Create a front page from a regional newspaper reporting on a social and/or political issue of interest to its broad local audience.
- TASK 1 RESEARCH, PLANNING, PREPARING: make sure you write a statement of intent. I would also suggest you sketch out your design
- TASK 2 AUDIENCE RESEARCH: ask your family and friends
- TASK 3 BUILD YOUR ASSETS (masthead, front cover story, supplementary stories, index / contents of paper, institutional details – day, date, bar code etc
- TASK 4 IMPORT ASSETS INTO INDESIGN
- TASK 5 COMPLETE PRODUCTION – print out at appropriate size and upload to blog.
YOU ONLY HAVE THIS WEEK. TUESDAY IS SPORTS DAY!
CONTENTS:
The front page stories can be fictional, but should relate to real world issues in some way. For example, your news story could be based on:
• the environment
• economics
• health
• equality issues
• any other issue you feel would be of interest to your audience.
The newspaper’s audience are people of all ages living in the region who are interested in national and international news stories as well as stories relating specifically to the local area.
Extension activity: produce a double page spread that follows the lead story on your front page
Planner
| 3 | NEWSPAPER NEA 1. understand brief 2. write statement of intent 3. Make sketch of front cover 4. produce main story body copy (on word or on blog) 5. Take photo for front page story | SPORTS DAY | NEWSPAPER NEA 1. produce masthead on photoshop (use ruler to measure real size) 2. Make other assets that require Photoshop 3. Make InDesign template (use real measurements) 4. Import masthead, photo and body copy 5. Adjust columns for body copy and 6. Add drop cap(s) to copy 7. Add in-line quote (to body text) | NEWSPAPER NEA 1. Add other assets – either directly into InDesign or build in Photoshop first Aim to complete first draft | NEWSPAPER NEA Complete all work. Make sure you have printed your work to the appropriate size (you will probably need an A3 printer) and saved a JPEG on your blog |