Tuesday, 8 November 2011

General Conventions of Newspapers

-         Made of newsprint
-         Bold, big headlines
-     Not much colour
-         Masthead – name, date, price, internet address, award, stars
-         Type of paper, e.g. tabloid or broadsheet
-         Puzzles and free giveaways
-         Images (photos, graphics, maps)
-         Weather
-         Adverts (classified, dating page, independent companies et.c)
-         Sections (business, sport, entertainment, racing)
-         Columns/articles
-         Double page spreads
-         Letters from readers
-         Horoscopes, cartoons, TV/radio guides, obituaries
-         Announcements
-         By-lines – name of journalists writing the story
-         Sub-headings
-         Most important information first in the article
-         Weekend newspapers – bigger, more expensive with colour supplements (like magazines)
-         Reviews (films, gigs)
-         Pun-based headlines (more common in tabloids)
-     A house style, bacically, also: their websites will stick to this to be recognisable

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