Newspaper front cover analysis


For our newspaper, we chose the following stories for the following reasons:

  • Prince Charles slipping and breaking his wrist
    •   Simplicity: The simplicity of this story is good enough to appeal to the target audience of 'unintelligent people', as a simple story, the newsworthiness of the story increases. Every red top newspaper definitely needs a form of comedy to ease up the mood of the magazine to compliment the overall newspaper.
    • Prominent person: The fact that Prince Charles is the person in question instantly adds newsworthiness to the story. To the target audience, anyone with a title seems important so the word 'Prince' in big red text will definitely draw the attention of the consumer.
    • Magnitude: When designing the cover, we made the choice to not specify what has happened to Prince Charles. This will add shock value to the story, as

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