Layout and Positioning of Stories
- 1. Layout and Positioning of Stories Lucy Jones
- 2. Newspapers order their stories in terms of importance and how well it’ll grip the reader (in their opinion). The most shocking stories will be placed on the front page usually in the top half of the page with a jump line so the person can carry on reading it encouraging them to purchase the paper.
- 3. The articles will start becoming less interesting and meaning to most readers as the paper goes on, as more debatable subjects that tend to lead to mass public discussion have been used in the beginning pages attracting the reader. Towards the back of the paper is usually where information on sports is located (as well as comics, company advertisements and business news). This is another reason why the less important news is in the middle of the paper as often people miss that section to skip to things like sports.
- 4. The stories are written in columns making it easier for people to read so they don’t get bored or fed up when reading newspapers increasing the chances of them purchasing more papers. It is also thought that more important stories that are towards the middle of a paper are on the right hand side as opposed to the left as more people are right handed. They can also be spread over a double page as this makes them appear more important and are eye catching due to the very large headline across the top of the double page spread.