News

News ♡

Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent events

Tabloid

• 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 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

• This type of news is up to the minute news (events which are reported immediately after it takes place)
• it tends to be political and crime based. 
• It is serious, urgent and factual

Soft news

• Intended to entertain the reader 
• Stories such as fashion, technology and celebrity gossip. Not time sensitive