Advertisement - messages printed in newspaper space paid for by the advertiser.
Classified advertising - advertising purchased in small amounts. Advertisements are "classified" into categories such as help wanted, automobiles, houses for sale, etc. Click here to read classified ads from The Review.
Column - the arrangement of a news story in horizontal lines of type. Also a feature written by a columnist that appears regularly in the newspaper. Some column topics include health, food, advice or humorous accounts of daily life. For examples of columns in The Review, click here.
Column inch - one inch of type or space, measured vertically, one column wide.
Cover - to discover the facts of a news event for a story
Display Advertising - large, illustrated advertisements purchased by those who provide goods and services, such as retail stores Edition - one day's run of the newspaper.
Editor - a person who decides what stories will be covered, assigns reporters to stories, decides what news goes in the paper and where it will appear, and reviews, corrects and rewrites stories.
Editorial - an expression of opinion by the newspaper, reflecting the opinion of the publisher or owner of the newspaper. Click here to read editorials from The Review.
Editorial cartoon - Cartoon art that expresses opinions on the news
Feature story - a story that deals with something other than late-breaking news, but is timely and of interest to readers
Five W's - the major questions found in the lead of a story - who, what, when, where, why and, some people add, how
Hard news - urgent, serious news found in news pages
Headline - words in large type found at the top of the story, summarizing the story for readers; also called a head.
Issue - all copies of a newspaper produced in a day.
Inverted pyramid - a methods of writing a news story in which the parts of the story are placed in descending order of importance, with the five W's in the lead.
Lead - the first paragraph of a news story usually containing the five W's.
Letter to the editor - a letter from a reader expressing the reader's personal views on an issue. Click here to read letters to the editor from The Review.
News story - an objective report of a recent event or timely information. The lead paragraph usually contains the main facts of the story.
Page One - the first page of the newspaper.
Press Release - a specially prepared statement for the press.
Reporter - a person who finds facts about a news story and then writes the story for the newspaper.
Review - a critical evaluation of an artistic event, such as a movie, play, concert or art exhibit.
Want ads - classified advertisements. Click here to read classifieds from The Review.
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