Sidebar

How it is used

Use for a separate companion article; it need not physically sit at the side on a digital page.

Example sentences

1. A sidebar explains how tenants can challenge the increases described in our main report.

   Practical detail is separated so it does not interrupt the main account.

2. The editor commissioned a sidebar on the history of the damaged bridge.

   Background on one aspect can support a larger breaking story.

Common collocations

• write a sidebar
• accompanying sidebar
• sidebar to a report

Related terms

• news storyA single piece of reporting about a recent event or issue, published in print or online or broadcast on radio or television.
• featureA longer article that explores a person, place, trend or issue in depth, often with description, background and human stories rather than only the latest facts.

More terms: Story Types and Opinion

• editorial
• column
• columnist
• op-ed
• investigative journalism
• tick-tock
• news brief
• service journalism
• solutions journalism
• horse-race journalism
• obituary
• explainer