When reading the newspaper......

@Modestah (11179)
United States
June 6, 2009 8:12am CST
When you grab the newspaper - which section do you turn to to read first? Or do you read from front page to back in order. I know a lot of people will go right to the obituary and birth announcements - Others go directly to the classifieds to look at homes/jobs/garage sales. Myself, I tend to start on page two with the editorials first - then announcements...I like to move about a bit :)
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
8 Jun 09
I read the headlines first, when I grab a newspaper. Thereafter, I turn to sport page, which is my favourite page. I read all the sport news and then I turn to local/city news. If I have more time, I enjoying reading reviews and editorials to apprise myself of the latest happenings and views thereon. I love reading newspaper and as soon as it comes to my hand, I just grab it and try to read as early as possible.
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
9 Jun 09
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
9 Jun 09
good for you to be able to put off your favorite till second.
• Singapore
13 Jun 09
I read 2 papers a day.
@bellis716 (4799)
• United States
11 Jun 09
I usually start with the section that contains the comics. Next, I read the metro to see what of interest in my section of town. This section also contains the obits. After scanning the business section, I read the front page and international news.
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
11 Jun 09
reading the funnies first seems to be a common trend. I think I would read them last to try and pick my spirits up a bit after reading all the bad news in the paper?
@bellis716 (4799)
• United States
12 Jun 09
You have a point. The problem is, though, that few of today's funnies are funny.
@Jemina (5770)
7 Jun 09
I used to go only to the comic section. It depends on any given day. A couple of times I had to go directly to the jobs section but most of the time I go from front to back. The editorials and columns are sure interesting to read as most of them give an in-depth report of something and so it's actually more sensible to read it first.
@Jemina (5770)
9 Jun 09
What?! Well, I guess it's because you have more access to those stuff rather than just from the newspapers. I find the same is true with UK dailies.
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
9 Jun 09
our paper does not even have a comic section. terribly deprived we are here. :(
• Singapore
13 Jun 09
Hi Modestah, When I read the papers, I go through them from start to end, in the given order. I usually save the entertainment section for the last and since it comes as a physically separate section, this is good enough for me.
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
15 Jun 09
convenient that it is a separate paper!
• United States
7 Jun 09
front to back usually. though sometimes i skip ahead to what we call the "busted" section. our newspaper prints the daily arrests and what not,and a lot of people look to see if anyone they know did something stupid. ..yea,it's a small town.
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
9 Jun 09
Back north I used to like reading the health dept. reports to see what restaurants got "busted" and what for.... They do not do that down here so I do not trust any of the local establishments - lol.
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• United States
9 Jun 09
they do that here once in awhile,usually the ones who got licences revoked for one reason or another.it's a feeding frenzy when one gets pulled because they only hand out so many.
@jayrene (2708)
• Philippines
6 Jun 09
the first page i open is the comics section, its what i look and read first most of the time. then i check the celebrity news... see what's the new gossip on celebrities' lives... then i read the headlines, all the way to the back. after that i go look for the crossword puzzles if there is one.
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
8 Jun 09
sounds like you have your system down to a T!
@jayrene (2708)
• Philippines
8 Jun 09
what's a T!?
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
9 Jun 09
Personally for me, it really depends on the mood I am in. A lot of times I would say I am reading the Front page to see if their is anything interesting there to read about. and then from there it usually is the Sports section, and then reading the Editorial area, and then the Cartoons, etc. I enjoy keeping up with the News on what is going on everywhere, so that is why I choose the Front page first for sure.
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
9 Jun 09
That is great that you are so interested in what is going on in other areas of the nation and world.
• Philippines
9 Jun 09
I turn the page to classifieds adds. I like to know what available jobs in the city and other part time jobs. The second is I visit the comics section and entertainment. Third is the sports section and lifestyle section to the editorial and the news section.
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
9 Jun 09
the classifieds interest me too!
@gr8life (6251)
• Malaysia
9 Jun 09
Hello Modestah, I always read from front page to back in order. I don't have a specific page to read first. I will just start reading with the headlines for front page and keep reading till the back page. Sometimes, I do skip pages that I have no interests to know like sports and financial news.
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
9 Jun 09
I always get frustrated when you have to go through a lot of pages to get the rest of an article that started on page 1 or 2.
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@ersmommy1 (12588)
• United States
8 Jun 09
I usually read the online version of our local paper. After all, it is free. I usually read the entertainment section 1st. That is to see if there are any kid events we can go to.
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
9 Jun 09
that is a good idea - plus saves on paper waste. I always have trouble navigating through the online version of ours.
@walijo2008 (4644)
• United States
8 Jun 09
I read the newspaper from front to back, and I'll usually read every bit of it, I'll look closely at every page, I guess I don't want to miss out on any news..haha.
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
9 Jun 09
lol sounds like, indeed, you do not want to be left out of what is going on. do you share the news with your friends?
@reckon21 (3479)
• Philippines
8 Jun 09
I always read the front page first. Then the sports section. The business section and movies is the last.
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
9 Jun 09
:) it is good to be aware of oneself and how you do things.
@bluescat (104)
• Philippines
9 Jun 09
I read the lifestyles and pleasure(art,food,plce to see,etc) and entertainment(movies,gadgets,etc.) section.
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
9 Jun 09
sounds like you are a person who likes a good time.
• Jamaica
8 Jun 09
Here in Jamaica our newspapers have cartoons depicting the topic of the day. It is just above the opinion section and next to the editorials, that's my favorite and the first thing I look forward to each day. Depending on my mood however, sometimes I start at the back - the sports section - and read to the front. I hate, though, when some columnists write their opinions and give no facts absolutely, that just piss me off! How about you?
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
9 Jun 09
yes, it bothers me when no facts are given to support opinions - also.
• United States
7 Jun 09
I usually just read from front to back. I'm not really interested in sports so sometimes i just kinda skim over that part.
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
9 Jun 09
sounds like an orderly manner of reading the paper
7 Jun 09
I tend to read the sports pages first and then flick through the main pages picking out articles which interest me rather than actually reading it cover to cover. Although with the paper I read it has sections which appear only on certain days like today it has an entrepreneural section and I usually go to these first on the days which interest me.
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
9 Jun 09
in a lot of places reading front to back entirely would be like a full time job the papers are so large.
@dismalgrin (2604)
• United States
7 Jun 09
I start at the beginning and move to the end, though I still skip over the stuff I don't like. I have run across some interesting things this way. I once ran across an add for a local photographing business that had a free children's portrait club. Every year on their birthday they could get a free 8x10 portrait done. I have gotten some professional free pictures of my children this way. And was actually able to put up some real portraits about my house because I read the paper in the way that I do!
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
9 Jun 09
no sense wasting time on the parts that are not interesting - and good on you for the free portraits! can't beat that.
• Philippines
7 Jun 09
I turn to the entertainment page whenever I grab a newspaper. Then I'm gonna read the horoscope and comics section after that I can read the news.
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
9 Jun 09
you are not alone with this method, it seems several people share the same interest with you.
• United States
7 Jun 09
I love reading the newspaper. Usually I read it in the mornings after my daily walk. I start from the front page and read the whole paper in order. I don't read everything in the paper, just the articles that catch my attention. I do look at the Obituaries too. I wish our paper had birth announcements, but they don't anymore. They do have something in the Sunday paper that is called "Celebrations," that has some birth announcements, wedding and anniversary announcements too. I also read the comic section, my horoscope and Dear Abbey. It's a great way to start my day with a cup of coffee and the newspaper.
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
9 Jun 09
very organized - I can see how it is a nice routine for you - the walk, the coffee, the paper...
@DIRA7078 (17)
• United States
7 Jun 09
first when i grab a newspaper ..i will turn the page one after one to see all the picture on paper till the last page. the again go back to 1st page and look for all violance cases and horoscope.
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
9 Jun 09
picures are interesting to grab the attention