english journalism

• Successos Felices the first Philippine newsletter that was launched by Tomas Pinpin?
• plagarism - the use of words and ideas of other person without giving credit to its source?
• headline - the name title of any news story?
• byline - the name of the writer on the newspaper?
• masthead - the box that contains the logo, the news and the position of each staff member?
• photojournalism - the use of picture/photos and illustrations for publication?
• caption - the text of body type, accompanying photos or art work or any pictorial illustration?
• Education Function - Topics that are used to be tabooed in the classroom before can now be subjects of discussion by the student writers in their school organs as long as it educates the reader
• Opinion Function - the editor interprets the meaning of the news especially of the banner news, and gives his opinion on important matters or on significant events of the day.
• Watchdog Function - school paper acts as the guardian of the students’ rights. It serves as the eyes of the readers.
• Information function - It informs the readers of events that happened, happening, or that will happen.
• Laboratory function - serves as the teaching tool for the budding journalists. After they have learned, how to write, for example straight news stories, they cover school activities and write the news for publication
• Documentation function - Important school events, worthwhile student accomplishments and achievements are recorded in the school paper for posterity sake. Most present-day histories have been researched from old files of newspapers.
• Developmental function - In a developing country like the Philippines, scholastic as well as commercial journalism has been given nobler significance. The young writer spends more time reporting on club activities like elections and parties.
• Dateline news - This refers to an out-of-town news story. It is introduced by a dateline which states the place from which the story was reported, the date, and the source of the material if not written by the local staff, as Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 25 (AP).
• weather news - This refers to usually a boxed forecast of the area, sometimes about the temperature, wind directions and velocities.
• local news - This refers to news that takes place within the country.
• foreign news This refers to news that takes place outside the country.
• Banner - the principal headline bearing the boldest and biggest type. It is the title of the more 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.
• Index - This refers to a slugline indicating an important inside page story and the page where it is found
• ears - refers to the little boxes on either side of the name place.
• nameplate - This refers to the engraved or printed name of the newspaper as the Manila Times or the PNC Torch.
• headline - refers to the title of any news story. It is used only for titles of news stories, thus the various rules for writing it.
• lead - This refers to the beginning of a news story. It may be a word or a group of words, a sentence, or even a paragraph.
• running head - This refers to a head made up of two or more lines.
• deck - This refers to a subordinate headline placed immediately below its mother headline, also known as bank or readout.
• fold - This refers to the imaginary horizontal line that divides the newspaper equally into two parts.
• column rule - This refers to the vertical line that divides the page into columns. Most pages of a newspaper are divided into columns by a space usually one em wide.
• columns - This refers to the horizontal division into parts of a newspaper.
• cut - This refers to a metal place bearing a newspaper’s illustration, also known as cliché
• box - This refers to the materials enclosed by line rules.
• cutline - This refers to the text accompanying photos and other artwork, better known as caption. If written above the photos just like a slugline, it is called overline.
• kicker - This refers to a tagline placed above buy smaller than a headline, also known as teaser. If it is bigger than the headline, it is called hammer.
• masthead - This refers to the editorial box containing the logo, names of the staff members and position in the staff, subscription rate, the publisher and other pertinent date about the newspaper.
• credit line - This refers to a line giving the source of the story or illustrate as reprinted from the “Manila Times” of Photo by MPI.
• folio - This refers to consist of the page number, date of publication, and name of the newspaper usually written on top of the page. This is also found in the other pages.
• editorial proper - This refers to a commentary written by any of the editors who comments or given the opinion of the staff or the whole paper on various subjects. It is the stand of the paper, sometimes called Top editorial or Lead editorial.
• letter to the editor - This refers to a letter sent in by the reader giving his personal views on certain aspects.
• editorial cartoon - This is usually a caricature emphasizing a simple point. Usually humorous, it has the function of the editorial. Standing by itself, it is not a complement of the editorial proper.
• editorial column - This refers to a personal opinion written by the columnist himself. Like the editorial proper, it may attack, teach, entertain, or appeal depending upon its purpose.