Professional Documents
Culture Documents
By:
Aqsa Javed
Mehak Liaqat Ali
Noor-ul-Ain Pasha
Roma Ejaz
Zainab Zameer
Zalnashta Khawar
Zara Usmani
Introduction to newspaper
What is a newspaper:
A newspaper is a regularly published print product
containing information vital to the function of the market it
serves.
Features in Newspaper includes:
• Editorial opinions, op-eds
• Obituaries
• Comic strips, crosswords, sudoku and horoscopes
• Weather , forecasts
• Advice, gossip, food,
• Critical Reviews.
• Classified ads
• Display ads
Origins of Newspaper
First printed Newspaper appeared in GERMANY in late 1400’s in
the forms of Pamphlets
The Weekly News 1622 -- the first successively published title
1640’s-1650’s – news book format
Pre-History:
Earliest variation on a newspaper was a daily sheet
published in 59 BC in Rome called Acta Diurna(Daily events)
by Julius Caesar
Late-History:
* Printing press invented by Johann Gutenberg in 1447
* Manuscript newssheets were products of European Countries
in 1665
* In 1700’s development of newspaper was encourage
* First daily newspaper was The Daily Courant in London, 1702
* France’s first daily newspaper appears in 1777, Journal de
Paris
* United state first daily was Pennsylvania Packet in 1784
Origins of Newspaper
English Newspapers in Indian Subcontinent
First newspaper sent was by British man William Bolts in 1766
In 1780 another man James Augustus Hickey Published named Bengal
Gazette/General Calcutta Adviser
In November 1781 another newspaper named “Indian Gazette” was
introduced which was pro Government and against Hickey
Invention of Telegraph
The invention of the telegraph in 1844 transformed print media
1890 to 1920 – “Golden age” or Print media
Between 1940 to 1990 newspaper circulation dropped
Organization of The Newspaper
Editorial Page
Editorial page is the most important and major page in the news
paper. It is also known as the opinion page. It is the page
reserved in newspaper and magazines for publication’s editorial
Contents of Editorial page
1. Editorial note:
The note of editor or the team of editors
2. Columns:
They are the writings and thoughts on some specific
topics contributed
by well-known writer
3. Letters to the editors:
It is the feedback to the newspaper
4. Editorial cartoons
These are not so much common. They are not
published in each and every paper
Purposes of Editorial Page
Organization of The Newspaper
Newspaper needs a whole team to work together. The team
works in an organized manner to compile and publish a whole
newspaper
Parts Of Newspaper Organization
The newspaper organization have many different parts of team and
department. Initially they are three in number
1) Editorial Section
2) Administrative Section
3) Printing Section
Editorial section
-- The editorial section is pre-divided into four parts
1)Reporting Section
2)News Section
3)Magazine Section
4)Editorial Section
Organization of The Newspaper
The reporting Section:
It is the most important section of the newspaper
It includes: Reports about business, Showbiz etc
Chief Reporter is the head of the department, he
Examines the information and give approval
Centralized department
Information can be about the popularity of any
person among the adults, men and women
The repots can be of any rules and regulations passed by the government in
symbolic form
Organization of The Newspaper
The News section
It is a broad section, each of the important headings or topics has
different pages, like showbiz will be published on separate page,
metro section will be publish on separate Page
Chief Editor is the in charge of this section
People working under him known as sub-editor
Or news editor, The senior most experience
person are known as senior editors
Different editors have different teams e.g.
Sports page. Women page & International page
Different geographical are given to different
sections in a new company, these are mainly
known as DESK also known as cabins and rooms
Organization of The Newspaper
Desk of the News Section
1. Main Desk:
Deals with Front and Back Pages
2. Foreign Desk:
Deals with foreign news and information
3. Local Desk:
Deals with compiling and publishing of local news
4. Monitoring Desk:
Obtains information and news from other media
5. Sports desk:
Collect and compile news about the sport’s events
6. Business desk:
Deals with commercial news
7. Entertainment desk:
Compiles the information for showbiz page
8. Internet desk:
Usually foreign news are received here
Organization of The Newspaper
The Magazine Section
Magazines, is a publications, generally published on a
regular basis, containing a variety of articles,
entertainment, fashion, home and garden decoration
information, showbiz, business, health, politics world
news, photos, videos, tech views, science and
entertainment news.
Weekly Magazines
It is issued on weekly basis example Jang, Sunday magazine, Weekly
Family magazine, economist, Time, Discover
Organization of The Newspaper
Editorial section
* Opinion page,
* It is reserved in a newspaper or magazine for publication’s editorial
* Chief Editor is the one who decides that what is to be written and how the
news is to be printed in a newspaper
* Major Page of Newspaper, middle page of the newspaper
* Editorials are short, persuasive essays that express the opinions of the
editors or editors of a publication