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Do Now. Define the following terms (they are in your notes): 1. Headline 2. Masthead 3. Folio 4. Newswire 5. Byline. WINDOW. D O O R. Parts of the Front Page. Headline: a heading at the top of an article or page in a newspaper or magazine .

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  1. Do Now • Define the following terms (they are in your notes): • 1. Headline • 2. Masthead • 3. Folio • 4. Newswire • 5. Byline WINDOW D O O R

  2. Parts of the Front Page • Headline: a heading at the top of an article or page in a newspaper or magazine. • Masthead or Flag: Publication’s name, staff, and editor

  3. Parts of the Front Page • Folio: A newspaper folio line is an identification line of the newspaper on each page. A front-page folio line joins the nameplate and consists of the volume number, the issue number, command, location and date of publication. An inside page folio line generally runs at the top of each page and consists of publication date, name ofnewspaper and the page number.

  4. Parts of the Front Page • Newswire: a news agency that supplies syndicated news by wire to newspapers, radio, and television stations. • Ex.: Associate Press, Reuters – Reprints news in a variety of sources • Dateline: a line at the head of a dispatch or special article in a newspaper showing the date and place of writing.

  5. Parts of the Front Page • Byline: a line in a newspaper naming the writer of an article. • Index: provides references to newspaper articles that are usually searched under subject headings (controlled terms).

  6. Parts of the Front Page • Jump: a page on which the continuation of a newspaper article appears • Photo Credit Line: a line in a newspaper naming the photographer

  7. Parts of the Front Page • Cutline: A cutline in a newspaper is a word that describes the photograph or illustration. It may be run besides or above photographs to add variety, and in some cases to enhance the page layout.

  8. Group Work • Circle and Label all the parts of the front page.

  9. Exit Ticket • Identify and summarize one Hard News Story • Identify and summarize one Feature News Story

  10. Newspaper Function • News stories expand a reader’s knowledge about local, state, national, and international current events. • Feature stories may look at social issues, special personalities, or certain features of current events.

  11. Newspaper function • Opinion columns and editorials provide arguments and debate on controversial topics. • Advertising, which is space paid forby businesses or individuals, provides important information about goods and services available.

  12. Newspaper Function • Newspapers have several objectives. The most basic of these functions include provision of the information, interpretation, entertainment and services for readers.

  13. Newspaper Function • Informing: Newspapers provide facts that the readers must have in order to be informed citizens and make decisions • Interpreting: Newspaper stories, columns or editorials may be intended to explain the meaning of certain news. These stories often contain opinions of the writer and should be read with this in mind

  14. Newspaper function • Serving: Newspapers provide information that serve readers in making decisions about matters involving business, personal needs, recreation, etc. • Entertaining: Some sections of the news paper intent to provide amusement or enjoyment for the reader.

  15. Paired work • On your DO NOW paper. Please label each accordingly. • 1. Informing: Find an example of a story which informs the reader and write the headline. • 2. Interpreting: Find one example of a story or column/editorial that interprets the news for the reader and write the headline. • 3. Serving: Find an example of an advertisement that serves a consumer by providing money-saving information and write the logo or name of the advertiser and the deal. • 4. Entertaining: Find 6 different examples that are intended to entertain and list the examples – type and title/headline.

  16. Exit Ticket • Identify and summarize one Hard News Story • Identify and summarize one Feature News Story

  17. Do Now • In 2-3 Sentences define the following terms in terms of newspaper function. You may use your notes: • Informing • Interpreting • Serving • Entertaining

  18. A Window on the World • Newspapers usually try to carry a balance of news. Not only might a reader find news from different levels (state, local, national, international), but also form different points of view.

  19. A window on the world • Balance is an important goal to which most newspapers aspire. There may be more than two or three views of an important news event. Through views of different writers in different sections of the newspaper, balance is usually achieved. This balance my not be evidence in one day’s edition of the newspaper. A conservative opinion on the solution to economic problems may be present on day, for example, with a more liberal view presented a few days later.

  20. A Window on the world • 1. Find an example of the following types of news, write the headline, and write a 2-3 sentence summary of the story: • International News • National News • State News • Local News

  21. A window on the world • In 5-7 sentences: based on your findings, discuss what you think your newspaper’s mission is. In other words do you thin your newspaper intends to focus on mainly local and state news or do you think there is a balance at all levels? • In 3-4 sentences: If the newspaper is not balanced, how could it be more balanced • OR • In 3-4 sentences: If the newspaper is balanced, explain providing examples.

  22. Do Now • Define what a Local, International, State, and World news are. • Why is it important for a newspaper to include all of these news stories? • Answer in 4-5 sentences.

  23. Make it Quick! • In recognition of the fast pace of many of today’s life styles, newspapers frequently make changes in an attempt to improve the newspapers reading appeal.

  24. Make it Quick! • These improvements may be made in content and coverage, but can also appear in special news features that are intended to enhance reading. News summaries have been added by many newspapers to allow readers to quickly scan the contents of an edition and gain information at a glance.

  25. Make it Quick! • To compete as a provider of news, newspapers continually evaluate their methods of news coverage and their appeal to the communities they serve.

  26. Classwork • Find FIVE examples of articles which you think are intended to make reading and the access to information an easier task. • Clip the example from the newspaper and attach to you work. • Identify the feature and evaluate (positive and negative the effectiveness of the feature in 2-3 sentences. • Example:

  27. Exit Ticket • Identify and summarize one Hard News Story • Identify and summarize one Feature News Story

  28. Do Now • Define: • Byline • Index • Jump • Answer in 2-3 sentences: In what ways does the newspaper write columns for a fast paced lifestyle or a quick glance?

  29. Alike, yet Different • Under some amount of scrutiny from a reader, the various sections of a newspaper may contain similar components. For example – though the topics may be vastly different, the sports section contains hard news, just like the national news section. The same sports section may contain editorial comment syndicated columns and/or letters to the editor, just as the editorial section does.

  30. Do Now • It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper. – Jerry Seinfeld • Can all the news happening in a day fit in the news paper? Why or why not? 1-2 Sent. • What does this quote mean? 2-3 Sent. • How do you think editors determine what does and does not make it into the newspaper? 2-3 Sent.

  31. Purpose • Each section of a newspaper is designed to meet the needs ofthe reading audience, When you pick up a newspaper for reading, is there a special section that you read first?

  32. Purpose • Though most sections of newspapers contain an array of hard news, features, photos, graphics, opinion and advertising, the differences among sections exit in their purpose and content.

  33. Purpose • The mission (goals or objectives) of a newspaper may be evident in what sections are available for readers. For example, a national news section may be an important part of a newspaper that is attemptingto provide in-depth coverage of current events.

  34. 1)Write the name of the section name2) a 1-2 sent. Statement to describe the mission and purpose.

  35. What is the Mission? • In 4-5 sentences, describe what you believe the mission of the Trentonian is. • Think about the types of news it covers. • What is it’s purpose or reasoning for sharing the news stories it shares and NOT sharing the stories it doesn’t.

  36. Exit Ticket • Identify and summarize one Hard News Story • Identify and summarize one Feature News Story

  37. Do Now • What should the mission of our newspaper be? • What function should it serve? • Answer in 4-5 sentences.

  38. Newspaper Economics • Wire service news, photos, and graphics from special write services and feature from syndicates can be found in most newspapers.

  39. Newspaper Economics • These news sources can provide a great amount of information at less expense to the newspaper. Rather than hiring a special personal advice columnist, it is more economical for a newspaper to pay a syndicate for such columns as Ann Landers or Dear Abby. In similar fashion, news and photos of an event in a foreign country may be provided at less expense by wire service.

  40. Newspaper economics • Scan the pages of your local newspaper to locate credit lines, bylines, datelines and other news identifiers. • List some stories, photos, and features from outside services that are used. • FIND 10

  41. Exit Ticket • Identify and summarize one Hard News Story • Identify and summarize one Feature News Story

  42. Do now • Why do newspapers use news wires? • How do newswires benefit newspapers? • Name and summarize one news story you remember reading on Tuesday in 2-3 sentences.

  43. A Whole New Story • Cutline, or captions identify the elements in news photos and summarize a story. Some photos and cutline stand alone as a story (without accompanying a news story). These photos and cutline are usually referred to as “wild photos.” Others intended to enhance a story they accompany or are used to refer to a story located on another page of the newspaper.

  44. A Whole New Story • As is true in other elements of the newspaper, information in a cutline must be accurate, with correct spelling and identification of time.

  45. A Whole New Story • Select two interesting news photos. • Clip them and attach them to the CW. • For each photo, create two entirely new cutline that change the meaning of the photo. Include: • Who, what, where, & how • In 3-4 sentences

  46. Do Now • 1. Name a topic you would want to interview someone about. • 2. Write 5 interview questions for that person about the topic.

  47. Reconstruction • In putting together a news story in organized fashion an outline is important so that the reporter has a plan to follow

  48. Reconstruction • A news or feature story’s organizational plan, or outline can be reconstructed by analyzing the major facts of the story and identifying important supporting details.

  49. Reconstruction • The content of an outline for a news story might be different from that of an essay that you would writefor a class, since the news story (if hard news) is writtenin inverted pyramid format.

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