Sections/Part of A

Campus Paper
Whether it is a community, metropolitan, or
national paper, its parts and sections are
more or less the same.

Traditionally, they are:

 Front page
1. Local news – news that takes place within the country.
2. Foreign news – news that takes place outside the country.
3. Dateline news – an out – of – town news story. It is introduced by a
dateline which states the place from which the story was reported,
and the source of the material if not written by the local staff, as
Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 25 (AP).
4. Weather news – usually a boxed forecast of the area, sometimes the
temperature, wind directions, and velocities. Extremes on weather
are reported as more detailed news stories.
5. Index – a slug line indicating an important inside page story and the
page where it is found.
 Front page
6. Other things found on the Front page: (those with the asterisk may or may
not be present).
a. Nameplate – the engraved or printed name of the newspaper, as the
Manila Times or PNC Torch.
b. Ears – the title boxes on either side of the nameplate.
c. Banner – the principal headline bearing the boldest and biggest type. It is
the title of the most important news of the day which is called banner news.
it may or may not run across the page. If it does, it may also be called a
streamer.
d. Running head – a head made up of two or more lines.
e. Headline – the title of any news story. The word headlines is used only for
titles of news stories.
f. Deck – a subordinate headline placed immediately below its mother
headline, also known as bank or readout.
 Front page
g. Lead – the beginning of a news story. It may be a word, a group of words, a
sentence, or even a paragraph.
h. News story – the whole story of an event compose of the lead and the text
which is the elaboration of the lead.
i. Columns – the horizontal division into parts of a newspaper. Many national
papers are divided into eight columns while a typical school paper is divided
into five columns of 12 ems each.
j. Column rule – the vertical line that divides the page into columns. Most
pages of the newspaper are divided into columns by a space usually one em
wide. This space is called the sunken rule.
k. Fold – the imaginary horizontal line that divides the newspaper equally into
two parts.
l. Byline – the signature of a reporter preceding a news – feature, as By Warren
Cruz.
 Front page
m. Box – news materials enclosed by line rules.
n. Cut – a metal plate bearing a newspaper’s illustration, also known as
cliché.
o. Cutline – the text accompanying photos and other art work, better
known as caption. If written above the photo just like a slugline, it is
called an overline.
p. Kicker – a tagline placed above but smaller than a headline, also
known as teaser. If it is bigger than the headline, it is called a hammer.
q. Credit line – a line giving the source of the story or illustration, as
Reprinted from the “Manila Times” or Photo by MPI.
Editorial Page
 Editorial Page
 Folio – consists of the page number, date of publication, and name
of the newspaper, usually written on the top of the page. This is also
found in the other pages.
 Masthead – the editorial box containing the logo, names of the staff
members and position in the staff, subscription rate, the publisher,
and other pertinent data about the newspaper. A logo (a shorter
word for logotype) is a cut which contains an identifying word or
words, such as the name of the newspaper or of a section.
 Editorial proper – a commentary written by any of the editors who
comments or gives the opinion of the staff or of the whole paper on
various subjects. It is the stand of the paper.
 Editorial Page

 Editorial column – a personal opinion written by the columnist

himself. Like the editorial proper, it may attack, teach, entertain, or
appeal depending upon its purpose.
 Editorial cartoon – usually a caricature emphasizing a simple point.
Usually humorous, it has the function of the editorial. It stand by itself
and is not a complement of the editorial proper.
 Editorial liner – a short statement quoted saying placed at the end
of the editorial column or editorial to drive home a message.
 Letter to the editor – a letter sent in by the reader giving his personal
views on certain aspects.
 Sports Page

 Sports stories are classified as news stories; therefore,

what may be found in the news page may also be
found in the sports section. Other things that may be
found in the sports section are the sports commentaries
and sports features.
 Special Features
 The modern newspaper has taken some special features and
eliminated some which have become irrelevant to the needs of the
times. An example of this is the society page.
 Commonly found in the present – day newspaper are: a) Life and
Leisure (The Arts, Religion, Entertainment and Comics) and b)
Finance and Business for The Manila Times. The feature page of The
Manila Bulletin contains : home and culture, entertainment, comics,
shipping, classified ads, movie, TV and radio guides, and the comics
page.
 The modern campus publication is both a school and community
paper. It is for this reason that its content is similar to that of a
metropolitan paper, minus the business and agricultural section; the
shipping, movie, TV and radio guides; the display and classified ads;
and the comics page.