What is News?The front pages of major newspapers

By: Tiffney Cooper

The Anniston Star of Anniston, AL

• Local in scope•Focuses on National/ Sports issues•Written locally with Local and National pictures.• Major stories: Tide Wins Easily Tigers Avoid Upset

Sunday Star of Toronto, Canada

•Local in Scope; some global•Focuses on Terrorism issues•Written locally and local pictures•Major stories: Global terrorism convictions skyrocket and The death (and rebirth) of the house call

The Herald of Monterey, CA

•National in Scope; some global•Focuses on terrorism and the military issues•Written National Wire Services, Pictures from servers•Major stories: An apparent act of terrorism, Marina salutes military past and Documents suggest Libyan ties with west

Sunday’s News Journal of Pensacola, FL

• National in Scope•Focuses on the Weather issues•Written locally and pictures from servers•Major stories: Lee churns up Gulf waters and Water rising as storm moves ashore

The Cincinnati Enquirer of Cincinnati, OH

• Local in Scope; some national•Tragedy issue•Written Locally and local pictures•Major stories: 911 Remembered, City’s safer than 10 years ago and The Spirit Reawakens

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• When I started looking up different front pages, it was difficult at first to figure out the in Scope of some. But you had to look over the front pages and decide. I had a mixture of all of the in Scopes. You would think that all font pages stick to one in Scope. Most front pages of newspapers differ in Scopes such as having a local in Scope with some national or vice versa. There is a type of flow or theme to the front pages of newspapers. The local newspapers usually focus on a little bit of every in scope aspect, while USA Today and The Herald has a national theme.