Newspaper Terms

Broadsheet-

• The Lone Star Dispatch
• The View
• The Long-View

Tabloid-

• The Highlander
• Mav Life
• Talis Man

NewsMagazine-

• The Flash
• Spark
• The Oracle

Headlines- The title or caption of a newspaper article

Subheadlines- A smaller, secondary headline that usually elaborates on the main headline above it
Lines- the betting line which quite often appears in the daily newspapers

Boxes- a weekly or daily publication consisting of folded sheets and containing articles on the news, features, reviews, and advertisement

Photos- The use of pictures to represent a story
Teaser-  A short item, a headline, or photo with caption referring to or promoting a news article or feature on inside pages

Flag-The name of a newspaper as it's displayed on Page One; also called a nameplate
Folios-Type at the top of an inside page giving the newspaper's name, date and page number
Captions- A line or block of type providing descriptive information about a photo; used interchangeably with cutline.

Stories- A news report of any length, usually presented in a straightforward style and without editorial comment.

Bylines-  The reporter's name, usually at the beginning of a story

Jumps-To continue a story on another page; text that's been continued on another page is called the jump
Story dividers- A partition between two areas or dividing one area into two

Screens- A pattern of tiny dots used to create gray areas; to screen a photo is to turn it into a halftone
Infographics- Any map, chart or diagram used to analyze an event, object or place
Masthead/staff box- A statement printed in all issues of a newspaper, magazine, or the like, usually on the editorial page, giving the publication's name, the names of the owner and staff