Creating A Classroom Newspaper Page 35
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35Glossary
Ad – printed notice of something for sale (short for
Extra – a special edition of the newspaper, printed between
advertisement)
regular editions, containing news too important to hold for
AP – abbreviation for the Associated Press, a wire service
the next regular edition
Art – any photograph, map, graph or illustration
Feature – a news story that may not have late-breaking news
Assignment – the event or situation a reporter is supposed to
value, but is timely and of interest to readers
report on
Filler – a story with little news value, used to fill space
Balloon – a drawing, usually in a comic strip, which makes
Flag – the newspaper’s name as it appears at the top of the
words appear to be coming directly from the speaker’s
first page; also known as the logotype or nameplate
mouth
Fourth Estate – a traditional name for the press, referring
Banner – a headline that runs across the entire page
to it as the “fourth branch” of government; the term
Beat – the area of news regularly covered by a reporter (e.g.,
indicates the role and the importance of the free press in
the city hall or the education beat)
a democratic society
Body – the main part of a story
Gutter – margin between facing pages where the fold lies
Bold Face – heavy or dark type
Hard News – urgent news, usually of a serious nature,
Box – border around a story or photo
found in the front pages of a newspaper
Break – initial news coverage of an event
Headline – words in large type at the top of the story telling
Bullet – a large, black dot used at the left edge of a column
what the story is about; also called head
to mark each item in a series
Hot Type – type made from molten lead
Byline – the reporter’s name, which appears at the head of a
Inverted Pyramid – form for a news story where the
news or picture story
important facts are listed first and additional details
Caps – abbreviation for capital letters
follow
City Desk – the area of the newsroom where local news
Jump – to continue a story from one page to another
events are covered
Justify – to space out a line of type so that each line fits
Clips – articles that have been cut out of the newspaper,
flush to the margin
short for clippings
Kill – to take out or delete copy
Cold Type – type that is produced photographically
Layout or Make-up to position editorial, pictorial and
Column Inch – one inch of type or space (measured
advertising elements on a page to prepare it for the
vertically), one column wide
camera
Columnist – a person who writes a regular column giving
Lead – (pronounced “leed”) the first paragraph or two of a
a personal opinion
news story, telling who, what, where, when, why/how
Compose – to set type
Linotype – machine used to produce hot type, one line at a
Copy – all material used for publication
time; no longer used in modern newspaper production
Copy Desk – area of the newsroom where editing is done
Market – people the newspaper wants to attract with its
Copy Editor – the person who edits news stories and writes
news and advertising
headlines
Masthead – detailed information printed in the newspaper
Correspondent – an out-of-town reporter
stating names of the publication’s publisher, editors, and
Cover – to get all the facts about a news event for a story
other top executives, usually printed in a box on the
Credit Line – the name of the photographer or artist below
editorial page
a piece of art
Morgue – a newspaper’s library of stories, pictures,
Crop – to cut away unwanted parts of a picture
biographies and other references
Cut – to shorten a story
Obit – short for obituary, a death notice
Cutline – explanatory information under a picture or piece of
Op-ed – a page opposite the editorial page, where opinions
art; also called a caption
by guest writers are presented
Dateline – words at the beginning of a story that give the
Play – emphasis given a story on a page
story’s place of origin
Proof – page on which newly set copy is reproduced so
Deadline – time at which all copy for an edition must be in
it can be checked for errors before being printed
Dingbat – any typographical device used for ornamentation
Release – advance information about a story given to the
Dummy – a diagram of a newspaper page used to show
newspaper by the source of the news
printers where stories, pictures and ads are to be placed
Reporter – a person who finds out facts about a story and
Ear – copy in either upper corner of the front page, on either
then writes the story for the newspaper
side of the flag (sometimes used for weather, jokes or to
Scoop – a story obtained before other newspapers receive
call attention to a special feature inside)
the information
Edit – to correct and prepare copy for publication
Stringer – a part-time reporter, a correspondent
Editor – a person who decides what stories will be covered,
Syndicate – organization that distributes columns or feature
assigns reporters to stories, improves the stories that
material, such as comics or advice columns, to many
reporters write, and decides where stories will appear in
different newspapers
the paper
UPI – abbreviation for United Press International, a wire
Editorial – an article expressing the opinion of the newspaper
service
editor or management
VDT – abbreviation for video display terminal
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