Language and Media
Newspaper formats
Broadsheet papers
- largest newspaper format
- long vertical pages (22 inches or more)
- suggests a high standard of quality
- eg.:Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Times
Berliner Format
- also called "midi"
- 470mm x 315mm (18½ in × 12.4 in)
- used in many European countries
- eg.: The Guardian
Tabloid Format
- smallest format of the three mentioned
- compact page size
- ≠ "tabloid journalism" (sensational crime stories, astrology, celebrity, gossip and TV)
- UK:used for many local newspapers, popular
- US:alternative newspapers
- 430mm x 280mm (16.9 in × 11.0 in)