Front page research from papers all over the country.

 In order to identify the typical conventions and style of a local newspaper front page I decided to not only purchase local newspapers of my area but also to use the internet to research newspapers around the country. This allowed me to receive a broad view and knowledge of local newspaper front covers style, colour and language used.

All four front pages have a bold masthead using house colours to allow them to create a brand and an identity. They have at least one main headline and story some having more than one, all four have at least one advertisement. They all appear to have the same ratio of images to text, similar layout style and san serif font appears throughout all four. The language used within the headlines are contrasting to those of tabloid or broadsheet newspapers; local newspapers appear to use statements, quotes or questions. All the stories featured on the front page are local based and specific to it's reported area, it appears with these examples from large towns the headlines appear to be negative and biased. I have identified that stories appear to be more broad and wide spread when papers are reporting for a large town area, whereas small town or village areas appear to have more personal stories such as `Girl 3, hit by bus on way to school'.