The front page - serving as the cover and main eyecatcher of a newspaper print highlighting the main story. To analyze a front page from the past is to dive into the events of that time and the historical context that brought about the event, as well as the different strategies journalists of the time used to bring in sales for the publication that hired them. One of the most distressing events that turned into front-page news was the death of Princess Diana in August of 1997. https://www.businessinsider.com/newspaper-front-pages-from-famous-events-2018-9
“The most hunted person of the modern age.”
Virtually every news outlet in all parts of the world reported her death. Even though the style of reporting between these outlets differed, the main consistency was the sheer shock value that the words "DIANA DEAD" brought to the readers, forcing them to purchase a copy, as options to view news was much more limited back then. Frontpage news to this day retains the same eye-catching and attractive qualities that journalists of the past utilized to report the biggest news happening in the world today.
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