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Monday, 27 January 2014

What Makes a Good Front Page?

Newspapers






What makes a good front page?

Negativity: bad news is more popular than good news, and is more exiting.

Unexpectedness: an event that is a shock will sell more papers because people will want to find out about it – this usually pushes other news stories out of the way of that newspapers agenda (the list of stories that may appear in certain magazines or newspapers).

Personification: News stories that have a human interest are more likely to appear in newspapers. Readers are interested in celebrities and stories that have a deeper meaning.

Proximity – The closer to home the story is, the more interesting it is for the reader. This may mean a local event or a national event.

Elite nations/people: Stories about important countries and people are high up in the news agenda.

Easy to read: Events that are easy to report will be higher on the agenda of some newspapers. Modern wars are often difficult to report on, and are avoided in the tabloids.





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