Newspaper Terms

 a line at the top or bottom of a newspaper page that gives the newspaper name, section and page number, and publication date

• byline

• pull-out quote

• folio line

• index

communications that reach an audience

• inform

• message

• persuade

• entertain

 a newspaper message that keeps the audience’s attention usually in an enjoyable way

• inform

• persuade

• entertain

a newspaper message that gets the audience to believe something or do what they are saying

• inform

• persuade

• entertain

tells who wrote the story and may include the writer’s title

• folio line

• byline

• flag

• skybox or teaser

name of the newspaper as it appears on the top of page one

• flag

• sidebar

• folio line

• font

one in which the basic purpose is something other than news

• index

• feature story

• inform

• entertain

a newspaper message that gives the audience more information or teach them

• inform

• persuade

• entertain

any group of people who receive a media text

• byline

• flag

• audience

• message

a set of letters of a particular size and style

• index

• audience

• message

• font