Newspaper unit

• Open www.bchs9media.wikispaces.com keep open• Set up a new powerpoint which you will add to every

computer lesson and on slide one answer the following:• Make a list of tabloids and broadsheets• Where else can people find the news apart from

newspapers? • Which is the main way that members of your family get

the news?• Suggest reasons why people will buy newspapers as

well as getting their news from the sources you listed.

Top 10 UK Daily Newspapers1The 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)

FRONT COVERS 18TH November 2012

Masthead

byline

headline

Flag

jumpline

Puff box

dateline

splash

lead

Caption

Logo

Annotate the following front cover using the key words.

Annotate the following front cover using the key words.

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!

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

Similarities between the two papers Differences between the two papers

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