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PLUG-INs A Student’s Guide to Information Literacy
NEWSPAPERS
Do you like reading a
newspaper?
What is your favorite
section of a newspaper?
What is your favorite
newspaper?
Newspapers are also fun and relaxing
to read.
Newspapers are important sources of “new” information. That’s why they are called newspapers.
Newspapers are not
expensive.
Reading a newspaper is a great way to improve your vocabulary.
You can buy them at grocery stores or petrol stations. Or,
newspapers can be delivered to
your home.
Titles of the stories are
called HEADLINES.
The first page of a
newspaper is called the
FRONT PAGE.
Let’s talk about
different parts of a
newspaper.
A page is divided into COLUMNS to make it easy
to read.
A newspaper
has different parts or
SECTIONS.
For example, there is a Business Section, a
Sports Section, etc.
A newspaper that comes
out everyday is called a
DAILY.
A half size newspaper is
called a TABLOID.
A normal size newspaper is
called a BROADSHEET.
Stories in newspapers are called ARTICLES.
A person who writes articles is
called a REPORTER or a
JOURNALIST.
A reporter’s name is also
called a BYLINE.
The big boss is called the
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF.
The person who manages the reporters is called an EDITOR.
Sometimes an editor will
write a special article
called an EDITORIAL.
Sometimes a newspaper buys stories
from a company
called a WIRE SERVICE.
Other wire services are Al Jazeera &
Reuters.
For example, AP is a wire service; it
means Associated
Press.
Words about the
photograph are called a CAPTION.
Most newspapers have many
photographs.
Usually, the photographer or source of
the photograph is in the caption.
Usually a newspaper has many
advertisements or ads.
There are 2 kinds of
advertisements.
Money from the advertisements is why newspapers are usually very
cheap.
But also, there are very short
ads from private people.
Companies put big advertisements
with photographs in newspapers.
We call these
CLASSIFIED ADS or just
CLASSIFIEDS.
If you want to rent a house or business space,
look in the CLASSIFIEDS under rentals.
For example, if you want to buy a car, you look
in the CLASSIFIEDS under cars.
There are many
sections of the
CLASSIFIEDS.
This means Opinions
and Editorials.
Another section of a newspaper is called OP
ED.
One this page we find
articles on opinions, not
facts.
On the OP ED page, we find
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
Usually people write their opinions
in these letters.
These letters are written by readers of the newspaper,
not reporters.
The writer is called a
COLUMNIST. For example,
Noam Chomsky has a column in the Gulf News.
We call this kind of article a
COLUMN.
Sometimes a newspaper has
essays by famous people about topics in
the news.
Unfortunately, newspapers use up many
trees.
Reading a newspaper
online saves trees.
Newspapers usually have
an online version from the Internet.
Please help save the
planet and recycle
newspapers.
Ask your teacher or friendly librarian if you have any
questions.THANK YOU
FOR LISTENING!
I hope you will enjoy reading newspapers.
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