Newspaper Style

Clay Shirky who wrote Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable (1993) argues that society doesn’t need newspapers society needs journalism to save society. Shirky supports this argument by giving a historical background to the problems newspapers face and how the problems have developed over time and the solutions society has came up with. The blogger concludes that in order for journalism to go farther new models must be created in place of past molds. Shirky directs this blog toward the current and future generations in attempt to motivate new models and methods of journalism.

The Dartmouth, originally called The Dartmouth Gazette, was founded on August 27th, 1799 by Moses Davis in Hanover, New Hampshire. Davis, after founding the paper, attempted to gather subscribers from the sparsely populated Upper Valley, a challenging task. Davis succeeded in acquiring subscribers, and charged them annual fees. These fees were the only source of revenue for the early Dartmouth Gazette. Originally, a subscription to the Gazette cost a dollar and fifty cents per year. Davis initially lacked the funds necessary to print the issue and cover the other costs associated with the newspaper, so he imposed an additional fee of twenty-five cents on his unsuspecting subscribers—subscribers who had already paid their annual fee—to get the

To discuss activities that are currently in progress, which verb tense would you use? (present continuous)

Comparing two newspaper articles, one from a tabloid and one from a broadsheet will convey the different techniques that tabloids and broadsheets use to present stories. Media in general, aim to inform and interest the audience which consist of many different types. Diverse emotions and ideas are created by the media; foremost tabloids. Tabloids are papers like ‘The Sun’, ‘The Mirror’, ‘The Daily Mail’, ‘The Express’ and ‘The Star’. In contrast to these are broadsheets like ‘The Times’, ‘The Guardian’ and ‘The Daily Telegraph’. Broadsheets are often known as the ‘quality press’ being more informing and formal in the manner they convey information and news stories.

The purpose of this report is to analyse journalism practices employed in newspaper reporting across different outlets and to analyse if the practice was in line with the media

Explain how the headline and picture are effective and how they link to the text. (8 marks)

The timeliness of the news article is demonstrated as it was made before the featured article (reported the South Carolina house voting which came first before the Governor signing the bill). The headline, lead, and the article itself have no emotions/tone when read (headlines, the overall article, and the lead are to be neutral when read by the reader). The lead answers strictly the 5 Ws and how it doesn't feature a list, a then-now, and other methods of writing leads for features articles. The structure of the news article utilizes an inverted pyramid. The more important information is featured at the beginning of the article (the amount of essential information decreases). For example: the writers discuss the ruling of the South Carolina House of Representatives within the first paragraph of the article (“The final vote in the State House of Representatives, 94 to 20, was well above the two-thirds majority required to move the bill to the desk... in Charleston.”) and decreases as one goes through the article. The last paragraph does not tie back tie back into the lead (another feature for news article). “It means the world to us,” Mr. Rutherford said, “that we can move a symbol of division off of our front yard.” has no affiliation to the lead as the lead did not state the impact/feedback of what took place.

Newspapers and other forms of news are very vital communication methods in the world today. The goal of news is to sell us their ideas by being biased and talking about how their idea is best. News can give us biased information although, the viewer could do further research on the

Despite being printed for the same date, in this case January 30th, 2014, the distinction can still be made, and by this it can be said that if the titles of the newspapers were removed it would not be hard to distinguish one from the other. By placing the front page of the New York Times (NYT) and of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) side by side, the reader can piece together few similarities and a greater amount of contrast between the two. These are especially true when looking at the stories that were covered, the amount of space some stories took compared to others, and the slants many of the headlines took.

“22 Tips to Gain Weight FAST!” “You’ll Never Look at Barbie Dolls the Same Way After You See THIS Picture!” “Insurance Companies HATE this new trick!” We’ve all seen articles with similar headlines. In fact, they’ve gotten so common that we rarely think anything of them anymore. They’re all over the Internet - on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram. However, although they may seem rather pointless or annoying, there is a reason that journalists use clickbait to headline their articles. Justin Bariso argues that although nearly nobody enjoys seeing clickbait, journalists utilize it simply because it is effective, and people should be more understanding about it, as it is not pointlessly annoying. He strengthens his argument throughout the article

a. Select a newspaper from this list of prominent newspapers, and read a variety of recent

When it comes to finding about the news of what’s going on in our world, we want details and facts. We want the juice of what’s actually going on. The debate between the efficiency of newspapers and TV news, TV news is a lot more effective.

A Comparison of Two Different Newspapers In the following essay, I intend to compare the differences and similarities in which two different newspapers - a tabloid (The Mirror) and a broadsheet (The Times) report the same story. I will be looking at the presentation and the use of language as well as the basics of how the story is put forward and told. Both papers are reporting the same story in which Prince Philip made a statement along the lines that 'guns are no more dangerous than cricket bats' following a shooting at a school in Dunblane in Scotland. In general there are many differences between tabloids and broadsheets.

The language of the news media, especially of radio news, offers a number of areas which are worth researching and investigating. An investigation of the linguistic features of the language in radio news - similar to any other investigation - needs a definition of what is to be studied.

The belief that journalism is in decline has triggered major alarms, because society needs an informational environment that is easily available to all citizens such as newspapers. There is a large body of journalist that suggests that if television has taken over from the press as our main source of news this may limit our capacity to learn about public affairs; newspapers are believed to be far more effective than television at conveying detailed information necessary to understand complex and detailed issues. There is also widespread concern that if journalism fails as a profession it will not be able to reach large sections of the community, particularly younger or less educated readers. This may reinforce a growing gap among citizens between the information that they receive.