Newspaper Front Cover Conventions

Aims • To understand the role of a Popular

Press Newspaper front cover• To understand the conventions of a

Popular Press Newspaper front cover

• To create your own Popular Press Newspaper front cover

Brainstorm what you would expect to see on the front cover of a popular press newspaper

Newspaper Identity• Political views

• Choice of content

• Choice of Headline

• Choice of images

A newspaper front page must

• Attract readers

• Re-enforce a newspapers identity for its readers

• Clearly define the newspapers point of view on the lead story

• Indicate what will be covered within the rest of the newspaper to sell the newspaper to the public.

Front Page Conventions MastheadDate line

Web addressSloganKickerPug

HeadlineStrap line

By lineLeaderCaption

Standfirst

Design your own Popular Press Newspaper front cover

Your must:

• Name your newspaper and come up with a slogan

• Include all the newspaper conventions

• Create a Lead story and kicker based around the following picture

You must think about your

newspaper identity

Fill in the blanks • The is found at the top of the front page and

contains the title of the newspaper the , and • A is used to advertise the price of the newspaper.• The is used to describe the main story (or the ) and show the newspapers point of view.• A is used as the opening paragraph of the story

and a is used to describe the accompanying images.• The sentence usually placed underneath the headline is the

and is used to give more information about the story. A is also used to name the writer of the article.

• A is a smaller story used to jump out to attract the audience and indicate what can be found in the rest of the newspaper.