Language in Newspapers

News Values (Newsworthiness): .

The social, cultural, and editorial criteria that determine whether an event or story is considered interesting or important enough to report (e.g., novelty, conflict, proximity, negativity)

Headlines & Subheads:

Short, high-impact titles using condensed syntax (e.g., omitted articles/auxiliaries) designed to summarize key events and attract the reader's attention

Broadsheet / Quality Press:

Traditionally large-format newspapers (e.g., The Times, The Guardian) that focus more heavily on serious political, international, and analytical reporting using complex syntax.

Tabloid / Popular Press:

Smaller-format newspapers (e.g., The Sun, Daily Mirror) that emphasize human-interest stories, celebrity news, sensation, and informal speech patterns.

Angle / Framing:

The specific narrative perspective or ideological point of view through which a news event is constructed and presented to the reader.

Nominalization:

Turning processes or actions (verbs) into nouns (e.g., “police attacked protestors” → “the attack on protestors”), which often obscures agency or responsibility for an action.