Newspapers (Overall Research)

I have found that many newspapers tend to use the majority of the front page for an image of the story and it's headline.
Examples of this are;





I have also found that these images used are very representative of the story and can almost capture the whole story in one image. This is strongly illustrated by the newspaper front cover, "The Daily Telegraph" showing the Twin Towers burning on 9/11. This one image almost makes it so that the reader wouldn't have to read the story to know what has happened.
There also tends to be a first stance as well as the main headline and this is used to give the reader a bit more information on the story. For example,

Headline- "Local Flat Collapses"
First stance- "Hundreds injured in freak accident"

The New York Post is an example of a local newspaper from America and the same style is still used, the main image and headline dominating the front page.

I have also found that free local newspapers will use more advertisements that local newspapers that charge and this is to bring in more revenue. My newspaper is going to be paid for therefore I will not need as many advertisements in it.