The Paradise Papers story coverage









1. Write up a description of the main differences between the two front pages from The Guardian and The Daily Mail, looking at both conventions and how the stories have been presented to the reader.

On Monday 6th November, the main headlines covered leaked documents revealing the financial details of the super rich. It outlined how many were allowed to keep money outside of the UK in order to avoid paying tax. The Daily Mail uses the verb 'dragged' in the main headline to convey the message






2. Write a paragraph outlining why you think The Guardian created a series of news articles looking at the same issue and how that may reflect the newspapers poitical ideology and news values.

3. Look at The Mirror, The Daily Telegraph, Daily Express and The Independant online newspaper and consider what you learn about these two publications from their versions of the story and the front page conventions.

4. Look at the online versions of these stories via Mail Online and The Guardian website. Compare and contrast their coverage. Use the sites to find out as much as you can about the story, so you fully understand it. What other media elements do the two websites provide readers (e.g audio or video clips, hyperlinks to other sites or connected stories).

5. Look at social media sites and exaplain how you think they encourage readers to interact with the story.


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