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Local Newspaper Analysis

Eloise Clark

+Local Newspaper Analysis

I am going to be looking at several different newspapers and

seeing how they present themselves.

I will be looking specifically at the front cover and the inside

front page.

I will be looking at detail into the variations of colour and fonts,

how much is put on to each page and the contents of the

newspaper.

As the newspapers I am looking at are from different areas

there will be a variation in style and this will help me get an idea

of how I want my newspaper to look

+ Website, dateline, price

– Website address’ are

quite new to local

newspapers and are

often put on the front.

Adverts – A selection of

adverts are often found

on the front and inside

the magazine. This is

where many local

newspapers fund

themselves.

Main article – there’s

often a main article on

the front of a local

newspaper with the

continuation of the story

inside. Some

newspapers have more

than one article on the

front.

+ There are often

several articles on

the inside front cover

as well as

advertising. The main

article from the front

cover can usually be

found on this page

however it will

continue as a side

column, not in the

center again.

Some local

newspapers have

slightly different

layouts of what they

have on the inside

front cover.

+ This is a different local

newspaper – Brighton

and Hove. This is an

example of one that

has more than one

article on the front

cover.

This is also a lot less

chaotic looking than

other newspapers.

There aren’t as many

colours and adverts on

the front making it look

a lot tidier. There also

seems to be a colour

scheme of mostly blue

on the front but there

is an advert in the

corner that is pink to

stand out.

+ This is the inside front

cover of the Brighton

and Hove newspaper.

As you can see the

colour scheme of blue

seems to be continuing

to the inside of the

newspaper.

The content of this

page is also different to

most newspapers as is

doesn’t have any

articles on. It has an

advert in the bottom

half and the top half

contains a list of

emergency services

numbers and address’

and another list of local

meetings being held

(date, time, location).

+ This is the Coventry

Telegraph, much like

the first newspaper it

has more content on

the front consisting of

adverts and articles.

There doesn’t seem to

be any set colour

scheme on this paper.

It does have a website

address at the top

which shows that it is

also an online

newspaper.

This is a much busier

front page newspaper

than the Brighton and

Hove newspaper, which

seems like it would

attract more people to

buy/read it.

+ The inside front page to

the Coventry Telegraph

is very different to how

I’d expect from looking

at the front cover. The

inside page has contacts

for the newspaper and

articles on. There are no

adverts and there seems

to be more of a colour

scheme to the

newspaper – again it is

blue.

This is interesting to see

a busy front page and

quite a reserved inside

to the newspaper. It

suggests that a bold

front cover might catch

more peoples eye.