Newspaper Spread

Front Pages of The World

-Title: 20 Minutes

-From: Paris, France

-Favorite Headline: Le PSG ne compte pas baisser les yeux face a Chelsea en quart de finale. This is my favorite headline because this is about the UEFA Champions League quarter finals and soccer is my favorite sport.

-Things in common: Most of the newspapers all have one gigantic headline and one gigantic picture to catch the readers attention, and possibly to attract customers.

- There about 6, however they are all mostly just headlines to catch the readers attention.

- Things that vary: Some newspapers will insert a paragraph under their pictures as opposed to some which just have a caption under it.

The 7 News Values Of News

- TIMELINESS
- A man escaped from the Del Valle correctional complex early in the morning after attacking a maintenance man in the kitchen, stealing the man's truck, and fleeing to freedom around 7am he was captured at 7:30am, this was today on March 27, 2014 making it very recent, hence why I chose timeliness.
Travis County sheriff’s office: Inmate escaped, re-arrested this morning
://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/travis-county-sheriffs-office-inmate-escaped-re-ar/nfMPz/


- PROXIMITY 

- Austin is growing at the fastest rate for a big city, this is proximity because this is the city I live in, with the rapid growth of Austin who knows what change we'll see in the upcoming years.
Austin, by the numbers, is continuing to boom, census data shows
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/austin-by-the-numbers-is-continuing-to-boom-census/nfL95/


- PROMINENCE
It has now been two days since the horrendous shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, the largest military base in the world. Many people feel the effect of these types of situations.
Perry: ‘There aren’t any easy answers to what occurred’
This is also the link. ^^^


- Conflict
- About 500 customers remain without power as Austin Energy repair crews continue to work on outages at 80 locations across the utility’s coverage area. This is a big problem affecting the community.
About 500 without power as Austin Energy continues repairs
- http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/storms-leaves-hundreds-without-power-overnight-sun/nfTsP/

- Human Interest 

- Long-time Latino comedian, George Lopez, will be making a return in the comedy sitcom dubbed, "Saint George" which will be on Thursday nights at 9pm.
Comedian George Lopez makes no apologies
- http://www.statesman.com/news/ap/entertainment/comedian-george-lopez-makes-no-apologies/nfNJp/


- Impact
- A pedestrian in his 70's was hit and killed by a car, more, and more of these incidents are occurring in Austin.
Pedestrian killed in Southeast Austin crash
-http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/pedestrian-dead-in-se-austin-crash/nfTss/

- Novelty
- Gas prices will drop one whole penny from $3.57 a gallon, between April and September. What a break right?
Scant relief: Summer gas price to dip a penny
-http://www.statesman.com/news/ap/business/scant-relief-summer-gas-price-to-dip-1-cent/nfT2t/