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| columnist | a person who writes a column |
| lead paragraph | the first few sentences or paragraphs of a story. |
| letter to the editor | a letter written by an ordinary citizen expressing an opinion on an issue, law, or situation. |
| political cartoon | a cartoon which appears in the Editorial section that expresses an opinion about a current event or political topic. |
| column | the regular output of a columnist/an area on the newspaper page that is a certain width. |
| masthead | the information that always appears at the top of the editorial page.(editors' names, name of paper) |
| editor | a person who directs the writing and layout of the paper. |
| advertisement | placed by businesses to sell a product or service |
| Lead/top story | the most important news story of the day. |
| classified ad | placed by people to buy, sell, or rent something. Also used to make announcements. |
| local news story | a story about events which happen in the immediate area, town, or county of the reader. |
| national news story | a story about events which happen within the United States |
| state news story | a story about events which happen within th state of the reader (NJ) |
| editorial | an essay written by a person who works for the newspaper, expressing an opinion on an issue, person, law, or situation. |
| wire story | a story submitted by a wire service |
| Sports story | a story containing information on sports events, team records, players, coaches, etc. |
| wire service | an organization that collects news from all ovre the world and transmits it to its members. |
| byline | the author's last name and job description located under the headline. |
| logo/flag | the printed title of the news paper at the top of the page |
| index | the table of contents of the newspaper usually located at the bottom of the front page |
| jumpline | the line telling readers where the story is continued |
| dateline | this tells where the story took place. It is is written in all capital letters. |
| creditline | the name of the person or organization that made or distributed a photo, map, chart, or illustration |
| banner headline | this is a headline that stretches across the top of a page. |
| caption/cutline | the lines under a picture that explain what is in the picture. |
| cut | a picture in the paper |
| headline | the large type placed over a story that summarizes the story. |
