Vocab and High School Newspapers

1. My favorite was the "Blue and Gold Issue" because it was very well put together. There were many elements that enhanced it but did not make it too busy. There were a good amount of photos and stories and the headlines made it sound more interesting to read.

2. The "Ladue Panorama Issue" appealed to my eye very quickly because it stood out because it consisted of mainly photos and no stores. It was more colorful than the others considering the photos added that color and it consisted of things that most of their audience would like to do or relate to.

3. My favorite was "Recap: Homecoming" simply because it was the only headline on the whole cover page. But also it is very interesting and the audience that this newspaper is directed to would find it very interesting most likely.

4. There are two stories on my favorite front page.

5. The things that are the same throughout all the front pages is a title of the newspaper and it will most likely relate to the school or just be the name of the school in some variation. Also there is always a graphic that is either a photo, cartoon or design that is not text.

6. The things that vary, are the size of the dominant photo because it must work and correspond with the surrounding stories and elements. Some covers even have no pictures but a graphic, non-camera-taken photo that fills the whole thing besides the title of the newspaper and maybe a headline.

7. The two are mainly the same with a few subtle differences. The things stay the same is that most school newspapers have a story while all world newspapers have at least one story. Also there is a dominant photo for everything and it is never just text and there will always have a title.

The Broadsheet: 3+ stories
a) The Verve
b) Blue and Gold
c) The News Streak

Tabloid: 2 or less stories
a) Central Focus
b) Panorama
c) The Highlander

New Magazine: no stories, glossy cover
a) The Mustang
b) Craze
c) Le Journal

V O C A B U L A R Y

Headlines: A string of text for a story that would sum up the story and is larger than the other fonts
Subheadlines: A smaller string of text beneath the Headline to add more to detail to it
Boxes: the way some type that is framed with a border
Photos: photos on the newspaper spread in order to hook the reader
Teaser: A snippet of text for the inside issue or story in the newspaper
Flag: The printed title at the top of the front page of a newspaper
Folios: Newspaper date, page and name that show up at the top of each page
Captions: Text that accompanies and describes a picture
Stories: A subject or event described through text as an article
Bylines: The author's name (printed towards the front of the newspaper)
Jumps: continuing a story from one page to the next
Story Dividers: Objects or divisions put between stories to clearly separate from other stories
Screens: Pattern of tiny dots used to create gray space
Infographics: Graphics to represent things such as weather, maps and other statistical data
Masthead/ Staff Box: Description of the publisher, place of publication, editorial staff and basic information about the newspaper