Changes to logo

I chose to go with this design for my newspaper. I simply changed the colour of the full stop to give it a more formal appearance.

6/12/10 Progress

So far I have completed the front page of my newspaper and almost the second the page is almost completed. For the second page I have managed to include three news stories which was my intention. In addition I have also included advertisements and relevant images on both front and second page.

22/10/10 Progress

At this stage I have completed what I believe is a suitable and well produced front page for my newspaper. With that I have included my headline story 'Helter skelter. Infant dies at Portsmouth fair' and the sub story 'Euro millions jackpot winner'.Today I plan to begin the second page of my newspaper including the headline story and additional graphics .

07/11/10 Progress

Last week i began producing the front cover of my newspaper using Adobe in design. At this stage, I have half of the cover done, but still needing to add additional graphics and objects including images and advertisement. Hopefully by the end of this 2 hour lesson i will have that completed allowing me to continue onto the second page during the week.

Analysation of local newspapers

The News is a local paper which covers new stories in Portsmouth. Unlike national papers regional newspaper tend to contain

a large majority of very minor stories and articles. As national papers can pick and choose what to document with pages full of stories easily capable of being the headline stories for the local paper. However as 'The Portsmouth News' main aim is to cover just the area of Portsmouth they may struggle to fill the paper with worthwhile and genuine new stories. Therefore a lot of the paper will consists of free advertisement offered by 'The News' such as small articles/adverts for school fetes.

Another main factor of a local newspaper is that they consist of both tabloid and broadsheet material unlike The Sun for example who are purely a tabloid newspaper.

The Daily Echo, like The News is a local newspaper but instead

covers the Southampton area. The papers are both similar however I believe the daily echo covers a wider area simply due to Southampton being larger in size. In both you find they follow the same simple structure of, main stories on first few pages along with many pages at the back of the paper purely covering regional sport. Throughout the remaining pages will consist of many advertisements, very small stories and space filling articles.

Additional side story for front page

Advertisments

Here are two adverts I produced and intend on using in my newspaper.

Euro millions ticket winner

The second biggest Euro Millions jackpot of £64 million has been won by a 46 year local shop owner.

Jane Redbridge, owner of J.R hardware came forward on Tuesday to claim the huge sum which was later confirmed by Camelot.

A spokesman for Camelot said 'The ticketholder has been successful in winning the second largest Euro millions jackpot and we are pleased to announce that the sum is currently being transfered to Mrs Redbridge'

Tasks to do during half term

• Upload photographs to flickr, then link to blog
• Produce additional news stories to include on the pages
• Produce a couple of adverts

Additional stories to cover on second page

• Euro millions ticket winner
• Son rescues dad from sinking yatch
• 75 year old finally passes driving test

Logo Experimentation.

I have finalised my logo and decided to go with this design. I believe it is suitable to represent a tabloid newspaper and is similar to that of 'The Sun's' design.

Opening paragraph(s)

A seaside fair was left devastated yesterday evening after a 3 year old boy fell to his death from a family ride. Joshua Tinsdale, was enjoying a weekend visit to the popular Southsea Fair with his family when the tragic events unfolded later that day.

It is believed Joshua joined by his two siblings took a ride on the fair's ferris wheel. It is then understood that Joshua not following the guidelines stood up in one of the carriages. Eyewitnesses say this is the moment Joshua lost balance and fell 60 foot to the ground below. A medical team responded to Joshua immediately but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Potential Headline.

Freak fall from ferris . Boy, 3 dies at Portsmouth Fair.

Potential Headline.

'Hell'ter skelter. Infant dies at Portsmouth fair.

Tasks to do by Monday 18th 2010

By Monday I needed to of completed the following:

• Write the headline story and title
• Produced some graphic work for the front cover ( Advertisement)

The Voice Logo Edit

I have been experimenting with my newspaper logo.

Advertisement for newspaper.

As Tabloids tend to have quite a few advertisements on the front page, I have produced several designs of adverts which I may include in my newspaper.

Newspaper layout examples

As I have chosen to produce a tabloid newspaper I have been looking at examples of tabloid newspaper front covers to see how they are generally laid out and what sort of content is included eg; images, advertisement, layout..

In addition I have also been looking at the headline titles and how they are written along with the small opening paragraph. By doing this it will help me out when I come to producing the front cover of 'The Voice'

I went down to Portsmouth to take photos of the harbour as one of the possible headlines of my paper maybe about a teenage boy rescuing his father from their sinking boat. Therefore this image would be relevant as part of the article as it is where the story occurred ( Portsmouth Harbour)

I took this photo at the fun fair where I live as the headline story for my newspaper maybe 'Freak accident at Fair as young boy is killed on ride'

Headline (main story)

Over the past week I have had to think about what the headline story of my newspaper will be. I have come up with the following suggestions:

• Euro millions lottery ticket winner
• Freak accident at Fair as young boy is killed on ride
• Mother murders her teenage son
• Teenage boy recuces father from sinking boat

The guardian is an example of a broadsheet newspaper unlike tabloid papers they contain formal and informative stories. In addition, broadsheet newspapers tend to be physically larger in size.

The Sun however is an example of a tabloid newspaper. A tabloid newspaper is generally physically smaller in size compared with a broadsheet and tends to focus on entertainment and generally less formal . Tabloids tend to emphasize or exaggerate sensational crime stories, gossip columns repeating scandalous and innuendos about the deeply personal lives of celebrities and sports stars.

4/10/10 summary

Up to this point I have researched into how certain newspapers design their front covers and what sort of content is included. In addition, I have found some examples of such newspaper covers and looked at these in more detail. Secondly I have thought up the name i would like to call my paper 'Voice.' and along with that I have chosen the font type (logo).

By next week I plan to experiment with photography in regards to what stories I will cover in my paper. With that I also intend come up with ideas about what the headline and stories will be.

Finished Logo for my Newspaper. The Voice.

I decided to go for the name 'The Voice' for my newspaper. With that chosen I went on to produce a couple of logos which I believe are suitable .

Newspaper Logos

I have been looking at example newspaper logos for inspiration on how to design mine. I looked at three examples, The Daily Mirror, The Sun and The Guardian two of which are tabloid's and the other a broadsheet. As I am looking to produce a tabloid newspaper I will aim to produce something similar to that of The Sun or The Daily Mirror which instantly appear less formal then The Guardians logo.

Daily Mirror- Like most newspaper logos this is clear and simple. Very similar to The Sun.

The Sun- Again very simple logo with a combination of just two colours.

The Guardian- Unlike the previous two logos, it doesn't use the colour 'red' which is usually evident in most tabloid newspaper logos. However with the Dark and light blue combination this instantly tells you this is different to a tabloid.

Newspaper Names

I have come up with the following ideas in which to call my newspaper:

• Voice
• The Voice
• Life
• Current