Elements of News
Parts of News Story
Sections of Newspaper
Articles
Reporting
100

The use of any part of another's writing and passing it off as your own.

What is plagiarism?

100

It is the banner with the newspaper’s name and logo, found at the top of the newspaper’s front page.

Masthead

100

Most important news title that is printed in big bold letters:

Banner Headline

100

Stories that are considered to be not immediately important or significant to a wide audience such s personality feature stories or "news you can use" columns.

What is soft news?

100

Manipulate the lens of a camera to create the appearance of moving closer or farther away from the subject.

Zoom

200

Jokowi is the guest speaker in Bukit while inspecting the sewerage near the school

prominence

200

The title of the news which summarises or draws attention to a story to encourage people to read it. 

Headliner

200

Provides information about banking, foreign exchange rates:

Business Section

200

A story that focuses more on entertaining than on simply informing the audience. These may be written on virtually any topic.

Feature story?

200

Who is the direct source of news?

eyewitness

300

Some hardline Ahok supporters are calling Gov Anies to resign.

Conflict

300

The name of the reporter or writer of the article, usually found at the beginning or end of the story.

Byline

300

Provides movies information and includes games, comics, horoscope:

Entertainment

300

A relatively short, usually unsigned column offering the opinion of the newspaper on a variety of topics.

Editorial?

300

The cutting or marking of a photograph to eliminate unneccessary material and highlight important elements.

Cropping

400

Man lost his pet dog while wading his way through the raging flood.

human interest

400

Copy used under or with a photograph. It identifies what or who is in the picture and where it is taken. (Also called cutline)

caption

400

News about activities of different Religious sects and list of people who died with their burial information:

Obituary

400

Overused, overworked, old, and trite expression (for example busy bees, blushing bride, dull thud)

Cliche

400

Why do leads often omit the names of the people involved in news?

Their identities are less important than what happened to them.

500

No more funds available to cover BPJS deficit, says Sri Mulyani

Consequence

500

The first sentence or paragraph of a news story. It summarises the point of the story and encourages people to keep reading.

Lead

500

Person or body that owns, runs, or controls a publication, setting braod guidelines and general policies.

What is publisher?

500

A sensational brand of journalism given to hoaxes, altered photographs, screaming headlines, frauds, and endless promotions of the newspaper themselves. The term derives from the name of the Yellow Kid, a cartoon character popular in the late nineteenth century.

Yellow Journalism

500

Describe the structure of a news

pyramid structure