Newspaper clippings of birth announcements, team photographs, deaths or favorite celebrities add a personal and official touch to scrapbook pages.
Sadly, newspaper contains about 4% lignin. Therefore, yellowing and brittleness of the newspaper paper will eventually occur. However, since the percentage of lignin is low, newspaper will preserve for many years before this deterioration process begins to occur. To further slow this process, use page protectors to protect the newspaper from the outside elements or simply laminate the newspaper. You can also make a color copy onto Acid & Lignin Free paper and you're still able to get the same effect without letting the newspaper affect the rest of the layout.