The document lists the top 10 UK daily newspapers by circulation, led by The Sun with over 2.7 million readers, followed by the Daily Mail and Daily Mirror. Key terms are defined to annotate newspaper front pages, including the flag, masthead, headline, dateline, byline, lead, and splash. Students are assigned homework to compare and contrast the front pages of a tabloid and broadsheet using these annotation terms.

1. Top 10 UK Daily Newspapers
1The Sun (2,751,219)
2Daily Mail (2,011,283)
3Daily Mirror (1,122,563)
4Daily Star (624,029)
5Daily Telegraph (596,180)
6Daily Express (586,707)
7The Times (405,113)
8Financial Times (319,757)
9Daily Record (276,003)
10I Newspaper (243,321)

3. FRONT COVERS 18TH November 2012

4. Masthead
Flag
Puff box Logo
headline
Caption
dateline
byline
lead
splash jumpline

5. Annotate the following front cover using the key words.

6. Annotate the following front cover using the key
words.

7. Key terms
• Flag- The printed title (i.e., name and logo) of a newspaper
at the top of the front page
• Jumplines- The continuation instructions of a story that is
jumped to another page (Continued on page 5; Continued
from page 1).
• Kicker- Small headline, often in italics and usually
underlined, above and slightly to the left of the main head
• puff box: A newspaper's own advertisements at the top of
the front page promoting articles inside or in future issues
• Splash – main story
Ext: identify anything else not mentioned on the key terms!

8. Key terms
• Byline – the reporter’s name, which appears at the start
of a news or picture story
• Dateline – first few sentences describing when and
where the story took place
• Masthead – detailed information printed in the
newspaper stating names of the publication’s publisher,
editors, and other top executives, usually printed in a
box on the editorial page
• Lead – (pronounced “leed”) the first paragraph or two of
a news story, telling who, what, where, when, why/how
• Headline – words in large type at the top of the story
telling what the story is about
• Strapline – subheading of a story

9. Similarities between the two papers Differences between the two papers

10. HOMEWORK DUE 28TH NOVEMBER
Copy and paste a tabloid and
broadsheet front pages from the
same day, using key words learnt
today, compare and contrast the
two covers.
This is a helpful website, you can
choose any past date.
Today's front pages