Magazine Terminology

What are the components which make up a front page?

·         Masthead – title of the magazine                                                              

·         Cover lines- short statements on the front of the magazine to describe the articles inside

·         Sub-heads- secondary heading or title

·         Caption- a bit of text that accompanies an illustration

·         Headshot- a picture of someone’s head

·         Sell lines- something that sells the magazine ‘exclusive’

·         Rag out- a clip or quote from a previous edition

·         Call out- text that explains a picture, often has an arrow pointing to a particular area

·         By line- the writer

·         Headline- title of the main story

·         Pug-‘ears of the magazine’ in the corners of the front page

·         Bullets- large dots

·         Splash- front page

·         Main image- a picture on the front relating to the main article

·         Puff- short sentence that attracts the reader

·         WOB- ‘white and black’

·         Secondary image- a smaller image than the main image