The two papers in question here are the International Herald Tribune (IHT), which is the 'global version of The New York Times', and The Times of London. This is an attempt to compare and contrast these two international papers as opposed to my previous postings on this issue which have just compared and contrasted Irish national newspapers with each other or with a foreign paper.
The date in question is Tuesday 28 April and the IHT leads with three stories on the front page with two 'home' (USA) stories about the man of the moment President Barack Obama and also about another story consistently making the headlines: swine flu. The BP1 story balances the news with a foreign story about the conflict in Sri Lanka.
In stark contrast, The Times leads with the one major story and an encompassing picture of riot police in Mexico city responding to riots about the swine flu that has gripped the city and caused 149 deaths so far and hospitalised 2,000. Very minor single-sentence and small-pictured sections below the fold are given to other stories, which are explored in more detail inside the paper. It is important to remember that I am looking at the tabloid version of The Times.
Interestingly the font in the two papers is quite different but the journalistic style remains very similar... the main difference being the amount of text contained within the front page itself: The Times simply refers readers to pages within the paper where the stories are explored in more detail. The newslist for the IHT is located below the fold as opposed to The Times usual location of right of the page.
Tellingly the IHT runs an ad, albeit a small one, at the bottom right of the front page. Perhaps it is because of lack of room but The Times lacks any such advertisement on its front page, showing the need of advertising revenue even for a paper the stature of The New York Times.
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