Showing posts with label News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label News. Show all posts

Tuesday, 7 November 2017

Galtung and Ruge - News Values

Threshold- The bigger the impact and reach of the story.
Unexpectedness- An event that is shock or out of the ordinary.
Negativity- Bad news is more interesting 'if it bleeds, it leads'.
Elite persons/places- Stories about important people and powerful nations.
Unambiguous- Stories that are easy to understand and for papers to report on.
Personalisation- Stories that include human interest- 'real' people.
Proximity- Stories that are closer to home are more likely to be included.
Continuity/currency- Stories that are already in the news continue to run and are updated.

Monday, 6 November 2017

Newspaper Terminology

Masthead- Title of the newspaper displayed on the front page.
Barcode- Used to scan the newspaper when purchasing. It is an optical, machine-readable, representation of data and contains information such as price.
Caption- Brief text underneath an image describing the photograph or graphic
Headline- A phrase that summarises the main point of the article. Usually in large print and a different style to catch the attention of the reader.
Main image- Dominant picture, often filling much of the front cover.
Page Numbers- A system of organisation within the magazine. Helps you find what you want to read.
Centre Spread- A photograph, often in full colour, that runs across the middle two pages.
Lead Story- Main story, usually a splash
Gutter- The blank space between margins of facing pages of a publication or the blank space between columns of text.
Folio- Top label for the whole page. Can relate to the area covered in the paper for example, National or a big news topic such as Social Media, Syria.
Page Furniture- Everything on a page except pictures or text or stories.

Target Audience- People who the newspaper aims to sell to.
Pull Quote- Something taken from within an article, usually said by the person in the main image.
Classified Ad- An advertisement that uses only text, as opposed to a display ad, which also incorporates graphics.
Skyline- An information panel on the front page that tells the reader about other stories in the paper to tempt them inside.
Edition- Some newspapers print several of these every night, these are versions with some changes and maybe additional late stories.
Stand First- Block of text that introduces the story, normally in a different style to the body text and headline.
Byline- The line above the story, which gives the author's name and sometimes their job and location.
Body Text- Also known as copy. Written material that makes up the main part of an article.
Standalone- Picture story that can exist on its own or on a front page leading to a story inside.