Newspaper Final Draft

Using the program in-design, we were told to create the first two front pages of a newspaper, i was not familiar with the program but soon enough I began to get the hang of the system. My main article features a fictional story about a student at SEC college who wrote a script that was then passed on to one of England's best directors, I asked the boy who's picture I had taken for permission of usage. The idea of creating such a storyline was to encourage students that anything can happen if you try our hardest. I then placed my advertisement and the bottom of newspaper as I had often seen in frequent issues of the Echo. The bright colours throughout appeal to the younger generation but the price appeals to all. As it is a free newspaper, I felt that other newspapers such as the Metro which are free also that I would need to step up to my competition and make the cover appealing to all.

The second page I used newspapers such as The Sun and The Echo to help determine what was needed for my own paper. I created a contents page that features at the bottom of the page with contact numbers featuring also. The main story steers away from the usual first pages which often involve weather updates of political issues. I chose to present a feature article on the rise of income on the day of St Patrick's Day, I chose this day to explain that the amount of people that celebrated the religious day were linked to a sales boom of income with the pubs and bars within Southend. I also included an extra piece detailing that if the reader has any pictures of themselves celebrating that they should send the pictures to the address of the website.

I appealed to the areas that people are fond of such as there is a small box on the front page explaining that there are vouchers for restaurants, clubs ect. this appeals to the audience because of the recession that has caught Britain, and people would go anywhere to have a bargain.