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Newspaper Layout and Terms

The document outlines the key components of a newspaper's front page, including the masthead, ear, headline, by-line, photograph, lead story, caption, and display advertisement. Each element plays a crucial role in attracting readers' attention and conveying important news. The front page is designed to summarize the day's most significant stories visually and textually.

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Newspaper Layout and Terms

The document outlines the key components of a newspaper's front page, including the masthead, ear, headline, by-line, photograph, lead story, caption, and display advertisement. Each element plays a crucial role in attracting readers' attention and conveying important news. The front page is designed to summarize the day's most significant stories visually and textually.

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Newspaper Layout and

Terms
Catching your eye: The Front Page
The front page of the newspaper contains the most important news of the day. The headline,
stories and photographs all work together to catch people’s attention. Fill in the example of the
front page using your handout.
The Front Page:
Masthead: the name of the
paper, distinctive lettering Logo
Ear: space on either side of
the newspaper’s name.
Usually contains a logo. Headline: the words in
bold, large print at the
beginning of every news
By-line: the story, which summarise
name of the writer what the story is about.
which appears at This type of headline,
the top of the new which takes up the full
report width of the page, is called
a banner.

Photograph: gives us
information about one of the Lead Story: the main story
stories, and is often large and which appears on the front
eye-catching. page

Caption: a title which is Display advertisement:


written underneath a photo to An advertisement which
explain what is happening or usually has a photo or
who is involved. illustration. Large newspapers
often have a display ad. on
their front page.

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