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The Lead o summary lead o main fact lead o descriptive lead o direct address lead o quotation lead o suspense lead 悬念式导语 o contrast lead o question lead news forms o inverted pyramid form diminishing importance reasons readers can read the story at any point and understand it even they don't have all the details. less important information to be more easily removed by editors so the article can fit a fixed size elemental reading skills o synonyms o antonyms o parallel sentence newspaper&magazines

o origin

the earliest

published in 1605 in Germany

the earliest continuously published newspaper

The Boston News-letter

o sizes

quality newspaper/broadsheets

refer to newspaper mainly founded before 1896

publish lenthy articles and have an undramatic design

popular newspaper/tabloids

publish sensational stories to excite the reader

have enormous circulation

The Daily Mail/Mirror /The Sun

broadsheet format

the largest formats of newspaper

Berlin format

tabloid format

weekly/semi-weekly

sensationalize and emphasize gossip

compact format

broadsheet/quality newspaper printed in a tabloid format

o newspaper

US

+ - The Washington Post

owner

TWP Company

founded

1877

the largest newspaper in Washington DC

distinguished for its reporting on the workings of the White House,Congress and aspects of the US government

Event_The media's investigation of Watergate

+ - The Los Angeles Times

types

D.N

format

broadsheet

owner

tribute company

founded

1881

published in L.A,California

distributed throughout the western states