Newspaper Notes

Newspaper Sizes:

     - Broad-sheet: usually contains about 3 or more stories on the front page; larger sized newspaper

     - Tabloid: smaller than broad-sheet sizes and contains 2 or less stories on the front page

     - News Magazine: magazine-sized pages and has no stories on the front page

Things Needed on the Front:

     - Pictures

     - Stories

          - By-line; two parts; author of the story and their title on staff

               - adds a picture of the author to show who the person is

          - Stop; indicates the end of the story

     - Headlines

     - Categories (Kicker)

     - Flag (Newspaper Name)

          - giving a teaser on what's inside; can include a picture

          - gives website address for newspaper website

          - text underneath; "Folio" 

     - Split Folio (Bottom):

          - Date

          - Volume and Issue Number

     - Requires a caption

          - Header

          - the caption its self; two sentences

          - "Photo by..."; credit photographers/artists

     - Jump; something that can move the reader from one page to the next to continue a story

          - At the end it has a jump line; "see ___ on page __"

          - "Jump from" at the beginning of the story; "continued from page __"

     - Lines; helps stop reader from reading past the story

     - Index;  tell the reader what pages contains specific stories the reader might be interested in

Parts on the back:

     - Screens; different colors used to divide up the sections

Info Graphic: a place where you can get more information from a graphical element

Masked Head:

     - Staff Box; lists the staff of the newspaper

     - Editorial Policy

          - allows the opinions pages; where you can express your opinions; "uncensored from the higher ups"

     - Organizations that the paper belong to; awards won