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Parts of A School Paper

The document defines and describes the key parts of a newspaper's front page. These include the nameplate, ears, headline, banner headline, byline, cutline, jump line, fold, dateline, index, deck, lead, column rule, and kicker. Each part serves an important purpose, such as identifying the newspaper, highlighting the most important stories, identifying writers and locations, and guiding readers through continuing articles.

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Parts of A School Paper

The document defines and describes the key parts of a newspaper's front page. These include the nameplate, ears, headline, banner headline, byline, cutline, jump line, fold, dateline, index, deck, lead, column rule, and kicker. Each part serves an important purpose, such as identifying the newspaper, highlighting the most important stories, identifying writers and locations, and guiding readers through continuing articles.

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PARTS OF A SCHOOL PAPER

THE FRONT PAGE


•A newspaper’s front door.
•It’s the first thing a reader sees.
•The stories that appear there are
ones that will be talked about all
day.
PARTS OF THE FRONT PAGE
Nameplate
This is the newspaper’s name. It's
also sometimes called the flag, logo
or masthead. Traditionally,
newspaper nameplates are printed
in a fancy style called “black letter” or
“old English.” The design gives an air
of authority to the newspaper and
implies a rich tradition.
Ear
For obvious reasons,
the top corners of a
newspaper page are
called “ears.” Little
snippets of
information are
sometimes put here.
Headline
This should give the story
in a nutshell, letting a
reader decide whether to
read the article. Usually,
the bigger the headline,
the more important the
story.
Banner headline
The biggest news of
the day. This
headline is
characterized by
having the biggest
font size in the front
Byline

This is the name


of the person
who wrote the
story.
cutline
The text accompanying
photos and other art
work, better known as
caption. If written
above the photo just like
a slug line, it is called
over line.
Jump Line
Stories started on the
front page finish up on
another page inside the
A section. The jump line
tells you on what page
the story continues.
The Fold
This is where the paper folds in
half. When it’s inserted into those
blue street boxes or stacked on a
store’s counter, the top half is all
you see. Some people say that
stories that fall “below the fold”
(on the bottom half) aren't as
important as those “above the
fold.”
Dateline
Stories have a dateline if they
were written by a reporter
outside the reporter’s area.
The dateline may include the
date the story was written and
the city in which it was written. If
there is no date, the story is less
than 24 hours old.
index
A list of important
news not found in the
front page. The page
number for each news
is given for easy
location.
deck
A subordinate
headline placed
immediately below
its mother headline,
also known as bank
or readout.
lead
The beginning of a
news story. It may be
a word, a group of
words, a sentence, or
even a paragraph.
Column rule
The vertical line that
divides the page into
columns. Most pages of
newspaper are divided into
columns by a space usually
one em wide. This space is
called the sunken rule.
kicker
A tagline placed above but
smaller than a headline, also
known as teaser. If is bigger
than the headline, it is called
hammer.

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