Research into layouts

I have found that popular national tabloids usually cover their entire front page with a headlining story and a picture to match. There isn't a lot of text but there is an A4 sized picture relating to the story that would catch the eye of a potential buyer, and the less included in the text on the front page means they would have to buy the newspaper to carry on reading inside, which is a clever tactic.

This differs hugely from popular national broadsheet newspapers as there is usually so much going on on their front page. The Daily Telegraph, for example, have a tendancy to cover their front page with text rather than images however this may be due to the target audiences being completely different to tabloid newspaper readers.

Although the newspaper I will be creating is a local newspaper, I will probably be opting for the broadsheet layout as local newspapers usually deliver a lot of news on their front pages to engage readers from that area. The national tabloid newspapers may seem more eye catching however it doesn't include a whole lot of information and is far too plain. The Basildon Echo is a newspaper from the area I am from therefore I am more familiar with it's layout and content. It usually opts for a whole headlining story on the front page as opposed to tiny pieces of information leaked onto the front page, leading onto the main content on the inside of the newspaper, much like The Daily Mirror, pictured above.