The following chart is designed to show the differences in approach to the news in three newspapers. Choose three papers (preferably one local, and two major). Looking at the front page only, fill in the information requested on the chart. You may have to exchange front pages with another group to complete the chart.

	PAPER #1	PAPER #2	PAPER #3
Name of paper, date	_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________	_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________	_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________
Headline (lead story size,position, type of story)	_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________	_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________	_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________
Other articles: size, position	_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________	_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________	_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________
Proportion of local, national, international stories	_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________	_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________	_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________
Photography, artwork, graphics. Proportion, purpose	_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________	_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________	_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________
Use of colour, proportion, purpose	_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________	_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________	_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________
Index Yes/No	_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________	_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________	_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________
Miscellaneous cartoons, weather, ads, etc.	_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________	_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________	_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________

Related Lesson

The Newspaper Front Page