02.01 Daily and Weekly Newspapers

    At first, it seems like the difference between daily and weekly newspapers would be obvious: dailies are published everyday, weeklies are published once a week. However, there are a number of differences between these newspapers, including length and content.
    First, let's take a look at daily newspapers. These papers publish the news from the day before. Because newspapers are read all over and by so many people, there simply isn't time to report on news happening today and produce enough copies for everyone. Daily newspapers are usually shorter than weeklies because only so much happens in a day. These papers often cover a wide range of topics. Some examples include the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the Miami Herald.
      Weekly newspapers, such as Orlando Weekly and the Chicago Reader, are a little different. Because so much more happens in 7 days as apposed to one, weeklies are much thicker. Weekly papers tend to offer more information. Because there are more events to cover, there are usually a lot more journalists writing articles for these papers.
     Weekly or daily, newspapers are a fundamental part of how we get our news today.

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Inc, Wikimedia Foundation (June 26 2013) List of Weekly Newspapers in the United States. Retrieved July 26, 2013, from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_weekly_newspapers_in_the_United_States

Inc, Wikimedia Foundation (January 29, 2013) Orlando Weekly. Retrieved July 26, 2013, from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Weekly