Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Questionnaire - Page 1
I created a questionnaire with questions about what people would expect of a local newspaper and got people to fill it out to see what they thought.
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Newspaper Poster
When researching newspaper posters, I didn't really find any examples as this is not a way which newspapers really advertise anymore. I therefore, had to use my own ideas on how to layout the poster and what to include as there were not any examples I could take ideas from.
The pictures I inlcuded on the poster were ones from the news stories I had included on the website for my newspaper. I put sub-headings next to them such as news and sport as these are the main stories people look at when they read a newspaper or visit a newspaper website.
I also made up a slogan for my newspaper and included this on my poster; 'local news by the local people'. I chose this as my slogan because the news included in my paper is obviously for the local and surrounding areas and also because quite a few members of the public sometimes contact the newspaper with the stories as they are things they have to encounter in every day life and that's why I used 'by the local people'.
The pictures I inlcuded on the poster were ones from the news stories I had included on the website for my newspaper. I put sub-headings next to them such as news and sport as these are the main stories people look at when they read a newspaper or visit a newspaper website.
I also made up a slogan for my newspaper and included this on my poster; 'local news by the local people'. I chose this as my slogan because the news included in my paper is obviously for the local and surrounding areas and also because quite a few members of the public sometimes contact the newspaper with the stories as they are things they have to encounter in every day life and that's why I used 'by the local people'.
Pages on the Website
By looking at other local newspaper websites, I took the pages they had included on theirs as inspiration as to what pages to include on my website.Most of the local newspaper wesbsites had pages that included sport and news as these would be the most popular stories that people find interesting and would read about, I therefore decided to definitely have the news page as one of my hyperlinked pages as this would be the msot popular page as this is what people would expect to see on the website and also what most people would go on the website to do; read the news. Even though sport is a popular subject to write news about, I put this as a button on my website as a proposed page if I were to make the whole website but I did not include it as one of my hyperlinked pages.
The second hyperlinked page I chose to include was a local info page. Most of the local newspaper websites I looked at, such the Halstead Gazette and the Braintree and Witham Times, had a local info page with information about local events coming up and subjects such as the local weather for that day and also the week and also subjects such as the traffic news for the roads in and around that area. I chose to have a local info page as one of my hyperlinked pages as I thought it would be useful to the local people with the information that they really need to see as it is for their area and things that might need to use such as the traffic and what time and date events are taking place.
This shows the pages that the Halstead Gazette have decided to include on their website. This is where I took my inspiration from for decinding which pages on my website should be hyperlinked. I took the most obvious page of news as one hyperlinked page and then the idea of a local info page as I thought this would a useful and relevant page for the people that would use this website.
The second hyperlinked page I chose to include was a local info page. Most of the local newspaper websites I looked at, such the Halstead Gazette and the Braintree and Witham Times, had a local info page with information about local events coming up and subjects such as the local weather for that day and also the week and also subjects such as the traffic news for the roads in and around that area. I chose to have a local info page as one of my hyperlinked pages as I thought it would be useful to the local people with the information that they really need to see as it is for their area and things that might need to use such as the traffic and what time and date events are taking place.
This shows the pages that the Halstead Gazette have decided to include on their website. This is where I took my inspiration from for decinding which pages on my website should be hyperlinked. I took the most obvious page of news as one hyperlinked page and then the idea of a local info page as I thought this would a useful and relevant page for the people that would use this website.
Local Newspapers - Typical Stories
When designing my newspaper, I researched the typical stories they include and the kind of stories they include so I knew what I should put in my newspaper. I found that all the stories are about things in the surrounding area and are about things what local people think are bad and good. Most of the stories also feature people from the local area and this is what the story is based on.
Halstead Gazette
I looked for typical stories on the Halstead Gazette website which had a lot of stories based on things in Halstead but also stories on things happening in the surrounding areas such as Braintree.
This story is not about Halstead but is about the surrounding area, Tiptree. This would be the kind of story people would read it about because it's not an everyday story but it is about something local so people would want to know.
This story is good for the local area as in the news recently all young people have been seen as bad people and do a lot of bad things whereas as this young person has done something good. This means people would want to read about it because it is not something they read about everyday with a young person doing something good for the area but also the country.
All of these stories are based on things in Halstead. People would read about these 
because it is a story about something happening in their area. The story about the
because it is a story about something happening in their area. The story about the hospital would interest people as the people in Halstead would use this as it is their local hospital and they would want to know what is going on with it. The stories about the salt bin
and the crossing would interest people in Halstead because it is again something in their area, and they would want to know what, for example the police, would be doing about
disappearance of the salt bin and the crossing is probably something a lot of people used so to have it reopened would be a good thing for them as they will be able to use it again and will be able to cross the road without worrying. The last story about the CAB, (Citizen's Advice Bureau), in Halstead would interest them as CAB had been told they were allowed to have funding for it for three years and have now only been given one and this was probably their local one and now they will not be able to use and will have to travel further to be able to use one.
These stories are about the surrounding area, Braintree. People would want to know about these stories, especially the one about the gales, as Braintree isn't far away from Halstead and this may affect the people living in Halstead. Also, the story about the Guildhall restoration is included in the Halstead Gazette as people in Halstead may be involved with this and as again it isn't far away from Halstead people may want to know about it.
As this story is from the website and not the actual paper itself, it is one that can be updated and is not just from the local area but for the whole region. People will want to read this because it is about the weather and everyone always wants to know about that. As it is updated, people will be able to get the latest weather from wherver they are to know about the latest storms expected or just general weather.
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Fonts
I have researched different types of font I could use for my newspaper and the website.
The first font I found was called Big Noodle Titling. I thought this might be good as my newspaper font because it's bold and stands out which means it would be good as a title. It also in a newspaper style already with sharp letters that are simple but again still stand out.
The next font I found was one called Old Sans Black. I liked this one because it looks casual but formal at the same time so would look good on a newspaper and the letters are bold black which means people would see it.
The next font I found was 'Headline'. I liked this font because it was all capitals and which would make it stand out and the lettering was more sharp and formal. I thought this would look good on a newspaper because of the capitals, it being quite a big font and it being very bold.
I liked the next font, 'National First Font', and was originally going to use this one for my newspaper as it looked like a typical newspaper font even though it was a sans serif and not serif, it would look good on a newspaper because it is a bold black. I didn't like this one though because of the big spacing between the words as when trying to put words on my poster, they wouldn't all fit on the page so I couldn't put what I wanted to on my poster.
The first font I found was called Big Noodle Titling. I thought this might be good as my newspaper font because it's bold and stands out which means it would be good as a title. It also in a newspaper style already with sharp letters that are simple but again still stand out.
The next font I found was one called Old Sans Black. I liked this one because it looks casual but formal at the same time so would look good on a newspaper and the letters are bold black which means people would see it.
The next font I found was 'Headline'. I liked this font because it was all capitals and which would make it stand out and the lettering was more sharp and formal. I thought this would look good on a newspaper because of the capitals, it being quite a big font and it being very bold.
I liked the next font, 'National First Font', and was originally going to use this one for my newspaper as it looked like a typical newspaper font even though it was a sans serif and not serif, it would look good on a newspaper because it is a bold black. I didn't like this one though because of the big spacing between the words as when trying to put words on my poster, they wouldn't all fit on the page so I couldn't put what I wanted to on my poster.
The next font, 'Optimus Princeps', I liked because with my newspaper being called 'Castle News', I thought the font looked like it would be associated with medieval times and castles, it looked like it would be the stereotypical font that would be associated with those times. When I tried this font on my poster, I didn't really like the look of it because it looked to old fashioned and would not really be used as a newspaper font.
The last font I have found, 'Sanford', is the font I am going to use as my font for my newspaper. I am using this one because it reminds me of castles but isn't such a stereotypical font as the last one. It would look good on a newspaper because it is bold and would stand out and is a typical font for newspaper because it is a serif font and most newspapers have a serif font for their newspaper title and font.
Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Mastheads
I have researched in to different mastheads to get ideas for what mine could look like. I have researched mainly local newspaper mastheads but have also researched some tabloid ones to
see the difference.
The Halstead Gazette
The Halstead Gazette's masthead has a big title which is centre aligned. This means the title will stand out and will people will know exactly what paper it is. It has inlcuded the date, time and website also in it's masthead.The date is aligned to the left under the paper name with the website in the middle and the price to the right. From most newspaper mastheads I have researched, most of them use this layout for the date, website and price. The newspaper has also used different colours for different words, 'Halstead' in black and 'Gazette' in red. They use a serif font for the name of the paper which makes the paper name look simple but still makes it stand out.
The Braintree and Witham Times also uses different colours for different words in the paper name, this time using green and black. 'Braintree and Witham' is in a smaller font than 'times' which makes the newspaper company of the newspaper stand out more than the location the newspaper is from. They also use a banner type style block under 'The Braintree and Withan Times' where the date and price are located. However, they do not include their website with theuir date and time and again their date is on the left with the price on the right. Instead of the website in the middle of the banner, they have what could possibly be their slogan of, 'incorporating the Dunmow, Thaxted and Felstead Times'. The writing in the banner is white which makes the colours contrast which makes the date and price stand out. Again, this is also a serif font and is similar to the Halstead Gazette's font which again makes the title simple.
Suffolk Free Press
The Suffolk Free Press has different colours for it's title too, they use blue and black. They put the 'Suffolk' in black and in a smaller font but the 'free press' in blue and bigger font. I think this is to make the the 'free' stand out and emphasise the fact that the paper is free. It is also in a serif font but is more casual than the font used for the Halstead Gazette and the Braintree and Witham Times. Even though, blue and black are used to make the paper name stand out, the colours used aren't so bold as the colours used in the other papers. The date and website are included but these are in a much smaller and black font, which isn't very clear from a distance.
For research on my tabolid paper I used The Sun, as this a very well known and popular paper.
The Sun uses red and white for its colours which are colours which contrast against each other so will make 'The Sun' stand out. The Sun doesn't take up all of the room at the top of the paper and only uses the left side of it. On the right side it has a news story included in the paper whereas the local newspapers have small advert for something in that area in the right corner but it is only small and most the paper name takes up the rest of the room. The Sun uses a different layout under the the title for the date, time and website. They have their date on the right, the same as the local papers, but the price in the middle and website on the right whereas the local papers have their website and price the other way around.
The Daily Telegraph
see the difference.
The Halstead Gazette
The Halstead Gazette's masthead has a big title which is centre aligned. This means the title will stand out and will people will know exactly what paper it is. It has inlcuded the date, time and website also in it's masthead.The date is aligned to the left under the paper name with the website in the middle and the price to the right. From most newspaper mastheads I have researched, most of them use this layout for the date, website and price. The newspaper has also used different colours for different words, 'Halstead' in black and 'Gazette' in red. They use a serif font for the name of the paper which makes the paper name look simple but still makes it stand out.
Braintree and Witham Times
The Braintree and Witham Times also uses different colours for different words in the paper name, this time using green and black. 'Braintree and Witham' is in a smaller font than 'times' which makes the newspaper company of the newspaper stand out more than the location the newspaper is from. They also use a banner type style block under 'The Braintree and Withan Times' where the date and price are located. However, they do not include their website with theuir date and time and again their date is on the left with the price on the right. Instead of the website in the middle of the banner, they have what could possibly be their slogan of, 'incorporating the Dunmow, Thaxted and Felstead Times'. The writing in the banner is white which makes the colours contrast which makes the date and price stand out. Again, this is also a serif font and is similar to the Halstead Gazette's font which again makes the title simple.
Suffolk Free Press
The Suffolk Free Press has different colours for it's title too, they use blue and black. They put the 'Suffolk' in black and in a smaller font but the 'free press' in blue and bigger font. I think this is to make the the 'free' stand out and emphasise the fact that the paper is free. It is also in a serif font but is more casual than the font used for the Halstead Gazette and the Braintree and Witham Times. Even though, blue and black are used to make the paper name stand out, the colours used aren't so bold as the colours used in the other papers. The date and website are included but these are in a much smaller and black font, which isn't very clear from a distance.
For research on my tabolid paper I used The Sun, as this a very well known and popular paper.
The Sun uses red and white for its colours which are colours which contrast against each other so will make 'The Sun' stand out. The Sun doesn't take up all of the room at the top of the paper and only uses the left side of it. On the right side it has a news story included in the paper whereas the local newspapers have small advert for something in that area in the right corner but it is only small and most the paper name takes up the rest of the room. The Sun uses a different layout under the the title for the date, time and website. They have their date on the right, the same as the local papers, but the price in the middle and website on the right whereas the local papers have their website and price the other way around.
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph goes with a simple design for it's masthead. It uses just a black, serif font that looks quite fancy for a newspaper name title. It also uses the date as all newspapers do in their mastheads. However, they do not have a website address in their masthead even though a lot of other newspaper do this, the telegraph doesn't. They do include the price and also some writing which is probably the slogan for their newspaper which is 'Britain's Best-Selling Quality Daily'. The writing in the masthead such as the date, price and slogan are in a simple, black, sans serif font that stands out and tells the information it needs to even though it is only simple.
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