

Answer 22

Space to reflect on issues of import and whimsy
To engage in opinions as they are confronted by a wide range of voices

Question 23

What are the different types of features?

Answer 23

Lifestyle coverage
Food
Entertainment
Comics; crosswords

Question 24

What does lifestyle coverage include?

Answer 24

Consumer tips
How-to’s
Trends in fashion, fitness, and health
- a compendium of personal and social issues affecting reader’s lives

Question 25

What does entertainment news include?

Answer 25

Reviews and previews of music, movies, theater, dance, books, and art

Question 26

What does the food section include?

Answer 26

Recipes, nutrition advice, new products for home and kitchen- all surrounded by ads

Question 27

How do obituaries differ from the standard news story about death?

Answer 27

Obituary writers offer an appraisal of their subjects in much the same way newspaper critics evaluate films, books, plays, and restaurants for their readers.

Question 28

What do the best obituaries avoid?

Answer 28

The voice of mourning

Question 29

What do obituaries serve as?

Answer 29

Biographies in miniature

Question 30

What do obituaries deliver?

Answer 30

The society’s first verdict on a life lived