Newspaper notes

• 2 sizes of newspapers, first size is like school newspaper called "broad sheet".
• Other size newspaper is called "tabloid".
• The flag has the name of the paper in it.
• The top photo is called the teaser.
• Folio- W. Charles Akins High School under teaser photo.
• Folio- The title of the newspaper, the date, page #, name of the section, a slogan or motto.
• Headlines need to draw attention, be creative.
• Subheadlines should be below headlines, subheadline gives more details about the story.
• Photo captions have caption headlines, grabs attention, gives inside about the picture, give credit to the photographer, 2 sentences makes a good caption, 1st sentence describes what goes on in the picture (who, what, when, where, why, how) and 2nd sentence is background info about the picture.
• Bi line should have the persons name and the position they are.
• Have to have stories.
• Info graphics, info in graphic form, additional info not in the story, in fun little creative box.
• The table of contents should be on the front page, the volume number and the issue #, and barcode (?)
• The staff box is in every paper, the names of staff and position, organizations we belong to, and the policy is written in the staff box.