2.01 Newspapers

• What are the differences between weekly and daily newspapers?

 
Daily and weekly newspapers are both very common to find, but they both have their own unique qualities. Although they may look the same on the surface, they each have there own reasons for being called “daily” or “weekly” and have characteristics that journalists must follow to fit the type of newspaper they write for.
 
A daily newspaper is exactly how it sounds, a newspaper that is printed every day. Some examples include The New York Times, Washington Post, and the Orlando Sentinel. A daily newspaper usually consists of: a news section with either straight news reports or analysis, opinion pages or editorials, a sports section and an arts and entertainment guide. Daily newspapers were once the go-to source for what was going on in the world, but now the circulation of major newspapers has dropped over 50% over the last two decades because of the battle against online news organizations.

However, a weekly newspaper is a publication that examines and expands on the news rather than trying to break it.  Some examples include Florida Keys Weekly, Pacific Sun Weekly, and Metro Weekly. Weekly papers such as New York City-based, The Village Voice, take a step back from the daily news grind and often give a perspective on the past week's events as well as predictions regarding what will happen in the near future. Features often include: profiles of public figures who are involved with a hot-button issue, or reports of a long view look at what's coming up in the arts scene. Just like the daily newspapers, the weekly newspapers have also had a steady drop in circulation across the U.S.

 
 Work Cited:
1. http://antoinettehaynes.edublogs.org/2011/09/17/what-are-the-differences-between-weekly-and-daily-newspapers/

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper

3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekly_newspaper

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6. http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/a-graphic-history-of-newspaper-circulation-over-the-last-two-decades