Daniel Morris Newspaper Front Cover Analysis

A competition in the upper corner is

highlighted in red, with bold and

capital text – drawing plenty of

attention.

The first word used is “Win” instantly

attracting readers to this section as

everybody likes to win.

The masthead is rather large, on a par

with or slightly smaller than the main

Article Headline. This is a good thing

as many regular newspaper readers

choose their paper based off which

newspaper company wrote it. With

the Masthead so large, this will attract

many readers. I also like the way in

with the website and price of the

paper has been worked around the

Masthead.

A very shocking and distressing Main

Article Headline has been used to pull

on the heartstrings of potential

readers. This has been constructed in

a way to engage readers emotionally,

making them want to find out more

about the tragic story. – Especially

those involving death and loss.

The Headline itself is in a very large

font, possibly slightly bigger than the

Masthead. It is in a bold white,

drawing attention from far away.

The images used suit the story’s

Headline very well, a clearly upset

woman seemingly fighting back the

tears conveys a very strong sense of

pain and distress. The image below of

a baby is not a happy one, this keeps

in with the flow of the Article. The

way in which the two images overlap

represents a clear connection

between the two, urging potential

readers to find out more about the

connection and why they are

serious/saddening pictures.

We can clearly tell the emphasis on

stories throughout the front page as

there are no clear advertisements;

only one competition is included.

There are multiple short introductions to articles placed throughout the paper,

including a contents bar stretching across the entire bottom of the page.

I like this as it adds a certain amount of information about this particular paper

before a reader has even turned a page.