lead story
Front page feature
The lead story is the most prominent news item in a broadcast or publication—the one editors judge most important or newsworthy.
In television news, it opens the program; in newspapers, it appears on the front page, often above the fold.
The scandal became the lead story on every network.
- headlineNews article title
- headline newsMajor current events coverage
- breakingComing apart suddenly
- front pageNewspaper's opening display
- above the foldVisible without scrolling
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- TV newsanchorman, anchorwoman, broadcast news, live broadcasts, cable news
- newsnews, headlines, breaking news, headline, news alert
- journalismreporters, interview, editors, student editors, school paper
- news medianews agency, newspaper, documentary, article, news photo
- newspapersnewspaper, headlines, headline, news, articles
- pressnewspaper, press laws, free press, newsroom, press cards
editorial prominence
lead storyfiller
Substance closing gaps
sidebar · brief · news brief · afterthought · soft news
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