Week 3 (w/c 27/09/10)

I’ve been doing more research about newspapers:

·         how they are made

·         common names

·         conventions

http://nie.brownsvilleherald.com/newspaperterms.htm - This website has a list of newspaper terms.

http://www.jhuapl.edu/education/elementary/newspapercourse/forteachers/documents/layout.pdf -This website talks about newspaper layout.

http://www.rigby.com.au/fasttracks/pdf/newspapersII.pdf - “Newspapers are divided into three sections—fact sections, opinion sections and persuasive sections.”News stories provide accurate and up-to-date information that is presentedaccording to the “inverted pyramid” model. This meansthat most essential information is to be found in theheadline and the first paragraph of a news story—the“Who, What, When and Where”.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/2552318/The-Front-Page-Conventions - this talks about the conventions of newspapers.

Conventions of newspapers

I have begun looking at the conventions of newspaper front pages. I am not only looking at the front pages of community newspapers, I will also be looking at the front pages of tabloid newspapers such as the sun, and broadsheet newspapers such as The Guardian.

Layout

In The Guardian they have pictures of content on top of the name plate. The nameplate uses a block of colour and has the name of the newspaper in two different colours; light blue and white. I like this type of layout because it allows room for more articles than my layout would.

Head Lines

Main headline in The Guardian usually have something to do with politics, business, finance, sport and art. I think this kind of headlines appeal to adults who may be middle class or above citizens. Broadsheet newspapers also discuss business and politics, so broadsheet newspapers are normally aimed at business people and politicians.

Advertisements

There are little to no adverts on the front covers of these newspapers. This may be because they don’t need as much funding from advertisers, since the newspapers are quite highly priced (£1.30) and a lot of people buy it.