The Many Faces of a Newspaper
August 19th, 2010 § Leave a Comment
By Kristen Biatowas
A newspaper is a newspaper, right? WRONG!
There are so many types of journalism: Magazines, newspapers, blogs, TV, video, the list can go on and on. And then as that list is broken into sections, they can be identified by daily, monthly, and weekly publications. Which is the best? According to Kyle Pope, editor-in-chief of the New York Observer, weekly newspapers are the best to work at because they do not have the hectic pace of a daily newspaper, but the articles aren’t drawn out like a monthly.
One would not think layout of a newspaper is important either, but this is one of the trickiest jobs on a newspaper. It’s like putting a million puzzle pieces together, without seeing the picture beforehand. The less words on the front page, the better. Readers don’t want to be intimidated by a newspaper, they want to feel as though they can easily understand the story while reading a cup of coffee in the morning, that, let’s face it, isn’t when most people do their most advanced thinking.
Is there more to a newspaper than just a collection of information? Heck yes!
