I started my second page of the newspaper by looking through local newspapers to see what sorts of pages there are, and this is an example of what I have found.
This page is a sports page from the Halstead Gazette, and i am going to use this category as my second page, this is because it is a page that most people are interested in because it shows achievements in sports from people in the area. For example, in the picture, there are two brothers that took part in a Road Runners day, and won a medal.
Also, one of the main stories is that Halstead are moving up on the table, this could be a great stpry to use, as it shows how the town is making more achievements and getting better at what they take part in.

I am now starting to plan my second page, and the layout on the picture is one that i am going to use as a template because it is a good way to put in a few more stories rather than one main story.

Final Front Page

This is my finished front page. I have used information from what i found in my questionnaire that I did, for example the main colour that was answered was black.
I have also used different layouts from thw newspapers that I annotated to make it look like a Local newspaper.
Now that I have completed this, I am going to move on to the second page, because piczo still isnt working and it will take up the time that i waste waiting for piczo to work.

Trouble

I have been having trouble doing my website, due to the internet blocking piczo, but also, because I havent had the internet at home. Thefore I have started 2 pages of a newspaper so that i am doing something, and keep having to wait for piczo to work. Over the past week, I have been working on the front page, and I have just finished it.
Because I had researched newspapers earlier in the year, I was able to look through what i had done, plan the front cover and then actually do it.
This researched included:

- Questionnaires
- Annotations of newspapers
- Comparing Local newspapers
- Conventions of local newspapers
- Venns diagram

From all this researched I was able to include different adverts and where to out them, what colours to use from my questionnaire that I made, what layout to use, and what the front headline should be about.

Because i am having to include 2 hyperlinks on my webpage, i am looking at the sports section of the Subury mercury to see how they have layed things out and how sections are presented.
Firstly, the page is set out with different sub-headings, for example, rugby, cycling and also the Colchester United Football club. This helps the reader because its easier for them to navigate around the page.
Also, under each sub-heading there are small sentences to show the reader what the hyper link is about, for example,'Town isnt having two upront' this hyperlinked sentence leads on to a page explaining why Ipswich Town didnt have two people upfront.
From these two examples from the web page, i have thought of a few ideas of what i am going to include on my website, for example, i am going to use the idea of having different sub-headings on the sports page, to seperate out all the information.

Research on the Sudbury Mercury

I have researched the Sudbury Mercury due to it being another popular local newspaper and webpage.
Firstly, news feed of the main stories in the Mercury are typed continuously at the top of the page. This catches the readers attention as its the only thing that moves on the website.
Another thing that catches the readers attention is the big black masthead of the Sudbury Mercury at the top left hand side of the web page. Similar to the Halstead Gazette are the colours that are used. Black and red are used in the Sudbury Mercury, this maybe to get the effect that the Halstead Gazette has of connotations of urgency and important, however, the Sudbury Mercury has the colours on the different catagories, not just on the mast head. This may be to make the page look more serious and important.
On the other hand, The main story has a big picture in the top middle of the site, which gets the readers attention and it makes clear to the readers what is going on in their local area.
All the different catagories are positioned at the top of the page under the masthead. The main thing that makes the catagories eye catching is the black background, this is because black is a very outstanding colour. Also, when someone hovers the mouse over a certain catagorie it turns the background to red, to show what the reader is about to click on, this is clever because it makes the website more interesting.
Finally, There are all different advertisements at the left side of the page, this is different because its something that people can use for themseleves, wether they want to find a new job or a new home.

Research on the Halstead Gazette website

On the Halstead Gazette website,I have found 5 different things that i can identify that are things that i am looking for and I can use on my newspaper website.
Firstly, The Masthead is put in a good place because its the first thing that draws the reader’s attention as it stands out as it is big and bold. Also, the colours that have been used for the Masthead also have their own connotations. For example, black is a connotation of seriousness and importance, and similarly, red is a connotation of urgency. Both of these colour represent that the website and newspaper are essential for people to read.
Similarly, the date is displayed at the top of the page, which shows the reader that it is up to date and will have new and recent news and information for people to read.
Also, at the top of the page there is a little point that tells people to send in their pictures, videos and news. This makes the website more local due to people from the local area being able to put their own information for people to see or read.
On the other hand, below the Masthead, there is all the different catagories for the website, however, this is a good place for them to be, as the first thing that people see is the masthead. There isnt too many catagories for people to go through, but this may be a good thing because the different catagories lead to the main points that people want to know, for example, 'sport' and 'local info'.
Finally, the main story of the halstead Gazette is Matt Cardle in the X-Factor, this is made clear by the main picture placed in the centre at the top of the page. This also makes it clear to people that he is a local guy and that people in the local village are supporting him and want him to do well.

Next step.

Now that I have completed my first ancillary text, I am going to start my second one, which is to make a homepage and two hyperlinked pages for the newspaper website.
Before I start making my website I am going to research some local newspaper websites to see what they include, so I can get an idea of what I am going to include. Things that I am looking for in the research are: what kinds of stories they feature, how they present their stories, e.g. what type of font they use, how big the font is, what colours the website has.
I am also going to look for what catagories are used on the websites, and from this I can refer back to my questionnaire to see if the results are similar to different local newspaper websites.

My Final Newspaper Poster

This is my final Newpaper poster that i have completed.
I have used Microsoft word to produce it, I have also used 'dafont' on the internet to find the right text to use for the writing.
Similarly, whilst looking up different newspaper posters, i have used the idea of having a header and footer to make it look more effective.
Newspaper posters grab the readers attention by being bold and simple, so i have used these ideas within my poster by having the font size quite big for the masthead and a smaller but still quite a large font for the catchy headline.

Research into Newspaper Posters

I have been looking around on google to find some images on what newspaper posters look like. I have found one that I am going to use as a template for my newspaper poster.
This poster is a great example for a local poster as it has an advantage of being very simple which makes it stand so people who walk past will see the poster, and if they are interested in reading about a local event they will want to read more.

Questionnaire follow on..

following on from my first questionnaire with students, i have done the same questionnaire but to adults. i have chosen adults to answer my questionnaire this time because i might give me another variety of answers, and this means i can also compare the two questionnaires.

I found that nearly all of the people that answered my questionnaire expected 19-45 year olds to read newspapers, but also most of their second choice was 46-90 year olds.

10/12 adults said that they read local newspapers. The two most popular are The Sun and The Halstead Gazette. This may be due to The Sun being less detailed and less time consuming, and The Halstead Gazette being easier to read, but also its local, so they will be interested to read about whats been happening in their local area.

On the other hand, 2/12 said they didn't read newspapers, and the reasons for this are: They are boring and too depressing to read.

Finally, the most popular name for a local newspaper in the adult questionnaire is 'The Hedingham Angel'
Due to 'Hedingham Angel' having more popularity than the 'Yeldham Moon' form the other questionnaire, it is my final choice of the name for my local newspaper.

Starting the poster.

In todays lesson, I have looked into different farm shop pictures and used them for my poster. this is so that when the local community see the poster, they can recognise who the story is about. I then picked out parts from the draft of my main story, to have a local heading for my poster. Hopefully the heading that I have chosen will interest the people who pass by as it quite catchy and people may want to know more about the story, so they buy the newspaper.
However, I am still working on my newspaper poster, as i need to use the graphs i have for the quesitonnaires to identify which name i use for my local newspaper.

Graphs showing my results

My Results

My first questionnaire for the local newspaper was answered by students in the sixth form at my school, who are aged between 16 and 17.
I found that nearly all of them expected people around the ages of 46-90 to read local newspapers. This may be because older people may have lived in a certain place for a long time and want to know whats happening in their area, whereas, younger people arent really interested in that, they are more interested in the world of celebrities.

I found that 6/12 students read newspapers, the two most popular are the Suffolk Press and The Sun. This may be due to students enjoying the gossip about celebrities, or being interested in how their local football team played at the weekend.
Other newspapers that were read by students were: Sudbury Mercury, The Indepepndant, East Anglian, The Daily Mail, The Mirror, Mail On Sunday and The Haverhill Echo.

On the other hand, 6/12 students said they dont read local newspapers. Some reasons given for this are: boring, time consuming, too much writing, nothing they find in them are interesting and they arent very exciting.

Finally, the most popular name that was chosen for a local newspaper by the students was The Yeldham Moon.
This may be due to Great Yeldham being the local area and thats what caught their eye, or they just liked the name.

• For my second Questionnaire, I am going to give this out to an older age range to see what they answer about local newspapers and then compare the two results to identify what are the similarities and differences.

My Questionnaire

I have chosen to do a questionnaire for my research, this will be answered by random people around the school. I have chosen this location to do my questionnaire as it is the local area and it is where my newspapers may be read. I can also find out what they think about the local newspapers in their area, to identify what they like and dislike about them.


Questionnaire about local newspapers

Circle your chosen answers, you can choose more than one answer if you wish to do so.
1. What age range would you expect to read a local newspaper?
- 5-10
- 11-18
- 19-45
- 46 +

2. What sections would you find in a local newspaper?
- Sport
- Leisure
- Letters page
- Puzzles
- Celebrities
- Local News
Other Please State ______________________________________

3, What colours would be included in a local newspaper?
- Black
- White
- Blue
- Red
- Green
Other Please State. ___________________________

4. Do you read newspapers?
- Yes
- No


5. If you answered yes to question 4, what newspaper do you read?

____________________________________________________________

6. If you answered no to question 4, what is your reason?

____________________________________________________________

7. What name do you prefer for a Local Newspaper?
- The Yeldham Moon
- The Hedingham Angel
- The Daily Moon
- The Blossom Gazette
Other (Please state) _______________________

8. What type of sports would you find in the sport section?
- Football
- Cricket
- Rugby
- Hockey
- Types of racing
Other Please State ____________________

9. If you have ever read a Local Newspaper, what do you like about them?

______________________________________________________________

Venns diagram for 3 types of Newspapers.

In my Venns diagram i have written about 3 different newspapers, these are: Tabloid, Broadsheet and Local. This is because i can identify what are the similarities and differences between them are as its easier to understand. I can also see what types of things i can include in my Local newspaper that are also used in broadsheet and Tabloid newspapers.

There are some differences in the 3 newspapers that are shown in the diagram, for example, Broadsheets are written in a more formal way and mostly talk about International politics, Tabloids are mostly about celebrities and the main headlines of the news on television. Finally, Local newspapers only talk about local news in that local area, and include local advertisements.

On the other hand, some of the similarities are: All of the newspapers will include sport, advertisments and news.

Definitions of Conventions

Newsprint: Cheap paper, used to print newspaper.

Masthead: a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.

Pugs: these are at the top left and right-hand corners of the paper and are known as the 'ears' of the page. The prices of the paper, the logo or a promotion are positioned there. They are well placed to catch the reader's eye.

Columns: a page or text that is vertically divided; "the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject"; "the book keeper used pages that were divided into columns"

Conventions of Local Newspapers

Ive started to research what are the main conventions of Local Newspapers, and these are what i have found:

●Made of newsprint (cheap, thin paper)
●Bold, big headlines
●Masthead – name, date, price, internet address
●Images (photos)
●Weather
●Sections (business, sport)
●Columns (articles)
●Letters from readers
●Name of journalists writing the story
●Sub-headings
●Most important information first in the article
●Pugs
●Local Advertisements

Comparing Local Newspapers

In today's lesson, i compared the Suffolk Free Press and the Halstead Gazette. However, the layout and conventions are mostly the same, as they both have local news and advertisements.
I then started to think about what local advertisements and conventions i need to include that are similar to the newspapers that i have reviewed.

Annotated Newspapers

This is the annotated newspaper from one of the Halstead Gazette front pages. I have pointed out some of the main parts of this newspaper, to show what are most effective and what makes it a good front page.
For example, the big font is one of the first things someone will see when they look at the front page.

Newspapers on powerpoint

In today's lesson, i went to the library to get some local and popular newspapers. From this, i scanned all four of the front of the newspapers to my email address, which i then transferred 1 of the newspapers on to power point. This enables me to annotate the front page and pick out points which will be good to use in my work.
There are 4 local newspapers, two of the Halstead gazette and two of the Suffolk Free Press. When you look at them, you can tell that they aren't going to be as popular as newspapers such as The Sun, due to The Sun having bigger stories from around the world on the front page and about celebrities, whereas, the local newspapers only have news from around that area.
I am now starting to annotate the local newspaper, to show what they use and how they use things effectively, such as the font and the colours.

Local Newspapers

After I had researched the layouts of some popular newpapers, I then researched what local newpaper websites were like. Two of the websites I looked at were the The halstead gazette and The Haverhill Echo. When looking at the information in the Halstead Gazette, I seen that it included what people had achieved and what is going on around Halstead town. It also had a little box about the weather which gave me an idea of doing something like that on my second page. On the other hand, when I looked on the Haverhill Echo, and on the website, it didnt have top stories or news, it had different Sub-headings with different hyperlinks that were related to this sub-heading. For example, under the Sport sub-heading, it had hyperlinks to scores of what Haverhill got in different football games.

From these local newspapers, I got some ideas of what I could include in my two newspaper articles, for example, I might use the idea of the little box with the weather, but change the weather to a puzzle, or something like that.

Research

I started to research newspapers by looking at websites such as, 'The Sun' and 'The Times'. From this i identified the different hyperlinks that they used and how they layed out their pages and also what kind of information they provided. I found that The Sun focuses more on the big events that are happening on televison, for example, the world cup is the big highlight on their website page. Also, their page is quite colourful, with catchy font for people to read. Also, the pictures make the website more interesting to look at because it makes the stories more real. However,The Times is more of a formal website, which focuses on the News in the Uk and around the world, for example, BP's oil tank cargo was lost due to an accident, and the contents were all lost into the sea, this is the big story on their website. On the other hand, The Times' website lay out is quite plain as the font colour is all black, with a few pictures. It does have some color on different sub-headings but not alot for it to draw people attention.

Both of these newspapers are different from each other in terms of informtion but they have given me ideas on what i might include on the first two pages of my newspaper, such as, the diferent colours and the ways in which the fonts are used.

First Steps

In my first Media lesson, I has to choose what brief I wanted to do, I came down with two ideas which were a teaser trailer or a newspaper. I compared both of the briefs and looked up different teaser trailers and newspaper websites, from this I chose to do the first two pages of a newspaper article, with two other options which are a poster for the newspaper, and two hyperlinked pages from the papers website. The reasons why I picked this option is because, I have access to computers and printers within the school but also at home, which is an advantage because i have extra time to complete this brief. Whereas, if i had chosen the teaser trailer, it may have been difficult as i have never used dreamweaver before, and i may get a limited time time using the Macs due to the year 12 have first priority, but also, i dont have access to a mac at home, so i cant do extra work out of school.