1. Newspaper ideas report
As my newspaper will be quite informal, I will use a lot of images over the two pages. The
tone of the newspaper will be professional however I will make the articles simple to read.
The main headline will be bold to catch attention; readers will be able to relate to this “local
hero” story as they will be local to Manchester. The colour scheme I am going to use
throughout my newspaper will be red and white, using black text. The masthead I have
designed includes these colours so for my newspaper to look professional I will remain with
this colour scheme throughout. These colours signify Manchester as they represent the
colour of England and it is also linked with Manchester and Salford, making the colour
scheme relevant to my newspaper.
The main story for my newspaper is going to be a human interest story about a man who has
rescued a child from a fire. I have chosen this as the main story as it is quite a positive story,
rather than basing my newspaper on a negative one. It is also a story which I will be able to
set up with relative ease, making it very practical to feature in my newspaper. For this story I
am going to take a mid-shot of a man with the child he has saved, which will be quite large as
the main stories on newspapers usually have a large image to go with it.I am going to place
this story on the axis of orientation, using a large headline as this is the main story which I
believe will attract readers.
As sport is a very popular topic within newspapers, I am going to feature a football story in
my newspaper. Manchester United is a popular team within Manchester and has a large fan
base, so making this newspaper story is relevant for a local newspaper. I am going to base
this story on the Manchester United ground being renamed. I will be able to take long shots
of Old Trafford which I will use as a feature story on the cover of my newspaper, followed by
images of fans inside the stadium which I will place on the second page along with the story.
This image will be quite large as sport is a popular topic and so it makes it easy for readers to
see this story and buy the newspaper. There will be iconography of Manchester within this
story as Manchester United are a recognisable football team that people associate with the
city of Manchester. I am taking photographs of Old Trafford, which is a key famous building
which will establish where my newspaper is based.
As crime stories are very common in newspapers, the two smaller stories that I am also going
to feature in my newspaper will be about a man who has been arrested for armed robbery
and a girl who has gone missing after a night out in Manchester. For the robbery story I am
going to take a close up image of a man, making him look extremely villainous and then put
this on my second page with text either side of it as it is a smaller story. Finally, missing
person’s stories are regular in newspapers to raise awareness and as the girl has gone
missing locally it will be relevant to my local newspaper. A long shot of the girl will fit the
story as it will make her recognisable to people who read the newspaper. I am going to
feature this story on the second page of my newspaper in the weak fallow area, using a black
boarder to make it stand out.