What is a local newspaper? definition of local -

Local newspapers is where members of the public share same values and ideologies of certain types of information such as 'political party, nature and the public sector' all of these which can be within a town or city.
For example in Portsmouth 'The News' is a local newspaper spreading across Portsmouth, this will provide information relevant to Portsmouth and all readers will relate to the information given in the paper. Making it a local paper.

I took some images of 'The News' so you can see how they have used imagery to promote a common identification for their audience to relate too.

This newspapers shows us how information can make stories local to the readership, such stories as 'Nurse stole wallet from op patient' this piece of news is relating to QA hospital in Cosham, where a high majority of people from Portsmouth use this hospital. So, by using this story the readers will see this as human interest and will follow on from reading this article as its local.

Imagery is also used to promote how local newspapers feel is the most important local iconic emblem, in this case between 'The' and 'News' is a picture of a old battle ship, most likely the victory which is situated in Portsmouth. This image will ensure that readers will recognise this picture and relate themselves as part of the news.