BYLINE a line naming the writer of a story

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the vertical blocks of text into

COLUMN which a page of a newspaper
is divided

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 a longer article that provides
FEATURE background information on a
topical story

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the designed name

LOGO of the newspaper

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 the information in or under a
CAPTION photograph which explains what
the picture is about

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EDITORIAL an article that gives the opinions

of the newspaper’s editor

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 MASTHEAD information about the newspaper
at the top of the front page

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text boxes that report a fact

FACT BOXES related to a news story

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 the title of the story designed to
HEADLINE summarise the story and grab
the reader’s attention

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LEAD the important frst sentence or

PARAGRAPH paragraph that summarises the

news story

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 PHOTOGRAPH an image that helps to tell the
news story

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DESIGN
lines and coloured shapes that are
ELEMENTS used to structure the page

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 a line of text that tells
JUMPLINE the reader the page where
the story continues

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DIRECT
The exact words someone uses.
Quotation marks are always used.
They are included to give the
QUOTATION reader the viewpoint of someone
involved in the story.
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 INDIRECT when a person’s ideas are reported

QUOTATION
without using their exact words

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the person or people who

EDITORS decide what stories to include
in the newspaper

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 companies pay for advertising
ADVERTISEMENT space on a newspaper page to
sell their products or events

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SECTIONS the topic areas that newspapers

are divided into

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 JOURNALIST the person who writes and
explains the news stories

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an article that gives a person’s

REVIEW opinion of a book, flm or game

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 an article structured to include
INTERVIEW the journalist’s questions and the
interviewee’s answers

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REPORT an article that tells a news story

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 photos and snippets of interesting
TEASER stories on the front cover to
encourage you to buy the paper
and read more

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STANDFIRST a line after the headline to give

more information about the story

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 the leading story used on
COVER STORY the front cover

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the structure of a news report - the most

important information about a story is

INVERTED
in the lead paragraph with additional
details in subsequent paragraphs
(an editor may need to cut the last

PYRAMID paragraph/s from the body text, so the

story should still make sense without
them)
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 ARTICLE a piece of writing in a
newspaper or magazine

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