Parts of a Newspaper Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• front page: first page of the paper that contains the most important news of the day
• news: contains news articles written by the staff
• op-ed: contains the editorial and opinion columns. it also contains the masthead with the list of editors.
• features page: contains human interest stories
• sports page: contains sports stories and updates on sports, games, and athletes
• tagline: identifies the paper’s motto and marketing pitch
• masthead: shows the logo of the newspaper
• body text: the body of the news story
• caption: text that identifies or describes the photo that appear on the page.
• banner: main headline of the newspaper. it carries the biggest font size, usually 40 points, since this is the most important story of the day.
• byline: name/s of the journalist/s who wrote the article.
• jump: tells the readers where to find the rest of the story if it did not fit on the front page.
• ears: teasers found on the upper left or right of the masthead. it usually points to human interest stories that can be found on another page inside the paper.