Basic parts of a news paper as a good foundation for Journalism classes or General composition writing entries

1. Parts of a Newspaper

2. Index
 Front of the newspaper
 Shows where everything is located
 Lists all the parts of the newspaper
• California
• Weather
• The Funnies
 Saves time

3. Headline
 The words printed in lar
ge type across
the top of a
newspaper article
to catch the reader’s att
ention.

4. Dateline
 The words at the
beginning of a
news article that
tells when and
where the article was w
ritten.

5. News Article
 In a newspaper, a
story about an
event that has just
taken place.

6. Feature Article
 In a newspaper, a detailed report on a person, an issu
e, or an event.

7. Editor
 One of the people
who runs a
newspaper.

8. Editorial
 An article in which the people who run a
newspaper give their opinion on an
important issue.

9. Types of Articles
 1. News- factual, unbiased, objective
 2. Feature articles - light, entertaining
 3. Editorials- discursive, persuasive or
argumentative

10. What Articles Need to Include
 Who was involved in th
e story?
 What happened?
 When did it occur?
 Why it happened?
 How it happened?
 Where it happened?