look at that!

i looked at the homepages for three popular toronto newspapers; toronto star, toronto sun and the gloge and mail. the paper that drew me immediately was the toronto star. although the headline was not earth-shattering, something about a big frreze, the picture was captivating. the was a shed with a big tiger painted across the front and a girl in a bright red rain coat and rubber boots walking infront of it. when i compared this picture to those accompanying the headline of the other two newspapers, there was no comparison. it is sad to say but the first thing that draws me to an article is the picture attached to it. i think that in our society today, people are more scatterbrained and are instantly draw to bright colours rather than appealing titles. the paper i liked second best was from the globe and mail. it was a more serious topic than the one from the star but again it was accompanied by an intriguing picture. it was of an intense fire and the headline involved an explosion in sweden ruining its placid reputation. for this article i did like the headline as well as the topic. i am interested in the world and this headline certainly piqued my curiousity. the success of a newspaper can be determined by how appealing and informative their front page stories are. first of there needs to be an appealing cover story with a colourful picture. next there needs to be interesting articles begininng on the first page and carried through to another page. i am realistically not going to flip through the whole paper to find an article that i want to read, i need to be captivated from the first page otherwise i will probably not take the time to try.