This document summarizes some key characteristics of broadsheet newspapers in the UK, including that they tend to have more text-heavy covers dominated by words rather than large images. Their mastheads typically use serif fonts in black and white with logos. Headlines are often in serif fonts, all capitalized, and use informative rather than sensational language. Broadsheets aim for a harder news agenda focusing on facts, politics, and finance, appealing to a more educated middle-class audience.

1. Broadsheet

2. Uk broadsheet papers
• The Guardian
• The Independent
• The Telegraph
• The Times
• The Observer

3. Cover layout
• The cover of broadsheet papers are often dominated by text.
• The Images are smaller than on tabloid.
• They don’t have lots of text over images
Lots of text
Smaller image

4. Masthead
• The masthead of broadsheet papers often use serif fonts.
• Broadsheet mastheads rarely are colored often black and white.
• Broadsheet mastheads often have a logo
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5. Headlines
• Headlines on broadsheet papers often are in serif
• Headlines on broadsheet papers often are capitalized
• Headlines on broadsheet papers often use informative language
• Headlines often use smaller fonts than tabloid
Serif
and
smaller
fronts

6. Agenda and journalistic style
• Broadsheet papers often have a harder news agenda.
• Broadsheet papers often try to present their journalism as facts.
• Broadsheet papers often have more focus on politics and finance
• Broadsheet papers often use a formal register
Harder news agenda

7. Audience
• Often more upmarket audience
• Broadsheet papers often more popular with higher educated readers
• Appeals to a more middle-class audience