Wednesday, December 19, 2007
While looking through Newseum.org, I found an interesting front page from the San Francisco Examiner. The type of layout it uses, is one that I don't remember ever seeing. For one thing, the paper lacks any piece of an article. It is merely filled with headlines and pictures. The feature story on the cover is blatant by the huge size of the type of its headline. There is also much collor from the graphics about the geese, and also several other types of photos. When I first saw this, my first reaction was that I did not like that no stories were featured on the page. Normally, when you are pulled into a headline, you begin to read right on the front page. The absence of this originally turned me off, but then I thought that he was a very clever way to get people to buy the newspaper. When people become attracted to the flashy headlines, they will automatically have to open the paper to read further, unlike other newspapers where the reader can simply read the nut paragraphs right on the front page. This reminds of the way a tabloid magazine operates. People become attracted to the unique headlines and photos on the front cover while waiting on the check-out line, pick it up, begin reading, and eventually buy it.
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I would agree with Kristen that this paper looks very much like a tabloid. There are a few things that I like about the front page, including the visually appealing flag, and the heavy focus on entertainment news (Posh and Becks). I don’t like the overuse of cutouts in almost every photo, and I don’t like the lack of copy on the front page.
The tabloid-like layout of this page seems disasterous to me. It is clear that the lead story is "Stubborn blaze" due to the size of the type, but it looks crammed in there with very little breathing space. The lead story is the only story on the page without colors or graphics or an image appearing quite dull. It is also not the first thing my eye was drawn to on the page due to all the surrounding images. Personally I do not like front page designs that don't have any stories on it. It is understandable that they want you to open the paper and continue reading, but as a consumer I want to see a headline and at least two paragraphs worth of information.
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