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