digital+notes

Newspaper: General characteristics Audience: General public coverage:Any subject of intrests, newsworthy events,local covrage Written by : Professional journalists; some articles contributed by specialist Timeliness: Up-to-date coverage( one-half day to a week) length: 50-2000 words USUALLY IN A MULTI- COLUMN FORMAT content: dependent upon the type of article: analisysis statisitics graphics photographs editorial opinion:Local coverage,recent stories business politics ect Slant: Tends to be mainstream/netural however contains bias to spell papers Purpose:written to inform the general public using non-tecnical language