What is a Local Newspaper?

What makes a Local Newspaper local depends on a number of factors. Most newspapers are daily in the UK very rarely do you get weekly newspapers in the UK. Newspapers like broadsheets (Telegraph, Guardian and the Independent) are national newspapers and only touch upon the very important issues and not so much the novelty value stories.

The difference between the two front covers above is apparent, the Independent shown above left is selling to a national audience and the circulation is national, so therefore it concentrates on important national news and often news around the globe, the use of the word global also clarifies this.

However the one above right which is The News is a local newspaper and covers the area of Portsmouth and surrounding districts such as Fareham and Southsea. The issues are primarily focused on local issues and thus distinguishes the difference between the two, it is unlikely to feature news on issues from London as the idea of Local and close proximity News Values are then lost.