Wisdom World School

Electronic and Print Journalism Club

Journalism - the activity or profession of writing for newspapers or magazines or
of broadcasting news on radio or television
Media- the main means of mass communication (television, radio, and
newspapers) regarded collectively
Publication - the preparation and issuing of a book, journal, or piece of music for
public sale
Press- printing press
Mass communication the imparting or exchanging of information on a large
scale to a wide range of people
Mass media- means technology that is intended to reach a mass audience. It is the
primary means of communication used to reach the vast majority of the general
public

What news stories are important in your life?

Rank, identify and pick the most and least newsworthy stories
Differentiate between information and news and entertainment
What about news makes it different from plain old information?
whats newsworthy depends on the target audience

1. All media messages are constructions

2. All messages are representations of a reality
3. Messages are created for different purposes: social, political, economic, historic
and aesthetic
4. Different people interpret the same message differently
5. Messages have their own language, forms and symbol systems.

The television commercials, movie trailers and magazine ads, were primarily
commercial products with an economic purpose. The newspaper, too, serves
an economic purpose in that it relies on advertising to pay for costs of
publication. However, the newspaper has a more important and historic
purposeplaying a special role in our democracy.
Activity 1
1. Understand that newspaper messages are created to inform, persuade or entertain
2. Identify different audiences for each type of newspaper message
3. Become familiar with each section of the newspaper
4. Make inferences about why different messages are placed in different sections
Which were familiar? Unfamiliar? Interesting? Not so interesting? Useful? Not
useful?

Newspaper Jargons
1. News: information provided about an event shortly after it occurs.
2. Flag/logo: name of the newspaper as it appears atop page one
3. Index: a listing, usually on page one, that tells where to find certain sections
or features
4. Headline: large type written and designed to summarize a story and attract
the readers attention
5. Skybox or teaser: text and/or visuals above the flag that highlight articles
inside the newspaper
6. Byline: tells who wrote the story and may include the writers title
7. Column: vertical division of the page that helps to give it structure.
Newspaper stories and images are measured in column inchesthe number
of columns wide by inches long.
8. Cutline/caption: explains what is happening in a photograph or illustration.
The term cut was first used when images in the newspaper were printed
from carved wood and etched metal. This may include a photo credit.
9. Dateline: location where an event took place and sometimes the date,
usually at the very start of a story. Date and location were first used when
news often took days to reach a reader.
10.Editorial: a column featured on the editorial page that expresses an opinion
of the newspaper and encourages the reader to take action.
11.Fact: statement that can be proven (not an opinion).

12.Feature story: one in which the basic purpose is something other than news.
13.Five Ws and H: information always included in a news story and answering
the questions who, what, when, where, why and how.
14.Graphic: use of lines, screens, boxes and large first letters to break up areas
of space on the page.
15.Gutter: margin between facing pages in the vertical fold.
16.Index: tells the reader where regularly featured pages, such as sports,
weather and local news, can be found.
17.Jumpline: line that tells the reader on which page a story is continued.
18.Lead: first paragraph of the story that summarizes it and/or grabs the
readers attention.
19.Masthead: formal statement of the newspapers name, officers, management
and place of publication, usually on the editorial page.
20.Quotation: statement made by another person. A direct quotation is exactly
what the person said and is placed in quotation marks. An indirect quote
paraphrases what the person said and is not in quotation marks.
21.Sidebar: brief story with a special angle that goes with the main story.
22.Wire story: one written by a reporter working for a news service.
23.Newsletter/newspaper a short booklet filled with information for a
specific audience. For example, The Wisdom Weekly is around 10 pages
long, and our audience is the Wisdom School Community of parents,
teachers, and students. It is published three times a year (January, April, and
June).
24.article a short and organized written piece for a newsletter, magazine, or
newspaper created by a writer/reporter
25.research background information used to add facts and detail to an article
26.observation when the reporter visits the site or person that is being written
about, and then the reporter writes about what he or she sees to add detail to
an article
27.interview when the reporter asks a person questions about a topic to add
detail to an article
28.review a description and opinion of any sort of artistic activity, such as a
book, a live performance, music, or artwork (for example, the Variety Show
or the Art Show)
29.list words, phrases, or sentences, such as a Top Ten list or a How to
list
30.Q and A Question and Answer articles have the question of the reporter
and the answer of the person.
Activity 2

Find and circle each newspaper word in the puzzle. Words may be written
horizontally, vertically or diagonally. They also may be written in reverse order, so
you may have to read them from right to left.

byline
fact
gutter

column
cutline
dateline
editorial
feature story
Five Ws
flag
graphic
headline
index
jumpline lead
news
masthead quotation sidebar