Example Layouts of newspapers

Newspaper font pages

Newspaper pages are put together with a set layout. Some newspapers keep to it on a day to day basis but most varies each day. The metro usually has a set three piece layout with a headline a large picture and the rest are columns of text.

The metro however is more of a tabloid local newspaper and I am aiming for a broadsheet local newspaper. For this I will include more text and a smaller sized picture.

Broadsheet newspaper

The Daily Telegraph is a broadsheet newspaper which is more focused on politics, business and world affairs than a tabloid like The Sun which is more focused on women, sport and celebrity gossip.

Immediately when you compare The Daily Telegraph to The Sun the first thing you can notice is that there is only one image which isn't as big as The Suns front cover images. The rest of the page is filled up with wordy articles that would attract a target audience of a higher intellectual caliber.

The Daily Telegraph's front cover does not use women as an object of desire to gain readers instead it relys on appealing to an audience through the articles that it produces rather than images. Although like The Sun its headline contains a pun it seems to be less tacky and more well thought out as the readers do not buy the newspaper because of the headline.

The Daily Telegraph's body font is much smaller than the font of The Sun as there is alot of text to fit on the page so they have to utilize the space to make sure they can get as much information in the newspaper as possible

The colour composition of the newspaper is entirely black and white apart from the main image as it which makes the newspaper look far more sosphisticated than The Sun and means that they do not have to rely on colour to attract their audience.

The overal tone of the newspaper is that of serious and busy this is because it reflects the target audiences general daily routine of being busy serious business people compared to The Sun that appears to be relaxed and calm.

Tabloid Newspaper

The Sun is a tabloid newspaper its primary target auidence are men aged 16 and upwards. The most striking thing about this front cover is the half naked women covering her breasts up with a banner that contains part of the headline. This will grab the target audiences attention and encourage them to buy the paper. The women is centred and takes up over half the total page space making sure that the reader will be able to see it.

The headline is split up in two different places the second part of the headline "Goal" is on a banner seperate from the main part of the headline. The word "goal" is a pun as it relates to the topic of the newspaper, the world cup but also connotes to scoring with women.

The page has very little text only two small paragraphs that do not relate to the main story. Apart from that it is large font and pictures. This is because the target audience will be more intrested in looking at women and sport than reading large boxes of text than someone who reads the Telegraph.

The composition of the image on the page makes it so you are immeditatly drawn to it which is helped by the image being a medium long shot enabling the reader to see the image in more detail.

The overal colour of this paper is black, apart from the masthead everything is black which contrasts with the women making her stand out more and the male want to buy the newspaper more so they can look at the picture for aslong as they want.

Technical Aspects of a newspaper

1. Masthead, this is the title block/logo that identifies the newspaper. The mastheads are categorised into the red tops (the sun Daily star the mirror the echo) as these use a red title and the others are black top

2. By-line the name of the reporter if they are important it is placed at the start of an article instead of at the end

3. Caption – typed text typically found under photographs to explain the picture sometimes found on top.

4. Crosshead – A subheading that appears in the body of text and is usually centred above the column of text

5. Headline – the main title of the page, which is in the largest and most bold font comparable to the masthead. Sometimes known as a banner headline that spans the full width of the page.

6. Feature – this is not a specifically a news item but more related to a personal story by someone such as gossip

7. Lead story – the main story on the front page usually but not always accompanied by a picture.

8. Lure – a word or phrase that encourages you to look inside this newspaper over a rival papers.

9. Stand first – an introductory paragraph before the start of an article sometimes in bold

10. Secondary lead – this is usually only a picture and a headline that entices the reader to read on.