Every possible news company there could be covered Amy Winehouse’s death. The manner in which they choose to cover related stories to their readers is different depending on the publication. Each news writer covers the story in his own particular way, but the writer’s politics and style always reflect the publication is writing for. The way in which Amy Winehouse's death is covered by any particular publication reflects on their politics.
The first thing you notice about the Amy Winehouse articles from the New York Times, BBC and USA Today is the style of the webpage these articles are displayed on. The Times article is displayed on a page format they use with all their articles the only difference in page format between articles if the title and the article nothing else about the page. The page remains white with advertisements and links remaining in the same position as they were on their homepage. BBC News displays their article on Amy Winehouse on what seems to be their entertainment news sub-site, when you click on Amy Winehouse article from BBC News's homepage the sites changes color changes format and things but advertisements and links are repositioned. Emphasis is put on the home bar, which becomes larger and changes to a bright red color. The USA Today makes the greatest effort to try to appeal to the female blog reader by completely changing their site when moving to entertainment industry news article. When you move from USA today's homepage to a Amy Winehouse article the page format completely changes. Suddenly you go from a blue white standard news publication homepage. To an extravagant pink blog titled “LIFELINELIVE”.
The titles the news publications chose for their articles also relates in the same way. The New York Times title assumes that their reader does not know who Amy Winehouse is. “Amy Winehouse, British Soul Singer With a Troubled Life, Dies at 27”.
The first thing you notice about the Amy Winehouse articles from the New York Times, BBC and USA Today is the style of the webpage these articles are displayed on. The Times article is displayed on a page format they use with all their articles the only difference in page format between articles if the title and the article nothing else about the page. The page remains white with advertisements and links remaining in the same position as they were on their homepage. BBC News displays their article on Amy Winehouse on what seems to be their entertainment news sub-site, when you click on Amy Winehouse article from BBC News's homepage the sites changes color changes format and things but advertisements and links are repositioned. Emphasis is put on the home bar, which becomes larger and changes to a bright red color. The USA Today makes the greatest effort to try to appeal to the female blog reader by completely changing their site when moving to entertainment industry news article. When you move from USA today's homepage to a Amy Winehouse article the page format completely changes. Suddenly you go from a blue white standard news publication homepage. To an extravagant pink blog titled “LIFELINELIVE”.
The titles the news publications chose for their articles also relates in the same way. The New York Times title assumes that their reader does not know who Amy Winehouse is. “Amy Winehouse, British Soul Singer With a Troubled Life, Dies at 27”.
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