The Daily Mail and The Guardian

The Daily Mail

 

The Daily Mail presents their page with bold shades of colours, instantly drawing the readers attention onto there page and reading their stories. Along the top of the article they present the weather forecast, date and time - showing that it has live updates with frequent information. 

Underneath the masthead there are many subheadings, including; Sport, TV and showbiz, Health, Science, Travel e.t.c.  I clicked on 'News' so it then came up with topics related to news currently, for example; Royal Family, World news, Arts e.t.c. 

This is convenient as it takes you directly to what you want to see and are specifically interested in , so its useful and quick for the reader. 

Beneath that is an advertisement for their @mailonline twitter page, the ad is much bigger than the masthead and title, therefore is certain to be seen by readers. Along the side of the page, however much smaller are their accounts for Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Snapchat- so readers are aware that you can access the news on every social media platform and not just their main website. 

The main story itself, is quite terrifying and disturbing; the skyline states 'Terrifying moment gang corner their victim and slash him with huge 3.5 ft long MACHETES as they dish out vicious beating on residential street in Birmingham'. The bold text instantly grabs the readers attention, as well as the detailed explanation of what happend with the violent and aggressive vocabulary, such as 'slash' and 'beating'. These words portray a negative image immediately for the reader about the article and indicates that it isn't going to be an enjoyable read.

Underneath the skyline, there are three sentences to summarise what actually happened, who was involved and where it happened. 

The byline confirms who wrote the article, when it was published and last updated, it also gives you a number or how many people have shared the article already, which for this one was 3.7k.  

Further down into the article, there is a video of the violent crime taking place, to give readers a visual representation of what happened. There is also the body text which explains what happened to the boy as well as a pull quote taken from a pedestrian near by to the incident. It shows a few main images of the gang with the machete, and then a picture of the actual weapons used in the crime- all with captions under them to outline and explain the images further. 

After the images, there is a chart to show the figures of police recorded crime and what percentage of these were Murders, Robberies, knife crime e.t.c.

Afterwards, there is as section about one of the victims, who is a 16 year old boy, there is a picture of him in a suit, looking innocent and young- which readers would sympathise whilst reading. 

It them states how the Metropolitan police are finding it harder to work with house office rules, so they want to reinforce rules. 

Throughout the article, there are separate stories along the right hand column- mostly celebrity gossip. In this article there are 63 different side stories that you can then go onto looking at. Some of the examples on this article are to do with Im a Celebrity get me out of here, science of beauty, and  articles on different celebrities including, Vicky Pattison, Scarlett Moffat, Cara Delevingne and Paris Hilton. 

The Guardian 

The Guardian is a newspaper known as a broadsheet and presents their articles in a more formal and sophisticated manor- due to not having any big bold writing and simple colours. At the top of the article is the masthead 'The Guardian' in a simple white font, which is surrounded by different links , including a search button, a job search and sign in- which would be useful for people who are only interested in specific news.
The main subheadings are at the top of the page, they are named; News, Opinion, Sport, Culture, and Lifestyle- these take you onto the specific type of information that you want to see and read.
The skyline states 'Westminster council to ban supersize new homes', this is very different to the daily mails skyline, due to it being very simplistic and to the point- not very detailed and quite subtle (not bold and large writing).
The main image is very picturesque but simple, with a caption underneath stating where the location is and how much it is worth. 

The main story is about the council setting a 150 square meter limit on housing- so they can build more affordable houses and that they will build 10,000 affordable units by 2040 with all the freed up space. 

Further into the article, there is mention of the statistics of the average sized UK house and that the supersize house are 50 % bigger than this. There is a pull quote  in the article from Richard Beddoe, who is involved with the council, he states that 'We want Westminster to be home to thriving , mixed communities, not empty super-prime properties. That's why we will be restricting the size of new luxury apartments and introducing a new extra bedroom policy to make it easier for families to extend their homes so they have enough space to stay living in Westminster and are not forced to move out"