News: Genre conventions

WHAT IS NEWS?    

Information about something that:

• Has happened
• Is happening or 
• Could happen

A newspaper is a publication containing news, information and advertising, usually printed on low cost paper called newsprint, it may be general or special interest, most often published daily or weekly.

Conventions of Tabloid

Conventions of a Broadsheet

House Style - a company's preferred manner of presentation and layout of written material 

What are the functions of a newspaper front page?    

Newspaper front pages fulfil several different functions. They must:

       –attract readers

–reinforce the newspaper's identity through easily recognisable style and features

–demonstrate clearly what the newspaper's attitude is towards the news of the day

–show that this particular edition of the newspaper contains certain stories

–Although each has their own individual style, you will find the following elements on the front page of most (or more likely, all) newspapers; commonly found characteristics of specific media texts are known as ‘conventions’ of the particular genre.