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Intro to news

News News-  Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent events.  Tabloids Informal, colloquial language  Humour, puns, alliteration in headlines Colourful large and bold font Large images Stories related to celebrities and popular culture negative storylines. Clear bias.  Targets a more downmarket audience.   Broadsheet Formal, mature language, quality press and about double the size of a tabloid Longer, more serious and complex headlines Black and white, smaller font Smaller images. More focus on text Political stories and higher culture Some negative storylines. Bias not clear Targets a more upmarket audience.  Hard or soft news Hard news- Urgent, factual and formal news. For example, politics, war and crime.  Soft news- Intended to entertain or inform the reader with stories of human interest. For example, ce...