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Journalism Vocabulary

By Minifete

  • Masthead

    Masthead
    Publication information is located here about the newspaper.

  • Balloon

    Balloon
    A speech bubble above a comic character's head that has the words that the character says in it.

  • Gutter

    Gutter
    Space between two pages that is where the pages join in a book or magazine.

  • Infographic

    Infographic
    Visual information like a chart or graph.

  • Cut

    Cut
    Any picture or graphic that is placed in the text or on the page. This is a cut of a demo site.

  • Byline

    Byline
    The byline is the the line, usually right after the article title, that says who wrote the article or who edited it.

  • cutlines

    cutlines
    Also called the caption. Words that describe a picture and go by it. "A beef chili infused with red chiles, chocolate and beer for bold flavor."

  • Subhead

    Subhead
    Part of an article title that gives more information. Sometimes it is under the heading or in smaller font. Here it is, "Great in Theory, but Hard to Carry Out."

  • Copy

    Copy
    Copy is what the reporter writes.

  • Editorialize

    Editorialize
    This is to put the writer or editor's opinion into the story. Sometimes it is obvious, sometimes not as much. In this paragraph from NY Times, it shows how an old paper described someone.