Journalism 105: Newspaper Design Vocabulary

large letter usually at the start of an article

small headline placed within an article  helps the reader follow the article

3. Standing Head text that appears consistently in a publication Examples: WHAT WOULD NEWMAN DO?, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, OPINION

Box that contains information, facts, and statistics  breaks up large amounts of text on a page  featured next to an article

any map, chart or diagram used to analyze an event, object or place

spot on front page that lists the content that is inside the newspaper

the part on the front page that previews what is inside the newspaper EARS

includes the name of all editors and staff as well as the address of the newspaper ** generally appears on the same page in each issue

the name of the publication, printed in large size on the front page

type at the top of an inside page giving the newspaper's name, date and page number.

a secondary story intended to be run next to a major story on the same topic  Example: A story about a disaster may have a sidebar that tells what happened to a single victim.

the two connected pages in the middle of a newspaper (or a section of a newspaper)

an outline of a newspaper  looks like a smaller version of the finished publication

space available for journalistic content  The ratio of news to advertising is ideally 60% journalistic content, 40% advertisements.

empty space on a page  creates a separation between articles and visual elements  more white space= more upscale publication

The empty space around a visual element

17. Clean Copy draft of a newspaper that needs few corrections 18. Dirty Copy draft of a newspaper that needs many corrections

 headline with hyphenation 19. widow/orphan: single word as the last line of a paragraph 20. river: words that are spaced too far from each other

aligning lines of text in adjacent columns (particularly within an article)

the vertical space between two or more body columns

line below a picture or photo that acknowledges its source

Do Now Below are three definitions. Write down the names of the terms they define: 1. the empty space around a visual element 2. includes the names of all editors and staff 3. Located on the front page, it previews the content inside the newspaper

Fonts with strokes at the top and bottom of a letter

Fonts without strokes

 A method of organizing content on a page into blocks (known as modules).

To span text from the leftmost to rightmost point in a column

 White space bordering the page

 The “continued on page ___” notation that indicates the article is “jumping” to another page

 An excerpt from an article that appears within or beside an article in a larger font

a short name given to an article in production What is the headline of your most recently published article?

33. Put to Bed when all work is completed and the newspaper has gone to press 34. Morgue a newspaper library where old newspapers are stored 35. Filler extra material kept to fill white space