10th September 2010 Newspaper
The second page of the Yorkshire Post consists of five full articles and a further four told in brief that are spread out into sections across the page. The audience can distinguish the main article ‘The naked gardener fights to defend his privacy’ by the amount of space it is taking of half the page .You can also tell that this is the main headline as the font (approx size 48, in Times new roman) is the biggest and because of the use of bold on the headline.
The size of the article itself also indicates this too with twenty three paragraphs, with two sentences per paragraph excluding the introduction .The article is the main headline for the reason that it includes the facts and quotes to support the argument the journalist is trying to get across.
‘The naked gardener fights to defend his privacy’ is also the only headline to feature a strapline that also denotes its significance to the audience .The strapline is spread the full width of page with the font Times new roman again (approx size 36) this helps tie the headline picture and article together as it goes across the top of them making it all look as one .The use of the same font also keeps in cohesion with the house style and makes the page and paper throughout look more structured.
The main headline features the largest photograph too, with the width 24cm by 17.5 cm length making the article stand out to the reader even more .The photograph to me stands out so much is, because of the mans expression which is highlighted by the close-up shot which again is grabbing the reader attention and drawing them into the article before they look at anything else. Although if the reader doesn’t have time and look at the article properly key information is highlighted in the caption and quotations so they capture the gist of what the story is about.
Background and relatable information is also given about the feature, in a small table about ‘Sign of trouble on Yorkshire beach’ .While it is given the audience added facts, its is not necessary piece which is being used to fill out space and would have been cut if their was a more important article to feature .
The further sidelining articles are featured at the bottom of the page which could connote about the hierarchy of the articles. These articles are a lot smaller by means of one sentence per paragraph with average of six-nine paragraphs which shows that the sentences are straight to the point as in theory there are only six to nine sentence for each article.
‘Mr Loophole’s daughter left to her fate’,’Celebrities draw up plan to help RNLI’ and ‘Drink-driver had her ban erased after sending emails’ are all in the house style of Times new roman and the headlines are in approximately size twenty-six and in bold suggesting these articles are the same level as importance as each as nothing is made to make one of them stand out. However this is done with ‘Jamie food drive is just what the doctor ordered’ since the font is slightly bigger (twenty-eight), the article also features a byline and photograph to accompany it. The photograph has a small caption to explain a bit more of the story to people in a hurry I also feels this help as the headline is a bit misleading in what the article is about.
A point that I find interesting about the paper is how they have mixed the page up with different hybrid article to interest their audience, the Yorkshire post had also done this by a particular feature ‘Thatcher joins the party’. Their is in fact no article to accompany the photograph and is instead a one word sentence caption that answers the five W’s which is a quick attention grabber and fills the space whilst appealing to a range of audience member just by the same space ( 13cm by 9 cm)
Furthermore the Yorkshire post also demonstrate this by their section of the news in ‘Briefly’ making the articles quick and snappy also guarantees for a return audience as they know they do not have to sit down and read the paper in full to get what is happening in the area . It also makes the paper look as though they are addressing their audience frankly and giving them the honest facts they need to know about the piece. Each of the small articles has short sentences by means of a usual of eighteen words per sentence and four short paragraphs, dividing the information up and keeping to the main points without any irrelevant background bits.
Page two also see three adverts included which is rather a lot for a page, nevertheless I did notices that on further pages there was less/no adverts included, this connotes that the second page is giving a lot of serious information and the paper feel the need to break this down by using adverts in the layout .
On the page there are also the typical generic conventions that let the viewer know the key aspect such as the page number, what section it is, the date, and website. Without these the paper would not resemble a real newspaper and would not gain trust from their audience. The key generic conventions I feel are the most important part to the viewer as it is providing background information on the paper such a the website and also contribute to a organised and structure layout and without them it would not be recognisable as a paper.
Overall form analysing a regional and local newspaper, I can see the different conventions they convey, as well as the obvious local papers are weekly and regional paper daily .Local papers such as the Harrogate Advertiser also feature a lot more information that is more specific than the Yorkshire post where everything is used more spaciously and relates to the whole area of Yorkshire and not just one town for example. Both the papers also made me more aware of what the audience want and my hypothesis is that just by seeing people in my local area they are more like to buy the Harrogate Advertiser as the information is exact to the area therefore local papers are more useful.
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