This article is taken from a newspaper. From looking at it, you can clearly see that there are many similarities between the magazine, and newspaper layouts. The article is headed by a large image that takes up half of the page. It contains a quote that is used to attract an audience and draw them into the story. The quote "It was like Zulu" accompanied by an image of many soldiers is a popular topic, especially amongst males. The article plays on these strengths.
The quote about Zulu is by far the largest text on the page. Much like the magazine article, it is then followed by a much smaller sub-title (which is, however, still bigger than the main text in the article). However unlike the magazine, the sub-title for this article is in the same font as the title (the quote).
The article itself is split up into four main columns, and two sub-columns containing quotes and images of two soldiers (one in each column). One of these sub-columns is after the first two main columns and the other after the third main column.
The article is started with a very large introductory letter, which then carries on into the rest of the article. The first word (being 'In') starts with an enormous capital 'I'. The capital letter is big enough to cause five lines of that column to be indented. Like the magazine article, new paragraphs are marked using indentations and no line-breaks.
The first two columns are cut short by a large landscape image that stretches across the bottom of the page. The picture is approximately a third of the size of the article in height. Just below the picture is a caption explaining the picture. The caption is in bold and all of the text is left justified.
In the first sub-column there is a picture of the man in question at the top (portrait size). Just below the picture is a quote. The font for the quote is in italics and is much bigger than the rest of the text in the article (excluding the title and sub-title). Below this text is a small information caption. The caption takes the same format as that used to expand on the landscape picture below the first two columns. In the second sub-columnn the layout is completely different, however the format of the text is the same. The quote is at the top, followed by the caption with the picture at the bottom.
In the third main column of text a new section of the article starts. When this happens it uses the same technique as the beginning of the article. The first word ('Today') is accompanied with a very large letter 'T'. However, where as the 'I' from the first paragraph spanned five lines, the 'T' only spans three.
The bottom of this page holds a caption quoting 'Continued Overleaf' (all in capitals, and bold).
On the second page the continuation of the article takes up less than half of the space it did on the main page. It has two large pictures at the top. The two of them span the entirety of the article (not the page as there is a smaller related article to the right of this one). Both pictures are landscape however the one on the left is slightly larger width-ways than the one on the right.
Just below these there is a large title that spans the length of the article. It is the biggest text on the page, but is a very different font to the original title on the previous page.
The article is laid out with three columns, all the same size as on the previous page. It also has one sub-column after the first two columns. This sub-column contains a caption at the top, and a large gap, and then a quote, but no picture.
The article is started with text (laid out in the same way as the captions) stating that it is continued from the previous page. After which there is a line-break and the article starts. After the line-break there is no indent for the start of the text however. Other than this irregularity the article continues and the text has a layout the same as the previous page (left justified, indented and without line-breaks).
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