Codes & Conventions of Newspapers

Local newspapers can either be weekly or daily, weekly ones tend to be free and consist of a lot of advertisements to bring in revenue.

The website for the newspaper is usually printed somewhere within the first two pages.

Newspaper Sponsoring of Local Events and Local companies or sports teams etc helps substantially to bring in revenue.

Everything in a newspaper is looking for a reaction. The main story in a newspaper must stand out noticeably and these stories are usually exclusive, meaning no other newspaper will have this story.

Newspapers with kids on them tend to have the best sales figures and that the main picture should be an action shot to make it more noticeable.

There are several different fonts used throughout a newspaper: Headline tends to be big and bold, Introduction which tends to be small and dark, Body text which tends to be small print.

To keep the reader interested, use facts and figures throughout the story.

This is a website I found that gives a lot of information about local newspapers
http://www.newspapersoc.org.uk/