The two articles under discussion are chosen from a well-known tabloid newspaper called, 'The Daily Mail' and the well-established broadsheet newspaper, 'The Independent.'

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Media Analysis Claire Rapley 4a

The two articles under discussion are chosen from a well-known tabloid newspaper called, 'The Daily Mail' and the well-established broadsheet newspaper, 'The Independent.' Both articles were printed fourteen years ago, however the broadsheet was printed on the 9th March, a few days after the tabloid printed their view on the 6th March. The articles cover the same story, about a summer camp for children aimed at making school subjects fun. The camp, held at Butlins received mainly criticism from the tabloid, and a mixture of good and bad publicity from the broadsheet.

The presentations of the articles differ tremendously, and the general layouts reflect different types of newspapers. 'The Mail's' article takes up a whole page of the newspaper. It carries a large two line banner headline, which is significantly larger than the main body of text. Roughly half the page is taken up by a large photograph. Underneath this are nine short paragraphs divided up with one larger subheading breaking the text up. The article in 'The Telegraph' is presented in a very different way. The headline goes all the way across the text of the article, however this cannot be