Jump. Continue on next page.

Jargon of the day: jump

Jump is the part of a story that continues on another page. Lets say that a story about a murder is on the front page of the paper. Obviously, there are other stories that made front page, so they cant have the full story on the front page because it would take up too much space. What they do is, put part of the story on the front page and then continue it on another page.

At the bottom of the story on the front page, there will be a little bold line telling you what page the story continues on. This is called the jump line. It gives readers directions as to where the rest of the story is. The jump is also commonly known as a break.