THE PLAN

Now beginning with the newspaper so I do need to plan how it will look. This is what my front cover structure will look like:

and my inside page like this:

I'm thinking of having my headlines simple and bold. The main headline:

GANG STEAL STORE TROLLEYS From reading the papers day to day I've picked up on their puns and alliteration which makes a particular headline catchy. 'Steal store..' Another choice for my smaller headlines on the side I have photos of a caving event that I could say that happened as an act of charity. The title could be something like: CAVING CHARITY ACT

I'm starting on my paper and will just plough through it and make changes as I go along. So far I've started on actually placing the caving photo for the front page which goes against what I've said about moral panic and negativity in papers; however I believe caving is an unusual day to day activity so I've decided to change it to this.

So far I have titled my paper as THE SOUTHERN NEWS in Britannia Bold for a simple yet bold look. The colour I've based it on is a kind of murky green, light so that you can still see the writing over the top. Going against the conventions of The News but more like the Petersfield Post. It is blank at the moment and I will have much more little writing in to pack it out, it's just the structure I am working on so far. I like this kind of green, it targets a more older audience as well judging by the kind of font I have used. The front picture I have used is colourful and appears positive because of the people smiling in it. 2011 Okay it's after Christmas now and I've taken some more photos of random things like Waterlooville precinct or West Quay John Lewis - but not many have people in and am trying to come up with some good stories! I've decided to change my front cover story to one about a a kebab shop shutting down because they blocked sewege in the area. Then i could possibly link this story to how a similar story like another kebab shop down the road had the same issue .. a small photo can be used for the inside story. This is my front page picture now ..

I'm going to write my story out at home in a rough draft and then I'll see how it looks when i write it up onto my inside page, have to plan where things are going I don't want to over load the page. For the side parts I'm going to present local news about the 'caving charity act'. I think for another part I should briefly mention something about sport - so need a photo for that! And lastly a couple of advertisements, on the side and one on the bottom! Originally I'll stick to the Spinnaker Tower probably, and one about the Waterlooville Local Library. I prefer to take photos at places as I go along rather than planning, I've realized this just as it seems easier and harder to find things to take pictures of.

For my advertisement I've taken a photo of a famous book 'Goodnight Mister Tom' - I thought I can perhaps make a small advertisement or offer on the right side of the paper;

Maybe not an advertisement but I'm thinking more of an offer 'Collect 7 tokens from this paper for a week and you can collect this book - free from your local WHsmith'. This would target a younger age for my paper also, attracting a childrens book.

On the subject of books I have also taken some photos of my local library, possibly thinking of either promoting it or informing that it has now re-opened after refurbishment.

IDEAS ...

Ideas ..

Starting on suggestions for my newspaper today, trying to think of titles similar to what I've read before in my local newspaper however not the same. I think something negative for my front cover title would create a more eye-catching story; hopefully gaining an interest from potential readers.The reason I think it'll be much more interesting is because of the Moral Panic we gather from all papers today; for example terrorism and politics.

If a person was to read a front cover about social events like the conflict with Afghanistan then the moral panic would create discussion andopinion; the affect from the word of mouth would involve more of the community.

Another example would be the amount of 'chaos' society receives from the

youth, this often involves drugs, violence and anti-social behaviour in general. From everyday observation from friends and family, this creates more discussion becausethe youth are the most important for the next generation; so if unpleasant events occur then it has a larger affect on society in the future. Balancing these ideas around I've decided to base my main story on the youth.

This would have to be a local event and occur in a place the community can relate to - this can include the type of area involved with places 'kids hang out'; therefore rebel and force an impression on their community. A local citizen lives in in Wecock, (hypothetical situation) and they pop into their nearby store to buy a paper. if the local one had

something involved with where they live then their human interest would attract their attention and would more likely purchase this paper.

These can involve many stories and headlines i have thought of - the following list are main headline ideas:

• Drug use in kids holiday park


• 12 year old takes knife to school


• Arson in school playground


• Gang steal trolleys off local store


• Teen killed in drowning

I also have to consider the other aspects like advertising around the frame of a paper and smaller stories inside. These would involve taking a number of photos of local situations.

These are the following ideas I have come up with:

• Big hit on school production


• Industrial park expanding


• Celebration over young Bonus'


• 'Taxiport' (new taxi service company)


• Gardening tips/cooking recipes inside ..


• New 'Red Lounge' opening!


• Discussions on Harbour closing or new ideas for for Harbour


• Refurbished library now opened!


• 2 for 1 on meal


• £10 off Topshop*


• Apartments for rent advertisement


• New seafood market coming to you!

During the next week I will take pictures of these aspects to put onto the border of my newspaper.

Last week I have taken a few photos, however not enough to cover all small stories but I'm working on ideas to where to take them. I have taken a visit to Gunwharf in Portsmouth and thought of an idea to 'promote an offer' of the Spinnaker Tower - I took quite a lot of

photos so I have a lot of choice; this is an example of what I am hoping to present onto my newspaper.

So far I've been to commercial road and spotted my friend working at his fish market and have discovered that it is very popular - so I thought of a story to say how they business is branching outsuccessfully - a positive story. Here is another picture of many I've taken.