Media

In this post we are going to be looking at two different types of newspapers which are the tabloid and broadsheet newspapers.We are taking a look at how they report stories and events and in this case we are taking a look at The Guardian and The Sun. 

We would be looking at how they both report the story of a British national who was killed in northern Nigeria.The similarities and differences in the style of reporting of both newspapers.

Similarities:

• The two newspapers use the same picture as the lead for their stories.

This could be said the only similarity between the two newspapers but they had a lot of differences which we are going to examine in the table below.

 

Guardian	Sun
Language: The Guardian employed professional and cautious language in its reporting.	The Sun used freelance, careless and very unprofessional language in its reporting.
Picture: Made use of just one picture in the story.	Made use of many pictures for the story some of which appeared unnecessary.
Style: The Guardian had a professional and academic style of writing with detailed information on the story.	Had an unprofessional style of reporting. The writer also sounded biased, trying to convince the readers that it might have been better if the British special forces did not partake in the rescue.
The Guardian had a straight forward lead to the story with the caption ‘Kidnapped Briton killed in Nigeria’.	The Sun went for a more sensational lead with the caption ‘Al-Qaeda hostage hell: Brit executed as SBS stormed in’.

 REFERENCES:
Wintour,P.,Norton-Taylor,R.,Mark,M. and Vogt,A.(2012) 'Kidnapped Briton killed in Nigeria',The Guardian, 8 March [Online]. Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/08/kidnapped-briton-killed-nigeria  (Accessed:08 March 2012).


Parker,N. and Newton-Dunn,T.(2012) 'Al-Qaeda hostage hell:Brit executed as SBS stormed in',The Sun, 8 March [Online]. Available at: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4181990/Al-Qaeda-hostage-hell-Brit-executed-as-SBS-stormed-in.html (Accessed: 08 March 2012).