Newspaper layout and features • Large headlines - headline is usually a quote or very brief summary• A lead paragraph usually set in bold, italic or larger text• Columns of writing• By-line - journalist's name and job title• Menu detailing the contents of the newspaper• Images related to the article• direct quotations • the 5 W's (who, what, where, when and how) in the lead paragraph• caption of pictures, stating their relevance to the article
Masthead (title of newspaper)
Advertisement and promotional offers (tabloid only!)
Headline andlead article
Headlineand
article
Headlineand
article
Lead article image
Preview of other articles (the 'puff')
Headline andarticle
Headlineand
article
Advertisement
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’ (content preview)
Tabloid newspapers
• Popular press• Advertising and promotional offers• 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