I was going through half of the different news websites in South Africa, the aim was to establish a comparison or difference between them concerning the news quality, page layout and the pros and cons of these particular different pages.
News 24 http://www.news24.com/World?src=c2c is a good online publication, the pictures are of great quality and the page layout is organized in an understandable manner. It gives one the opportunity to search the kind of news they want and it contains the date and time of publication. There is a weather forecast which is easy to comprehend. Short cuts to the majority of the social network are provided and this makes it more convenient. It has the ability to attract the usage of the youth because it is classy, convenient and vibey. It is accessed by the majority of South Africans because it is well known for publishing news as hey break and the subscription few is reasonable.
Mail and guardian http://www.mg.co.za/ also contains the search option and an understandable weather forecast. There is a bit of sensational reporting on the other part of the page. The photographs are limited; one finds stories which tend to contain no pictures. The layout is a bit unattractive, there is less usage of colour which leads to its dullness. It has a cartoon and business section. Media consumers on his site are given a chance to make comments on the published news, it goes to show hat random people can take part in the creation of news because the comments they make tend to raise debates. Mail and Guardian online is not that sophisticated, it has that golden oldie vibe and is suitable for people over the age of 35 who don’t really care about the entertaining factor in news.
Times live http://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/?gclid=CL3qp7y1wacCFQsTfAodbm11_g has a relatively colourful and eye catching layout. It provides headlines which makes it easy to classify the top stories. Picture quality is good and almost every article contains one. There are editorials and reviews. This one line publication of The Times newspaper is out if this world, it is almost like holding a printed newspaper in your finger tips. This online publication is totally the best as it can save one a lot of time and one gets to avoid holding a newspaper which is huge and makes it difficult to read.
