The different types of newspapers: BROADSHEETS AND TABLOIDS
News News comes to us from several sources: word of mouth, newspapers, television, radio broadcast and online pages (which we use increasingly) Each medium has it’s own format or style, but we can also identify a journalistic register of which newspapers are the most significant users.
Types of Newspapers BROADSHEETS AND TABLOIDS Each of the national papers can be characterized as belonging to one or two distinct categories. The “ Quality Press” & The “Popular Press”
BROADSHEETS (Quality press) Broadsheets are quality papers which include long information articles and editorial comments and comparatively few illustrations. Their Main Aim: To provide readers with comprehensive coverage and analysis of the international and national news of the day.
Examples of Broadsheets
TABLOIDS (Popular Press) Tabloids are newspapers having pages half the size of those of a standard newspaper, typically popular in style and dominated by headlines, photographs, and sensational stories