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Journalism IIDefinitions
ProjectBy Erin Tieman
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ADD - material to be added to a news story, usually with “first” or
“second” in a slug line
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AIR – white space
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GUTTER – long,
unbroken space
between two columns of
type
LOWERCASE – small letter as distinguished from a
capital letter
ALIGN – to place adjacent to an even
baseline on a horizontal plane
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ATTRIBUTION – source of the material in a story
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AP – short for Associated Pres. A major news agency
BREAK OVER or JUMP, – story that jumps from one
page to another
JUMP LINES – continuation lines: continued on page 4
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BAD BREAK – bad phrasing of a headline;
bad wrapping of headline type
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BANNER or RIBBON – usually a headline
stretching across all columns of a newspaper
WIDOW – one or two words
appearing at the end of a
paragraph and on the last line
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BARKER or HAMMER – reversed kicker in which
the kicker is in larger type than the lines below
it.
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BLANKET HEAD – headline over
several columns of type and/or illustrations
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CLOSEUP or HEADSHOT – photo showing head or
head and shoulders of an object seen at close
range
BLEED – running an illustration off
the page
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BLOOPER – any embarrassing error in print (not a typo)
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BOLDFACE – type that is blacker than normal
typeface
ITALICS – slanted letter form,
abbreviated itals.
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BOX – unit of type enclosed by a border
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BRACE – type of layout with a banner headline and the story in the right-hand
column
LEAD – the beginning paragraph or paragraphs of a story
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BREAK – point at which the story turns from one
column to another
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BROKEN HEADS – headlines with lines of different widths
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BULLETS – larges periods used for
decoration, usually at the beginning of paragraphs
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BUMPER or TOMBSTONE – two elements placed side by
side, also called a
Tombstone when it refers to headlines
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BYLINE – credit given in print to the article’s
author
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CANNNED COPY – copy released by
syndicate
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STANDALONE – a photo without an
accompanying story
CAPS – short for capital or uppercase
letters
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CAPTION or CUTLINE –explanatory material,
usually placed beneath a picture
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CENTER SPREAD or DOUBLE
TRUCK – two facing pages made up as one in the center of a newspaper
section
SPREAD – story predominately displayed
often over several columns and with art
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DROPOUT – a subsidiary
headline
CENTERED – placed in the
middle of a line
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COL. – abbreviation for column
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RUNAROUND – method of
setting type to run around a
picture
COLUMN INCH – unit of space
measurement: one column wide and one
inch deep
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CROSSLINE – headline composed of a single
line
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DASH – short line separating
parts of headlines or headline and
story
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DECK – section of a
headline
DATELINE – opening phrase of story showing origin,
source, and sometimes date of
the story
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DUMMY – diagram outlining the
makeup scheme
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DUTCH WRAP – breaking body type from one column to another not covered by the
display line [raw wrap]
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EARS – small box on one or both sides of the nameplate
carrying brief announcements of weather
or circulation, etc.
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EDITION – one of several press runs
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ENDMARK – symbol used to
indicate the close of a
story, such as 30 or #.
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EYEBROW or KICKER – smaller headline over a headline over a
headline
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FEATURE – a story that stresses a
human-interest angle
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FLAG or NAMEPLATE – title of paper appearing on page 1
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FLUSH – even with the column margin. Type aligned on one side.
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FOLIO – line showing the newspaper’s name, date,
and page number
OP ED – page opposite the editorial page
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HAIRLINE – finest line available in
printing; often used between to
columns of type
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HALFTONE – a photoengraving: a dot pattern that gives the
illusion of tones
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HANGER – a headline that
descends from a banner
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HANGING INDENT – headline style in which the top line is set flush left and subsequent
lines are indented from the left.
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INDEX – newspaper’s
table of contents,
usually found on page one
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INITIAL – (initial cap) first letter of a paragraph
set in type larger than the
body type
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JUMPHEAD – headline over the
continued portion of a
story
RUNOVER, JUMP STORY,
or TURN STORY –
portion of a story that continues from one
page to the next
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JUSTIFY – spacing out a line of type to
fill the column
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LEADING – the space between
lines of type
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LINECUT – Illustrations
without tones, used for maps
and charts
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MASTHEAD – informational
material about a newspaper, usually
placed on the editorial page
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NEWSPRINT – low-quality paper used to print newspapers
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OBIT – abbreviation for obituary
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POINT – unit of printing measurement, approx. 1/72 of an inch
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RIVERS – streaks of white space within typeset columns caused by excessive word spacing or letter
spacing
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O ROPROP: run of the paper. Ads that may appear anywhere in several editions of the paper
ROP – run of paper. Ads that my appear anywhere in several editions of the paper
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RULES – any line that is printed.
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SERIFS – the fine cross strokes at the top and
bottom of most styles of letters
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SIDEBAR – brief story with a
special angle that goes with a more important
story
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SKYLINE – headline across the top of a
page over the nameplate
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STANDING BOX - type box kept on hand for repeated use
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SUBHEAD – one- or two-line head used within the body of a story
in type
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TABLOID – newspaper
format usually four or five
columns wide and about 14 inches deep
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THUMBNAIL – half-column portrait
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O typoTypo: short for typographical error (not a blooper)
TYPO – short for
typographical error (not a
blooper)