Thursday, March 27, 2014

News Paper Parts/Design


  • Two sizes of newspaper
    • 1. Broad sheet- very tall and folds over, twice as tall. folds in middle
    • 2. Tabloid- like a magazine
  • Typically newspapers have 4 articles
  • Parts of Newspaper
    • photos
    • headlines- complete sentences
    • sub-headlines
    • story
    • date
    • title
    • teasers- something that makes you want to read the newspaper
    • place
    • jump- information to find rest of article
    • Lines- help to distinguish where one article ends and another begins
    • Flag- name of newspaper
    • Folio- reference information
    • attention grabbers
    • captions
    • byline- name and title of writer
    • stop-tells you the story is over, when it ends
    • kickers- tags that tell you what article is about
    • info graphic- graphic form to show information

News Values

News Values:
Timeliness: how recent it happened
Proximity: how nearby
Conflict: people fighting
Prominence: important or famous people
Human Interest: drama
Impact: how it affects people
Novelty: unsual