Newspaper Layout

The 7 News Values of News

Timeliness - This article came out less than an hour ago about a meeting that just happened; Malaysia Releases Details of Last Contact With Missing Plane; http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/26/world/asia/malaysia-flight-370.html?ref=world
Proximity - This man was in a bicycle accident at Mary Moore Searight Park, which is just down the street; Bicyclist rescued from South Austin park; http://www.statesman.com/news/news/bicyclist-rescued-from-south-austin-park/nfKmF/
Prominence - Obama and Vladmir Putin are both very prominent people in society; Obama Assures NATO but Says Force Won’t Be Used in Crimea; http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/26/world/europe/hague-summit-focuses-on-preventing-trafficking-of-nuclear-materials.html?ref=world
Impact - This article relates to all people who want to go to SXSW anytime in the future; Council may seek review of SXSW crowd control, other issues; http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/council-may-call-for-extensive-review-of-south-by-/nfJ8b/

Conflict - This article talks about the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and how Russia is a very eminent threat; NATO General Says He Sees Potential Russian Threat;
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/03/world/europe/nato-general-says-russian-force-poised-to-invade-ukraine.html?ref=world
Human Interest - A man in Fort Hood shot and killed 4 people, including himself, wounding many others; Details of Fort Hood shooting victims emerge; http://www.statesman.com/news/news/details-of-fort-hood-shooting-victims-emerge/nfR4m/
Novelty - A woman gave her dog a C-section herself and was charged with animal abuse;  Austin woman accused of giving dog C-section; http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/austin-woman-accused-of-giving-dog-c-section/nfR2t/
The most important story would be the Prominence story because a missle strke or other force could potentially throw the world into a WWIII. The least important I found was the woman giving her dog a C-section, because she was just trying to help her dog and it isn't that big of a deal.

Newspaper Notes

Basic Parts of a newspaper

1. Two sizes of newspaper
2. "Broadsheet" - type of newspaper is tall and folds in the middle, The Eagle's Eye 
3. "Tabloid" - more squared, The Chronicle is a type of tabloid
4. Photos, headlines, sub-headlines, story, date, captions, teasers
5. Jumps, are in the front page telling you to continue the story in a different page
6. Lines are part of layout
7. "Flag" is the name of the newspaper
8. "Folio" reference information
9. Headlines are complete sentences
10. Attention grabbers
11. Captions
12. Bi line shows who wrote the story
13. Stop tells you when stories end
14. Kickers (tags)
15. Info-graphic - graphic form to show information

News Values Notes

Timelines - How recent did it happen.
Proximity - How close to you is it
Conflict - People fighting
Prominence - Importance of the people
Human Interest - Drama
Impact - How it effects people
Novelty - Unusual or uniqueness

My Spread

Yearbook King Pica Spread

Magazine cover