local newspaper analysis
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quick slide show on some local newspaper conventions and analysis with images.TRANSCRIPT
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Local Newspaper Analysis
Eloise Clark
+Local Newspaper Analysis
I am going to be looking at several different newspapers and
seeing how they present themselves.
I will be looking specifically at the front cover and the inside
front page.
I will be looking at detail into the variations of colour and fonts,
how much is put on to each page and the contents of the
newspaper.
As the newspapers I am looking at are from different areas
there will be a variation in style and this will help me get an idea
of how I want my newspaper to look
+ Website, dateline, price
– Website address’ are
quite new to local
newspapers and are
often put on the front.
Adverts – A selection of
adverts are often found
on the front and inside
the magazine. This is
where many local
newspapers fund
themselves.
Main article – there’s
often a main article on
the front of a local
newspaper with the
continuation of the story
inside. Some
newspapers have more
than one article on the
front.
+ There are often
several articles on
the inside front cover
as well as
advertising. The main
article from the front
cover can usually be
found on this page
however it will
continue as a side
column, not in the
center again.
Some local
newspapers have
slightly different
layouts of what they
have on the inside
front cover.
+ This is a different local
newspaper – Brighton
and Hove. This is an
example of one that
has more than one
article on the front
cover.
This is also a lot less
chaotic looking than
other newspapers.
There aren’t as many
colours and adverts on
the front making it look
a lot tidier. There also
seems to be a colour
scheme of mostly blue
on the front but there
is an advert in the
corner that is pink to
stand out.
+ This is the inside front
cover of the Brighton
and Hove newspaper.
As you can see the
colour scheme of blue
seems to be continuing
to the inside of the
newspaper.
The content of this
page is also different to
most newspapers as is
doesn’t have any
articles on. It has an
advert in the bottom
half and the top half
contains a list of
emergency services
numbers and address’
and another list of local
meetings being held
(date, time, location).
+ This is the Coventry
Telegraph, much like
the first newspaper it
has more content on
the front consisting of
adverts and articles.
There doesn’t seem to
be any set colour
scheme on this paper.
It does have a website
address at the top
which shows that it is
also an online
newspaper.
This is a much busier
front page newspaper
than the Brighton and
Hove newspaper, which
seems like it would
attract more people to
buy/read it.
+ The inside front page to
the Coventry Telegraph
is very different to how
I’d expect from looking
at the front cover. The
inside page has contacts
for the newspaper and
articles on. There are no
adverts and there seems
to be more of a colour
scheme to the
newspaper – again it is
blue.
This is interesting to see
a busy front page and
quite a reserved inside
to the newspaper. It
suggests that a bold
front cover might catch
more peoples eye.