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READING A NEWSPAPER

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Types of Newspaper

1. Broadsheet a big newspaper and isgenerally national, which means a

newspaper for nationwidecirculation.

2. Tabloid half the size of a broadsheet

and one that circulates as local orcommunity newspaper.

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Parts of a Newspaper

According to Sections

1.News Section2.Entertainment

Section3.Opinion

Section4.Life and

Leisure

Section

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According to Paging System

1. Front Page2. Editorial Page3. Local News Page

4. Community News Page5. Foreign or World News Page6. Business News Page7. Classified Ads Page8. Sports Page

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Parts in a Page

1. In the Front Page

1.1 Masthead nameplate of thenewspaper1.2 Folio indicates date, and city or

province where its published

volume number, no. of sectionsand pages

price of the newspaper

year it was founded1.3 Edition indicates whether the

newspaper is Morning Edition,Afternoon Edition, Evening Edition, orCit Edition, Provincial Edition, or

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1.4 Ears spaces or boxes beside thenameplate devoted for the weatherreport or titles of inside stories or

advertisement.1.5 Headlines umbrella (skyline), ormajor story of the news.

a. major story headline is the title ofthe major news story of the day (banneror streamer of the newspaper).

b. side bar headline is the title of aside major news story.

c. other news stories headlines are theheadlines of the other new stories other

than the major story.

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d. A teaser is also called a kicker.This comes before any headline andthis is used to present any additional

information to make the headlineclear.

e. The deckis as secondary headline,

appearing between any headline and thestory of said headline.

f. Byline is the writer of the news.g. Dateline is the date and place of

origin of the news.h. Lead is generally the summary of

the news story given in the first

paragraph. It gives 5Ws and 1H.

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i. Major News Story is the mostimportant story for the editor.

j. Side Bar is a side story of one storythat is carried by the paper.

k. Cut is the picture used to make the

news more visible to the readers. Itcan be found on all pages of thenewspaper.

l. Cutline is the caption of the cut.

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2. In the Inside Pages It may containalso a deck, kicker, byline, dateline, lead,

side bar, cut and cutline.

3. In an Editorial Page It may contain

the following;a. Editorial is the newspapers opinion

on an issueb. Editorial Cartoon gives the

newspapers interpretation on anissue, presented in a caricature.

c. Editorial Box is a portion on the

page where the editorial board is listed.

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d. Columns are the titles of theregular spaces of columnists in the

newspaper.

e. Column Articles are articles of

opinions, explanations, orinterpretations of issues by columnists.

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SCANNING A NEWSPAPER

- Doing this means knowing first whatinformation you want to discover from thenewspaper. Then knowing the part of the

newspaper that will give you thisinformation.

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SKIMMING A NEWSPAPER

- doing this means previewing, overviewingand surveying a newspaper.

1. To Previewa. read the title or nameb. read the place and date of

publicationc. read the Editorial Box (Editorial

Board)

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2. To Overviewa. determine the sectionsb. read the title of each section

c. read the editor of each sectiond. read the title of the different

columnse. read the columnist of each column

3. To Surveya. read the headlines on the front page

and the inside pagesb. determine the headline storiesc. determine the subject of the

editorial/column articles.d. determine the subject of other parts

of the newspaper

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Reading Thoroughly a Newspaper

For the News - Generally to learn about

the Ws and H of the news.-For Editorials to get the following;

1. the issue it takes up2. the opinion it gives to the issue3. the purpose it projects4. the kind o editorial it amounts to

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For Column Articles to take not thefollowing;

1. title of the column2. name of the columnist3. title of the column article for the day

4. the issue/s taken up5. the point/s raised about the issue/s6. the columnists opinion/s about the

point/s raised on the issue/s.For Advertisement Copies reading thetagline, physical description andpsychological appeal of every consumer

product displayed or classified on the

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