Broadsheet newspapers focus on serious topics like crime and politics, presenting information directly without entertainment. Their mastheads use black serif fonts and they typically feature a main story known as the splash, aimed to attract readers' attention. The audience for broadsheets seeks in-depth information compared to the broader appeal of tabloids, and covers are largely text-oriented.

1. Broadsheet Newspaper Conventions

2. Broadsheet News Agenda
Broadsheet
newspapers have
a much harder
news agenda,
meaning they
write about much
more serious
topics, such as
crime and
politics.

3. Broadsheet register.
Broadsheets are very straightforward
and direct, the tell the facts as they
are, and present it as information and
not entertainment.

4. Broadsheet Mastheads
Broadsheet mastheads, are conventionally
black serif font(longer extending lines), and it
can also be known as the nameplate. It is
located at the top of the newspaper, and it
lets the readers know who the newspaper is
by.

5. The Splash
This is usually the main story, and often is
anchoring text, meaning it sits next to the
photo, and the photo is also sometimes found
above or under the photos, drawing the
audience's eyes to the text. Using the rule of
thirds, the splash is usually located in the
centre third as that’s where the audience's
eyes naturally go.

6. Standfirst
• The standfirst is a brief introductory paragraph of an article in a
newspaper, normally appearing immediately after the headline, and
in a different font to the others.
This part is
the standfirst.

7. Broadsheet Audiences
Broadsheet audiences are a lot more focused on
the specific subject, than tabloid where it is much
more enjoyable, and open to more people.

8. Broadsheet cover
Broadsheet front covers, are
predominantly covered in text, rather
than images/ pictures, shown by these
two examples.