deconstructing newspaper front pages

Deconstructing newspaper front pages

By Max S.

Newspaper layout and features • Large headlines - headline is usually a quote or summary• A lead paragraph usually set in bold, italic or larger text• Columns of writing• By-line - journalist's name and job title• Menu detailingthe contents of theNewspaper• Images related tothe article

Masthead (title of newspaper)

Advertisement and promotional offers

Headline andlead article

Headlineand

article

Advertisement

Lead article image

Menu

Headline andarticle

Headlineand

article

Compact newspapers - The Times

Serious press

Smaller typeface

More detailed, longer article

Simpler layout

Focus on international news

just one picture

Compact newspapers

• 'Quality' or 'serious' press• More sophisticated and formal language used in

articles• Plainer layout• More detailed, longer articles• More focus on politics, international news,

reviews of high culture e.g. opera, art exhibitions• Compact newspapers share the same conventions

as broadsheets, compacts are just smaller in size!

Tabloid newspapers - The Sun

Advertisement and promotion opportunities

References to reality stars and reality show

Sensationalist headline

very bold typefaceSlang words

puns

Lots of colour

More pictures, shorter articles

‘puff’

Tabloid newspapers

• Popular press• Advertising and promotional offers aimed at

lower social groupings• Bold layout with large pictures• Language is informal and contains slang words• Shorter articles, more pictures, less 'in-depth'

reporting• Headlines are often sensationalist and contain

puns

Online newspaper layout - The Times

Menu with links to different topics

Brief articles with links to full articles

More interactive with lots of images and links

Clear structure with articles organised neatly and compactly