JOURNALISM

National and Campus Newspapers Compared

By Shara G. Pineda
NEWSPAPER
• Is a printed publication which is published and
sold at regular intervals.

MAIN PURPOSE:
• To provide news for its readers.
• To explain what the news means so it prints
comments and suggestions
• To entertain and teach with photographs,
cartoons, and other interesting features
 Types of Newspaper
DAILY : published everyday
WEEKLIES: published every week.
NATIONAL paper: one that can be bought easily
anywhere in in the country.
Two Categories:
Popular papers – easy to read articles and may
photographs.
Heavy or Quality papers – with serious
subjects and longer articles about them.
Sections or Parts of a Newspaper
A. FRONT PAGE
1. Local news – news that takes place within the
country.
2. Foreign news – news that takes place outside
the country.
3. Dateline news – an out-of-town news story.
4. Weather news – usually a boxed forecast of
the area, sometimes includes the temperature,
wind direction, and velocities.
5. Index – a slug line indicating an
important inside page story and the
page where it is found.
A. FRONT PAGE
6. Other things found on the Front Page:
a. Nameplate – The engraved or printed name of
the newspaper, as the Manila Times or PNU
Torch.
b. Ears – The little boxes on either side of the
nameplate.
c. Banner – The principal headline bearing the
boldest and biggest type.
d. Running head – A headline made up
of two or more lines.
A. FRONT PAGE
6. Other things found on the Front Page:
e. Headline – The title of any news story
f. Deck – A subordinate headline placed
immediately below its mother headline, also
known as bank or readout.
g. Lead – The beginning of a news.
h. News story – The whole story of an event
composed of the lead and the text which is
the elaboration of the lead.
A. FRONT PAGE
6. Other things found on the Front Page:
i. Columns – The horizontal division into parts
of a newspaper.
j. Column rule – The vertical line that divides
the page into columns.
k. Fold – The imaginary horizontal line that
divides the newspaper equally into parts.
l. Byline – The signature of a reporter
preceding a news feature, as
By Warren Cruz
A. FRONT PAGE
6. Other things found on the Front Page:
m. Box – News materials enclosed by lines rules
n. Cut – A metal plate bearing a newspaper’s
illustration, also known as cliché.
o. Cutline - The text accompanying photos and
other art work, better known as a caption. If
written above the photo just like a slugline, it is
called an overline.
p. Kicker – A tagline placed above but
smaller than a headline.
A. FRONT PAGE

6. Other things found on the Front Page:

q. Credit line – A line giving the source of the
story or illustration, as Reprinted from the
“Manila Times,” or Photo by MPI
B. EDITORIAL PAGE
1. Folio – Consists of the page number, date of
publication, and name of the newspaper,
usually written on top of the page.
2. Masthead – The editorial box containing the
logo, names of the staff members and position
in the staff, subscription rate, the publisher,
and other pertinent data about the newspaper.
3. Editorial proper – A commentary written
by any of the editors who comments or
gives the opinion of the staff or of the
whole paper on the various subjects.
B. EDITORIAL PAGE
4. Editorial Column – A personal opinion written
by the columnist himself.
5. Editorial Cartoon - Usually a caricature
emphasizing a simple point.
6. Editorial Liner – A short statement or quoted
saying placed at the end of an editorial column
or editorial to drive home a message.
7. Letter to the editor – A letter sent in by the
reader giving his personal views on
certain aspects.
C. SPORTS PAGE
Sports stories are classified as news stories. Also
includes sports commentaries and sports
feature.
D. Special Features
Society Page: A special feature that has been
eliminated which have become irrelevant to
the needs of the times.

Commonly found in present-day newspapers:

a. Life and Leisure – (The Arts, Religion,
Entertainment, and Comics)
b. Finance and Business for
The Manila Times
D. SPECIAL FEATURES
c. Feature page of The Manila Bulletin contains:
• home and culture
• entertainment
• comics
• shopping
• classified ads
• movie
• TV and radio guides
• Comics page
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