Newspaper Terms

writer's name at the beginning of the article

• byline
• cutline
• dateline
• white space

line at the beginning of a story that gives place and date to the story's origin

• cutline
• white space
• dateline
• teaser

first paragraph of a story, designed to give readers the most important information and "lead" them to continue reading

• lead
• byline
• fact
• scoop

a headline in large letters on the first page

• banner
• release
• editorial
• filler

line with the author's name

• filler
• quote
• editor
• byline

to report and write up a news story

• crop
• cover
• scoop
• proof

to cut or cover unneeded parts of a story

• news story
• morgue
• lead
• crop

time at which a newspaper must be ready to be printed

• morgue
• release
• filler
• deadline

to prepare a newspaper by revising

• edit
• editor
• scoop
• morgue

an article giving opinions or perspectives

• editorial
• proof
• layout
• quote