Identifying Popular Articles
Look at the Newspaper/Magazine:
- Heavily illustrated with lots of color and glossy paper OR black-and-white newspaper print
- Has advertisements
- Uses eye-catching typography and layouts
- Title is short and attention-grabbing
Look at the Article:
- Short in length (under 5 pages)
- No or few references listed at the end
- Written by journalists; no credentials listed
- Edited by a panel of editors with no expertise in the subject field
- Written in informal, easy-to-read language
- Covers of-interest issues and gives broad overviews of topics
- Features images for aesthetic purposes
- Attention-grabbing titles
