Which section?
"Denny Hamlin wins Daytona 500"
Sports
The name of the reporter who wrote the story, usually placed atop the published article.
Byline
The first sentence or paragraph of a news article, that answers the who, what, where, when and why.
Lead or lede
Section editor
Correct the following copy:
Cynthia Martinez lives on 222 Land Avenue.
Avenue should be abbreviated to Ave.
"A celebrated actress stages T.S. Eliot’s ‘Four Quartets’"
Entertainment (arts)
AP style stands for:
Associated Press
The overall structure of a news article is known as what?
Inverted pyramid
The top editor of a news organization is known as what?
Editor in chief
Correct the following copy:
The award went to principal Murphy who was originally an English instructor at Randall High School.
Principal Murphy
"Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to fight climate change."
News
Full listing of newspaper’s name, editors, place of publication and other descriptive information.
Masthead
The presentation a reporter makes to impress the editor with the importance of his or her story.
Sell (or pitch)
Reporters who work assignment to assignment with a variety of newspapers are what kind of reporters?
Freelance reporters
Correct the following copy:
The Apple launch is set for Nov. 15, 2020. Other features will be available in Dec. 2021.
December 2021
"Remember, Roger Stone is only one of the bad apples in Trump’s basket"
Op-ed (opinion)
When a story is not completed on the page and directs the reader to another, later page.
Jump
Where story ideas, meetings and activities scheduled for a later occurrence are listed for a particular section in the news room.
Futures calendar
The sections of a newspaper are broken into smaller subsections called what?
Beats
Correct the following copy:
Head West on N. Elm Street.
Head west on N. Elm St.
"How Daniel Patrick turned his love of 1990s nostalgia into a brand"
Feature profile (lifestyle)
Stands for "page opposite the editorial page."
Op-ed
A type of article that focuses on the human or entertaining aspects of an event and is not usually time sensitive.
Feature
Answers may vary.
(for example, the Entertainment section is broken into arts, theater, film, music, TV, etc. The Sports section can be broken into football, college level, golf, etc).
Correct the following copy:
There were five disruptions during the city council meeting, including an interrupting phone, a crying baby, and an outburst from a constituent.
No comma after baby
Don’t use a comma before a conjunction in a simple series. (Oxford comma)