NewspaperVocabularyList

AD:Abbreviationforadvertisement;referringusuallytodisplayadvertisements.
ADD:Anadditionoflateinformationtoastoryalreadywrittenorintype.
ARTICLE:Aninformativediscussioninexpositoryformofnewseventsortechnicalsubjects.
ASSIGNMENT:Adutyassignedbythecityeditor;astorythatareporterhasbeendetailedto
cover.
BANK:Partofaheadline;atableonwhichtypeiskeptafterithasbeenset.
BANNER:Aheadlineinlargelettersextendingacrossthetopofthefirstpage.
BODYTYPE:Thetypeinwhichmostofthenewspaperisset.
BREAK:Thepointatwhichastoryturnsfromthefirstpagetoaninsidepage,orfromone
columntoanother.
BULLETIN:Lastminuteimportantnews.
BYLINE:Thelinecontainingtheauthorsname.
CAPTION:Theexplanatorylinesaboveorbelowanewspaperphotograph,illustrationor
diagram.
COLUMN:Aregularlyconductednewspaperfeature.
COLUMNS:Perpendiculardivisionsofapage,setoffbyrules.
COPY:Allmanuscriptpreparedforpublicationinanewspaper.
COVER:Appliedtoreporting;meaningtogetthefactsandwriteupanewssituation.
DATELINE:Thelineatthebeginningofthestory,givingthecityfromwhichthestorywas
reported,thedate,andthesourceofthematerial.
DEADLINE:Theminuteatwhichaneditionofthenewspapermustgotopress.
DECK:Theseparatedivisionsofaheadline,usuallyseparatedfromeachotherbydashes.
EARS:Smallboxesprintedateachsideofthetitleplaceonthefirstpage;theyusuallycontain
theweatherforecast,thenewspapersslogan,circulationfiguresorlikeinformation.
EDITOR:Personinchargeofpreparingnewspapercopyforpublication.
EXCLUSIVE:Astorythatisprintedsolelybyonenewspaper.
EXTRA:Aneditionofanewspaperbroughtoutinadditiontotheregulareditionsonaccountof
somesuddenandimportantnews.
FEATURESTORY:Anewsstoryinwhichthenewsvalueislessimportantthanthestyleinwhich
thestoryiswritten.
FONT:Aspecifickindoftypeface.Forexample,"HelveticaBold".
HEADLINE:Abrief,carefullyarrangedstatementoftheimportantpoint(s)ofastory.Itis
usuallyprintedinlargetypeandprecedesthestory.
JUMP:Thelineofdivisioninastorythatiscontinuedtoanotherpage.
JUMPHEAD:Theheadlinetothatpartofastorywhichhasbeencontinuedfromanotherpage.
LEAD:(pronouncedleed)Theopeningparagraphofanewsstorycontainingthesummaryorthe
introductiontothestory.
LEADSTORY:Thestoryplacedintherighthandcolumnofthefrontpagebecauseitisthemost
importantstoryintheissue.
MAKEUP:Theprocessofplacingnewsstoriesandadvertisementsinthenewspaperpage.
MASTHEAD:Theinformation,generallyatthetopofthefirstcolumnontheeditorialpage,
includingnameofthepaper,frequencyofthepublication,dateoffounding,important
officers,andstatementofthepolicyofthepaper.
PROOFREADER:Apersonwhoreadsthecopytocheckandcorrectallerrors.
TYPE:Theindividualpiecesandcharacters(letters,numbers)usedtomakewords.
TYPEFACE:Thedesignofthetype'scharacters(letters,numbers,etc.).Forexample,
"Helvetica".

DefinitionstakenfromRobertE.Garst&TheodoreMenlineBernstein.HeadlinesandDeadlines:
AManualforCopyeditors.2ndEd.ColumbiaUniversityPress:NewYork.1940.201207.
WilliamN.Otto&NatS.Finney.HeadlinesandBylines:JournalismforHighSchoolSchools.
Harcourt,BraceandCompany:NewYork.1946.439445.