Newspaper Markup
Wow! I never realized how much formatting went into publishing a newspaper until I dissected the front page of The Oklahoma Daily’s volume on Sept. 3.
I was asked to find the following elements on the front page of a newspaper of my choice:
I was able to identify almost all the listed elements on the front page of The Oklahoma Daily, minus a subhead. Two articles had a photo with a cutline and one article incorporated a photo within the headline. The different visual formats of the three articles made finding specific elements a tad challenging, but once I found the pattern, the elements were easy to locate.
I found this assignment insightful in regards to newspaper writing. It is much more than just following a format within the body text. It was interesting to locate the different elements used within the articles. I will definitely have a new perspective on the “behind the scene” work put into publishing a newspaper when I pick up another one to read.
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