When viewing today's front pages of two Coloradan newspapers, I discovered that despite being relatively close to each other and being in the same state, The Gazette and The Denver Post use different strategies in presenting their uncovered news. The two newspapers seem to focus on making as many articles as possible visible from the front page to interest readers more. While both papers try to use this strategy and are able to fit about seven articles each into their front pages, The Denver Post does a better job of this because six out of eight of their articles have enough information given about them solely on the front page to draw people's interest. In comparison, The Gazette is only able to successfully present about three of their seven articles mentioned because they spend most of the space on their front page on images. Due to the lack of remaining space, three of the articles including a sports article apparently about "Colorado College [topping] their host Western Michigan" in a hockey match are crammed into a small section titled "Inside'. The minimal information given about the articles located in this section give readers less of an idea of what they are about, so people are less likely to feel the need to buy the newspaper for such articles. I would conclude that The Denver Post does a much more successful job in the presentation of their front page because a greater proportion of their articles have sufficient information given about them on the front. [2 images, 2 links, 1 quotation, 254 words]
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