Sections of a Newspaper
Parts of a News Article
What Makes a Story Newsworthy?
100

The section of the newspaper where you'd find a story about the Super Bowl

What is the sports section?

100

The title of a news article

What is a headline?

100

The quality of being recent news instead of old news

What is timeliness?

200

The section of the newspaper where you'd find a story about a new movie coming out

What is the entertainment section?

200
A description underneath a photograph

What is a photo caption?

200

The quality of being interesting to people

What is human interest?

300

The section of the newspaper where you'd find stories about things happening around your town

What is the local section?

300

The name of the actual newspaper, located at the top of the front page

What is the masthead?

300

The quality of being local news or news close to home

What is proximity?

400

The section of the newspaper where you'd find a story about Elon Musk buying Twitter

What is the business section?

400

The city and state where the story took place, located at the beginning of a story in ALL CAPS with a dash --

What is the dateline?

400

The quality of making a difference in people's actual daily lives

What is impact?

500

The section of the newspaper where you'd find a letter written to the editor

What is the opinion/editorial section?

500

A page number where you can continue reading the story, usually located at the end of a story on the front page (Example: "See B2")

What is a jumpline?

500

The quality of being about something or someone familiar, important, or famous

What is prominence?