Newspaper review - Wednesday 25th March 2020 - Lockdown

Masthead
The title of the newspaper: Daily Mirror. The masthead connotes the Daily Mirror reflects on the news for readers everyday, making it important and reliable. 

Headline
The title given to the story: Please stay at home...  for me. The headline is simle, straightforward and pulls on the reader's heartstrings.

Sub-heading
Shorter than the headline: Coronavirus Crisis. This helps quickly summaries the day's main story.

Splash
The image taking up the majority of the page: Four year old girl undergoing cancer treatment. The text and image is splashed across the whole page connoting the story's importance.

Main Image
The dominant picture on the page: four year old girl undergoing cancer treatment. It's supposed to grab the readers attetnion and make them feel bad for all the sick children that the coronavirus could effect.

Copy
Body text, the writing that makes up the article. There are only two small collumns of copy, this connoted that the Daily Mirror offers its readers brief summariesof news without going into much detail.

Lead Story
the main story on the front page: staying at home. The lockdown was supposed to keep people inside yet there are still people going out and putting people at risk, this connotes this is the most imprtant story.

Stand First
The first paragraph of news story: Four year old Mila calls on brits to stay indoors.The stand first summarises the paper's point of view in relation to the main story and positions the audience to read the rest of the story.

Plug
Small boxes or shapes which refer to other stories inside the newspaper. The plug aboutonline banking connotes the importance of staying at home during he lockdown.

Date line
The date and year of the newspaper edition. This connotes the stories are recent and therefore up to date and relevant.