GENRE CONVENTIONS- THE OBSERVER

THE OBSERVER GENRE CONVENTIONS 

There are many features that can correspond with the Observer to complete the broadsheet genre. In this front cover some of features that link it to fit the genre conventions are; the large colourful sky box allows the newspaper to catch eyes, the blue lines for professionalism and also underline the newspapers name (Observer), the large headline so the readers are introduced to what the main story is within the newspaper and wither it is serious or not, the style and size of the front so it is easy to read, the large picture on the front cover is also a important genre convention for the Observer as it give a format to the cover but also could interest the people looking to buy the newspaper. As we can see this newspaper fits the genre convention of a broadsheet newspaper.