Parts of Newspaper
Announcements and Obituary Page- This section provides news on the activities of the
Section Description
Section A Editorial, national/national news, politics, opinions
Section B Panorama, television, entertainment, people, crossword, horoscope
Section C Health, education, culture
1. a magazine or newspaper published at regular intervals.
Section D Sports
1. PARTS OF NEWS PAPERS AND ITS MEANING 1.
General News- This contains the most important news both here and abroad. It is usually
found on the front page of the newspaper. The title of the most important news is printed in big
bold letters. It is called banner headline.
2. Local and Foreign News Section- Part of this section contains news from the towns and
cities of the nation. Another part contains news from abroad.
3. Editorial Page- Printed in this section are articles called editorials. An editorial gives views or
opinions of the editor or publisher on certain issues or events.
4. Sports Page- This page contains news about sports events in and out of the country. It also
contains people well-known in sports.
5. Classified Ads Section- This section contains advertisements which fall under headings like
Help Wanted, For Lease or Sale, Wanted to Buy. Also found in this section are personal and
legal notices.
6. Business and Finance Section- This section provides businessmen and people interested in
business with information on banking, foreign exchange rates, imports and exports, and prices
of prime commodities.
7. Entertainment Section- This section contains information about movies, radio, television,
and other activities for entertainment. It also includes games and puzzles, comic strips and
cartoons, and the daily horoscope.
8. Home and Culture Section- This section provides ideas about budgeting, food preparation,
house improvement, proper plant care, and the like.
9. Society Page- This section contains news about important or well-known people who are
celebrating special occasions or performing at a particular place.
10. Travel and Tourism Section- This section provides a guide to enjoyable travel. It directs
tourists to scenic vacation spots and gives information on the activities in these places. Also
found in this section are the schedules of the departure and arrival of ships and airplanes, both
domestic and international.
11.
different religious sects, such as fellowships, seminars, prayer meetings, bible studies, and the
like. A list of people who died and the time and place of their burial is found in the obituary
page.
noun
plural noun: periodicals
synony journal, publication, magazine, newspaper, paper, review, digest, gazette, newsletter,
ms: organ, quarterly, annual, weekly;
a : published with a fixed interval between the issues or numbers b : published in,
characteristic of, or connected with a periodical
A periodical is a type of publication that appears at regular, predictable, short intervals. They
include such items as magazines, scholarly or professional journals, industry/trade journals,
newspapers, and newsletters.
Periodical literature (also called a periodical publication or simply a periodical) is
a published work that appears in a new edition on a regular schedule.[1] The most familiar
example is the magazine, typically published weekly, monthly, or as a quarterly.
Other examples of periodicals are
newsletters,
literary magazines (literary journals),
academic journals (including scientific journals),
science magazines,
and yearbooks.
A periodical is anything that comes out with regular issues. A daily newspaper, a
weekly news magazine, a monthly journal, and an annual book series are all examples
of periodicals.
Some periodicals are published in ways that make them more valuable to scholars.
Periodicals that are "scholarly", "refereed", or "peer-reviewed" all have articles that
are reviewed by experts in the subject. For other types of periodicals, the articles may
be reviewed by a professional editor who is not an expert in the subject.

Scholarly & Research Journals
American Historical Review
Bioscience
Examples
New England Journal of Medicine
Social Psychology Quarterly
Reports of original research;
In depth analysis of issues related to
Values & Uses the discipline; Lengthy articles.
Academic level book reviews;
Refereed or peer-reviewed
Academic; Can be very technical;
Language
Uses the language of the discipline
Researchers, academics, scholars,
Authors
etc.
Footnotes and bibliographies, Often
Sources
very extensive documentation
Universities, scholarly presses or
Publisher academic and research or
professional organizations
Graphs, charts, formulas, depending
Graphics on the discipline; Do not
contain glossy ads
Types of Periodicals
Professional, Trade &
Industry Journals
RN
Library Journal
Science Teacher
Restaurants and
Institutions
Current trends, news &
products in a field;
Company, organization, &
biographical information;
Statistics, forecasts;
Employment & career
information; Book and
product reviews
Written for practitioners;
Can use jargon extensively
Practitioners in the field or
journalists with subject
expertise
Occasional brief
bibliographies; Sources
sometimes cited in text
Commercial publishers or
professional and trade
associations
Photographs, charts,
tables, illustrations of all
sorts;ads related to the
profession
Journals of Commentary
Newspapers Popular Magazines
& Opinion
Time
Mother Jones New York Times
Newsweek
National Review Washington Post
Sports Illustrated
Atlantic Christian Science Monitor
Reader's Digest
New Republic Wall Street Journal
Commentaries on social &
political issues; Somein-
Current information; News Current events; Hot
depth analysis; Political
stories; Local and regional focus; topics;Primary source for
viewpoints, liberal,
Classified ads; Editorials; analysis of popular culture;
conservative & other;
Speeches; some book reviews; Short articles; Generally not
Sometimes acts as voice of
Primary source for information much depth; Interviews; some
activist organization;
on events book reviews
Speeches & interviews;
Book reviews
Written for a general Written for a general educated Non-technical, often
educated audience audience simple language
Extremely variable; Can be
academics, journalists, Generally, journalists and
Journalists
representatives of various freelance writers
groups
Occasionally cite sources in
text orprovide short Rarely cite any sources in full Rarely cite any sources
bibliographies
Commercial publishers or
Commercial publishers Commercial publishers
non-profit organizations
Varies a lot; Some very
Glitzy, many graphics and
plain, some have graphics, Pictures, charts, ads of all sorts
pictures; full of color ads
colors and ads