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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