Friday, 23 November 2012

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A QUALITY NEWSPAPER AND A TABLOID NEWSPAPER





DIFFERENCES BETWEEN QUALITY AND TABLOID NEWSPAPER

THE INDEPENDENT: Two Fat Duck chefs killed in Hong Kong by Sam masters

 



 DAILY MAIL: First picture of chef killed in Hong Kong crash: Two staff from Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck restaurant die after taxi is crushed between two buses


QUALITY NEWSPAPER
TABLOID NEWSPAPER

Language
Formal language e.g. ‘uniquely talented’
Informal language e.g.


Reporter’s view
Was objective, the reporter was not biased.
Subjective e.g. they were trapped in the cab for more than an hour, who said it? Comment were also made by the owner’s son

Content details
Quite  detailed, briefly explained how the restaurant was opened and how the accident occurred
Not really detailed, gave details of the tour in Hong king, most of this details are not important

Reference
Hong Kong police spokesman confirmed the accident
-Hong Kong police spokesman
-  the chefs colleague , the restaurant spokesmen

Visual
Contained a minimal picture of the building of The Fat Ducks where the chefs worked.
Had ten pictures picture; the victims, when the accident occurred, the picture of owner if the fat duck and his partner, the first restaurant he had and so on

References

Gladdis, K. and Duell, M (2012) ‘First picture of chef killed in Hong Kong crash: Two staff from Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck restaurant die after taxi is crushed between two buses’  Daily mail 2oth November Available at : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2235880/Two-chefs-Heston-Blumenthals-Fat-Duck-restaurant-killed-car-crash-Hong-Kong.html  (Accessed: 21 November 2012).
 Master, S (2012) ‘Two Fat Duck chefs killed in Hong Kong’ The Independent [Online].20th  November Available at: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/two-fat-duck-chefs-killed-in-hong-kong-8336280.html  (Accessed: 22 November 2012)
 

 

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