2. The Sun newspaper (tabloid)
Bold letters,
different colour
to the majority of
the newspaper
text and with a
different
background that
enhances the text.
The Newspaper
publisher needs
to stand out
Price of newspaper
Headline of main national
news story, written in bold
letters to grab attention and
stir the readers eyes away
from the other stories on the
newspapers so that the first
text they read gives them a
buzz making them want to
read the rest of the
newspaper.
Date
Picture to accompany main
headline and give a feel to who
or what they story is about.
Not national news, but
celeb news which grabs
readers who are
interested in celeb news
Story with less important
news values to the main
headline, but placed on
front of newspaper as it is
bad news ‘bad weather’
which grabs readers
attention
Holidays usually cost
thousands of pounds and
to get a deal for one for
£9:50 is going to grab
readers attention
straight away. Also
involves picture of family
to entice mums and
dads.
3. The Independent (broadsheet)
Newspaper
publisher, in
different font and
size to rest of
newspaper front
page, allows reader
to know what
newspaper they are
buying
Price of newspaper
Date the copy was
released
Picture that does not
accompany the main
headline, but makes
readers feel patriotic and
grabs attention, as it is a
picture of an athlete from
their country performing
exceptionally well in the
Olympics
Headline of main news story, font is
intensively larger than the rest of the
text on the front page, to grab
attention. This headline will especially
grab the attention of the newspaper’s
target audience.
News editor
4. The Daily Star (tabloid)
‘Cheaper than the mirror’
shows that newspaper
publishers compete for
readers and that a lower
price will make more
people purchase and read it
Similar to the others,
newspaper publisher in
different font size and
colour to the majority of
the newspaper, to grab
attention and make reader
aware of what newspaper
they are purchasing, also
has a red background the
enhance the text and make
it more eye-catching
Headliner of this particular
newspaper, font is larger than
the rest of the stories on the
front page, also accompanied by
a picture of a rat. The headline
‘cannibal mutant rats’
immediately puts across that this
is a ‘bad news story’ which grabs
attention more than a ‘good
news’ story, according to the
news values of Galtung and Ruge,
which I agree with.
Image of attractive woman
appeals to male
audience/readers and grabs
their attention
immediately.
Long running nationally well
known news story, accompanied
with a picture that is also
nationally well known, grabs
attention immediately as readers
want to keep up with the news
story as it goes on.
Date
Price
5. The Daily Mail
Publisher of the newspaper in
bold letters and larger font to
catch readers attention and
make them aware
Date Price
Main headline of this
newspaper. Again, in bold
larger font than the
majority of the text on the
front of the page.
Accompanied by a hook to
grab the readers attention
immediately and make
them want to continue
reading
Advertisement for beauty and
a ‘wrinkle free’ treatment.
Grabs female audience’s
attention due to the pink
background and attractive
wrinkle free woman that
accompanies the
advertisement. Makes
audience believe if they try
this detox, they will look like
that woman.
Smaller news story
accompanied by a
beautiful woman, could
grab some male readers
attention and female.
6. The Daily Mirror
Newspaper publisher in bold
letters to grab attention
Date Price Competition to win large
sum of money, also is free of
charge to enter the
competition. This entices
the reader and may
eventually lead to them
applying.
Long running news story known
nationally and accompanied by a
picture that will be nationally
recognized by the general public.
Also involves a hook to grab
readers attention and make them
look further in to the newspaper to
get the full story.
Story involving children
suffering, grabs attention as it
is ‘bad news’.
News story involving gangs
and crime, known as ‘bad
news’ which is ‘more
exciting’ than ‘good news’
and should grab the
audience’s attention.
