Content

The content featured in all three types of newspaper are all very different.

In tabloids, the most common stories are normally stories featuring celebrities, scandal, bizarre public interest stores, extreme news or controversial stories. These sort of stories are often referred to as being 'soft news' because these stories don't feature much ground breaking news and are just there to provide minor interest for the public. The stories about celebrities normally include scandal or speculation about a secret or some gossip surrounding the celebrity or their lifestyle. Stories normally involving the public interest stories such as shocking or bizarre reports are normally included as well which are also classed as soft news. As seen in 'The Sun' most stories often are of the public interest such as this one, featuring a story about Kate Middleton's baby son and the sport results and news from the day before.

However, in broadsheets, stories are normally stories featuring politics and the government (as well as all the decisions they have to make and how they effect the country), problems being faced in other countries, controversial stories that could shock the public and stock information. They can also feature similar stories that are included in tabloid newspapers but the article will be written differently and include a lot more actual information. These sorts of stories are often referred to as being 'hard news' because these stories are a lot more gritty and real as they're big news that could influence the world that involve a lot of factual information to get across their story. As seen in 'The Guardian' the stories are mostly hard news to do with international affairs, politics or the economy such as this front page which features the scandal of a former RBS Chief.

Local newspapers are different from both tabloid and broadsheet newspapers in terms of content however as they feature stories involving public interest in the local area and information on events happening as well as job advertisements. In local newspapers, it seems that there really is something for everyone. As seen in the 'Halstead Gazette' the stories included are of local public interest as a local headteacher quits his job and local attractions / jobs are advertised at the top. This is because local newspapers need ways to make money, as unlike national newspapers they don't sell as many copies to make such a huge profit, so they sell advertisement space to local companies and businesses.

In conclusion, my research shows that my local newspaper will have to feature local interest stories and information on public events in the area in order to appeal to the widest possible audience.