Newspaper Layout and Parts

Alejandro Ferry BSED-ENG III

Campus Journalism

Introduction• A newspaper is a publication that is issued daily or weekly and

includes local and international news stories, advertisements, announcements, opinions, cartoons, sports news and television listings. It is an important method of letting the public know everything that is happening in their local area and around the world. Even with the advancements in computer technology, newspapers continue to be an important aspect of everyday life. It is important to know the sections of the newspaper and what information each one contains. The front page has the most important stories of the day. Each story has its own "headline" and a "by-line" giving the name of the reporter who wrote the story.

I. Broadsheet

• is used both to refer to ageneric paper size, and to specific types of publications which have historically been produced onbroadsheets. The classic example of a broadsheet is a wide-circulation newspaper, with the broadsheet sizebeing preferred by many newspaper publishers. Newspapers which are intended to act as major news authorities are classically printed on broadsheet-sized pieces of paper. As a general rule, the sheets are vertically long and short horizontally, with a length of at least 22 inches(56 centimeters) and a width which can vary. In a full broadsheet, a sheet of paper is printed and folded to create four pages, a front and back and two inner pages. A half broadsheet is a single piece of paper printed on both sides with no fold. For convenience in distribution, broadsheets are often folded in half lengthwise, but the fold does not impact the page count.

SAMPLE of a BROADSHEET

TABLOID• A tabloid is both a paper size and a term for the style of the newspapers that tend to use that format. Tabloid is the smaller of the two standard newspaper sizes; the larger newspapers are called broadsheets. The name seems to derive from a pharmaceutical trademark meaning compressed tablet, and has been applied to other small things. Tabloids tend to emphasize sensational stories and are reportedly prone to create their news if they feel that the subjects cannot, or will not, sue for libel. In this respect, much of the content of the tabloid press could be said to fall into the category of junk food news.

A TABLOID SAMPLE

NEWSPAPER GRID

•Newspaper pages are laid out on a grid which consists of a margin on 4 sides, a number of vertical columns, and space in between columns. Newspapers grids are based on a different number of columns, depending on paper size and design preference. Common page grids include the following columns

ELEMENTS OF NEWSPAPER• Byline: tells who wrote the story; may include the writer’s title.• Classified ad: an ad that appears in the classified or “want ad”

section of the newspaper.• Column: a vertical division of the layout that helps give

structure to the pages. Newspaper stories and images are measured in column inches: the number of columns wide by the number of inches long.• Cutline/caption: explains what is happening in a photograph

or illustration. The use of “cut” dates back to a time when images in the newspaper were printed from carved wood and etched metal. A cutline or caption sometimes may include a photo credit, the name of the person who took the picture.