I wanted the first pages of my newspaper to be a good representative of what Hot Gossip is all about. I wanted to show that aswell as catering for students and young peoples social life , it also includes their academic life and general news from around the local area and general media coverage too.
I decided that I would have 3 main stories on the front cover to show a dynamic that will run throughout the newspapers 3 pages.
I decided that I would write all the content with a journalistic approach as if I was covering these articles myself. The tone i used to write in is slightly editorial in the way that its quite opinionated but also leaves enough room for the readers to make their own judgements by questionning alot of what I am writing. I chose to do this because I want readers to be able to have a mind of their own and I hope by voicing mine , they will be able to have something to discuss on a higher intellegence level than just an average conversation , between lessons/ lectures or work.
I feel like this newspaper could really benefit the target audience as its so diverse yet keeping in tune with the priorities of their needs and wants.
The front page consists of:
-A main cover story about the New University housing building thats currently under construction. I chose to write about this because it causing alot of controversy around Southend due to its bold exterior. Some say its a fresh piece of architecture and others think its out of place and too bold. I thought that would be a good place to start as its going on now so its recent and everyone is talking about it , therefore a real local newspaper would more than likely do an aricle about it, which makes mine more authentic. To get a good shot of the whole building I walked up to a high floor of a car park and took a photo of it then edited it in photoshop for a better quality.
Here is the result of the final image i used for the front cover:
-My second story I did a cover article , like a report of Mayhem nightclub. I wrote it as if I had been there professionally covering the night and events and used a picture I took from the night on the cover. I thought this would be relavent as the target audience are at a prime age where clubbing and having a social life is a huge part of their lives. So a nightclub report seemed appropriate.It also helped channel the diversity I am aiming for with the newspaper.For example first the builing article about southends culture then an article about its nightlife. I felt like it shaped the front page well as the stories compliment each other in a good way. Often you find one newspaper has a particluar tone and voice e.g 'right wing' 'left wing'...But I want mine to be more of a creative voice than a particular one.
I used a photo I took of friends from the night to create a fun look and feel:
-After the two stories there wasn't much room left in the layout for another big one so I decided to look at other local newspapers for help as to how to fill small spaces. I decided to just write a short segment as a film review on a popular film at the time 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and when there was no room left, i wrote 'continued on page 5'. It helped alot researching other local newspapers before hand as it was easy to make the paper look more professional.
I also like doing a film review on the front page as its not something that is usually dont so if proved my newspaper to be different and risky to take a chance. It made the newspaper able to project the freshness of its style by mixing up the norm of local newspapers.
Here is the final product of my front page.I am really pleased with the way it has turned out and this it now looks professional:
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