Newspaper Analysis

Layout

The layout used in this article from the Frome Standard's Website is very common among blogs and online news websites. With a picture and the main body text on the left margin of the page, and all adverts and additional content being place on top, right and bottom of the article. Although the article itself is quite short, it is still broken up into one or two sentence piece, making it easier to reader.

Font

What I found interesting was that not only was the same font used throughout the article, but also consistently throughout the entire webpage. That even includes sponsored adverts. The font used is a sans serif font, giving the website a clean and modern look and feel.

Design
It has a very simple design, with all the text just being left justified and fairly unformatted.

Background
This article highlights the news of a local bed and breakfast being featured in a popular television show 'Three in a Bed', about B&B owners who go and stay in other B&B's and review them.

Layout

The layout used in this article from the Bath Chronicle is a very simple, easy-to-read set of columns. With the use of a large picture in the middle, and the main body text on the left centre of visual interest (CVI). There is also a smaller picture in the bottom right corner.

Font

The font used is a simple serif font. This is used all throughout the article. I believe this is used because they are typically easier to read for print.

Design
It has a very simple blocky design. In my opinion, it's a bit boring and could do this a little sprucing up. For some people, this might be too difficult and much read.

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As we can see from these two articles, one print and one digital, a lot has changed. The digital layout (for the Bath Chronicle's website) is very simple and spaced out. This is because it is harder to read space text on a phone/computer screen, and can hurt your eyes after prolonged use, as opposed to print where it's a lot easier and more comfortable.

As each article has it's own page, this allows customised adverts to be placed alongside it. Whereas on print they are not customised to each reader, and are spotted throughout the publication.