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, celebrity gossip , fashion and technology. It is nt time sensitive.