newspaper front cover conventions
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Newspaper Front Cover Conventions
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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
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Brainstorm what you would expect to see on the front cover of a popular press newspaper
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Newspaper Identity• Political views
• Choice of content
• Choice of Headline
• Choice of images
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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.
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Front Page Conventions MastheadDate line
Web addressSloganKickerPug
HeadlineStrap line
By lineLeaderCaption
Standfirst
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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
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You must think about your
newspaper identity
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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.