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• Copy Desk


  Area of the newsroom where editing is done
• Copy Editor


  The person who corrects or edits copy written by a reporter and writes headlines
• Copyright


  An author's exclusive right of property for his works
• Correspondent


  An out of town reporter
• Cover


  To gather information and get facts for a story
• Credit Line


  A line giving the source of a picture or art
• Crop


  To eliminate portions of copy or photos by reducing the size
• Cut


  To shorten newspaper copy; also means a newspaper photograph
• Cutline


  The information below a picture or art, which describes it; also called a caption
• Dateline


  The line at the beginning of a story giving the place and date of the reported incident
• Deadline


  A time at which all copy for an edition must be submitted
• Dingbat


  Any typographical devise used for ornamentation
• Display Advertising


  Large, frequently illustrated advertisements usually purchased by retail stores, manufacturers, service companies; advertising other than classified ads
• Dummy


  A diagram or layout of a newspaper page, showing the placement of stories, headlines, pictures advertisements
• Edition


  The issue for one press run: home edition, state edition, final home edition, extra
• Editor


  A person who directs the editorial policies; or a person who decides what news will go in the paper and where it will appear
• Editorial


  An article expressing the opinion of the newspaper regarding a certain subject
• Extra


  A special edition of the newspaper, printed between regular editions, containing news too important to hold for the next regular edition
• Feature


  A story in which the interest lies in some factor other than the news value, usually to entertain
• Filler


  Short news or information items used to fill small spaces in the news columns
• Five W's


  Who, what, when, where, why (sometimes "H" for how); the major questions answered in the lead of a well-written news story
• Flag


  The newspaper's name on page one
• Folio


  The number (s) of the page
• Follow-up


  A story that adds more information to a story already printed
• Font


  A complete assortment of type of one size and face
• Four-color


  When a color photo is needed a slide is separated into the basic colors of red, yellow, blue and black
• Fourth Estate


  A traditional name for the press, referring to it as the "fourth branch" of government; the term indicates the role and the importance of the free press in a democratic society
• Gutter


  The margin between facing pages where the fold lies
• Hard News


  Factual news stories without opinion
• Headline


  An explanatory title over a newspaper
• Ear


  Either corner at the top of the front page (sometimes used for weather news or to call attention to a special feature)