A Level Coursework NEA

Coursework Selection

Statement Of Intent

For my newspaper NEA coursework, I am going to focus on the significant issues surrounding personal information theft. I will base my product on a real life modern newspaper style model, The Daily Mail. I like the design of the front cover as well as the layout of the double spread of pages 8 and 9. I feel that I will be able to replicate it to an effective degree.

The story I am going to cover will be how numerous social media platforms subtly make users consent to sharing data with them, and then proceed to make a profit from it by selling it to governments who will pay a very large sum of money for it. As this is an actual rising concern around the world, I can safely consider it a suitable headline topic for a newspaper.

My front cover will be a replica of numerous Daily Mail examples, all of which include the same masthead and large colourful banner just underneath the masthead. The price and issue date will also be featured. The banner features giant text and a large image to supplement. The story shown on my banner will not be related to my main topic and will be featured on a different page. Underneath this, my main story title, image and text will feature. The title will be supported by a subheading explaining the backstory in brief. Next to this will be. the main image which has clear relevance to the story. Main body text will begin with a drop cap, a common feature on almost all modern newspapers, and will end with “Continued on page 2” leading to the double page spread. The very bottom of my front cover will feature a barcode and a much smaller banner showing some other stories featured in the newspaper and which page they are on.

My double page spread will be an almost exact copy of pages 8 and 9 from a specific issue of The Daily Mail. Monday, June 6th 2022. This was the issue for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Page 8 features a main title, images of celebrities partying alongside the public and text to accompany. My product will follow the same layout, with the captioned images being placed central and text either side. Underneath the images, I will place a chart showing the total numbers of social media users over the last decade. This will help the reader understand the seriousness of the issues my story presents. The pages feature a very interesting header that I am going to include in my product. Page 9 of the spread shows a photo report of Prince George’s antics in the Royal Box. A majority of the page is taken up by five main images with captions. A small body of text is featured in the central bottom portion of the page. I am also going to feature a photo report on my second page, however it will be from my school’s Sports Day from the end of last term. As I am also a Photography student and was asked by the school to take these images, they will all be original.

For my promotional flyers, I am going to use a style model for my first of three, then use my own creativity for the second and third flyers. My style model will be from Jersey’s 2022 Children’s Day, an annual event ran by the Government to promote the wellbeing of the island’s youth. I chose to use this as it was the one that caught my eye from the examples we were provided with. My three flyers will all be the exact same size.