____ 1. Place where reporters from different newspapers are briefed.
____ 2. Daily route covered by reporter (by foot, car or telephone)
to keep in touch with sources.
____ 3. Line located under headline which tells the name of the writer.
____ 4. Lines under a photograph which explain what the picture is
about (also called "cutline").
____ 5. Drawing on editorial page employing exaggeration, satire, and
symbolism.
____ 6. Regularly-appearing article, written by a writer of opinion.
Also, vertical divisions of a newspaper page.
____ 7. Writer who gathers facts and writes opinions.
____ 8. Three- or four-panel drawings that tell a story, usually humorous.
____ 9. Typewritten or printed material.
____ 10. A writer who works for a newspaper but does not report to
the office every day.
____ 11. The first words in lead of a story which give name of city
from which the story was sent.
____ 12. Particular area of news coverage for which each editor is
responsible ("City Desk" for example).
____ 13. A hand-out giving information about a public event.
____ 14. Person who decides what news goes into the paper, reviews
and corrects reporters' work and writes the headlines
____ 15. To continue a story from one page to another.
____ 16. Plan for arranging photographs, advertising and news on a
newspaper page.
____ 17. First paragraph of a story, usually telling the 5 Ws (who,
what, when, where and why) and H (how).
____ 18. Type on front page which gives name of newspaper.
____ 19. Small block of type on editorial page which gives publisher,
editors, and other business officers.
____ 20. Library of newspaper clippings and photographs.
____ 21. Space in a newspaper allocated to news.
____ 22. Opposite the editorial page: used to give readers' or columnists'
opinions
which may be different from those of the newspaper
____ 23. Administrative head of a newspaper.
____ 24. A person who gathers and writes news.
____ 25. Supplier of information.
____ 26. Company which sells and distributes cartoons, columns, comics,
puzzles, etc. to newspapers.
____ 27. Company which sells news stories to subscribing newspapers.
____ 28. News obtained first-hand. Fresh news.
____ 29. Stories containing human interest that stir the feelings of
the readers.
____ 30. Style of news reporting in which the most important information
is gives first.
A | inverted pyramid |
B | features |
C | jump |
D | wire service |
E | layout |
F | op-ed page |
G | syndicate |
H | press conference |
I | editor |
J | copy |
K | press release |
L | desk |
M | beat |
N | comic strip |
O | spot news |
P | logo (or flag) |
Q | source |
R | news hole |
S | masthead |
T | reporter |
U | morgue |
V | publisher |
W | dateline |
X | byline |
Y | caption |
Z | stringer |
AA | editorial cartoon |
BB | column |
CC | columnist |
DD | lead |