Campus Journalism

2. A. Front Page
a. Local News- news that takes place
within the country.
b. Foreign News- news that takes place
outside the country.
c. Dateline news- an out-of-town news
story. It is introduced by a dateline
which states the place from which the
story was reported, the date, and the
source of the material if not written by
the local staff, as Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 25
(AP)

3. d. Weather News- usually a boxed
forecast of the area, sometimes a
temperature, wind directions and
velocities. Extremes on weather
are reported as more detailed
news stories.
e. Index- a slug line indicating an
important inside page story and
the page where it is found.

4. a. Nameplate- the engraved or printed name
of the newspaper as the Manila Times or
The PNC Torch
b. Ears*- the little boxes on either side of the
nameplate
c. Banner- the principal headline bearing the
boldest and biggest type. It is the title of
the most important news of the day which
is called banner news. It may or may not
run across the page. If it does, it may also
be called a streamer.

5. d. Running head- a head made up of two or
more lines.
e. Headline- the title of any news story. The
word headline is used only for titles of
news stories, thus the various rules for
writing it.
f. Deck- a subordinate headline placed
immediately below its mother headline,
also known as bank or readout.
g. Lead– the beginning of a news story. It
may be a word, a group of words, a
sentence, or even a paragraph.

6. h. News story- the whole story of an event
composed of the lead and the text which
is the elaboration of the lead.
i. Columns- the horizontal division into parts
of a news paper. Many national papers
are divided into eight columns while a
typical school paper is divided into five
columns of 1 ems each.
j. Column rule- the vertical line that divides
the page into columns. Most pages of
newspaper are divided into columns by
a space usually by one em wide. This
space is called the sunken rule.

7. k. Fold- the imaginary horizontal line that
divides the newspaper equally into two
parts.
l. Byline*- the signature of a signature of a
reporter preceding a news feature as By
Warren Cruz.
m. Box*- news materials enclosed by line
rules.
n. Cut- a metal plate bearing a newspaper
illustration, also known as cliché.
o. Cutline- the text accompanying photos and
other art work, better known as caption. If
written above the photo just like a
slugline, it is called overline.

8. p. Kicker*- A tagline placed above but
smaller than a headline, also known
as teaser. If it is bigger than the
headline, it is called hammer.
q. Credit line- a line giving the source of
the story or illustrate as reprinted
from the “Manila Times” or Photo by
MPI.