Journalism Terms

Worth a reader's time

• Newsworthy

• Important

• Understated

• Concise

The people who may interact with a news item

• Audience

• Students

• Journalists

• Drivers

To Entertain

• The PURPOSE of most of our news items

• A piano song

• To juggle

• To sing aloud

The main part of an article is called

• Body copy

• Five-paragraph essay

• Josephine

• Main idea

This is the first paragraph of a news story, which contains the most important information.

• Lead

• Beginning

• Middle

• Headline

The structure of a news story, organized so that the most important information is in the beginning (at the top)

• Inverted pyramid

• Pyramid

• Triangle

• Outline

CONCISE means

• Short and to the point

• Long and rambling

• In a circle

• Uncertain