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News Stories
Writing takes many forms. Just as plays are written as dialogue, and poems often rhyme, a news story has a distinct format. Reporters and editors use the following terms:
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| Slug | Short label, often a single word, that indicates the general subject of the story [e.g. "Cover Story," "Sports," and "Movies."] |
| Headline | The main title of the story. A good headline attracts the reader's attention. It also gives the reader and idea of what the story is about. |
| Deck | The deck is directly below the headline in type that is smaller than the headline type and larger than the type of the story. The deck tells more about the topick, theme, or main point of the story. |
| Subheads | If the headline is like the title of a book, a subhead is like a chaper title; used to break long stories into shorter, more readable sections. |
| Lead | Every news story begins with a lead, first sentence or paragraph. It grabs the reader's attention and makes him or her want to read more. |
| Copy or Body | Refers to the text; the words that make up the story. |
| Nut graph | Functions the way a topic sentence in an essay does; this paragraph sums up what the story is about. It's usually the third or fourth paragraph. |
| Byline | The name of the article's author. |
| Graphic Element | This can be a photograph, a chart, a graph, a map, an ilustration, or a cartoon. Graphics elements may stand alone, but mostly they illustrate a story and provide additional information. |
| Caption | A one-or two-sentence caption offers and explanation about a photograph, a chart, a map, or another graphic |
| Credit | This tells you the name of any people or organizations that supplied the graphic element. A credit usually appears in small type next to the image. |
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