For my coursework I intend on creating a front page and double spread newspaper reporting on a social issue that may be of interest to a big audience who can relate to the topic. I aim for the newspaper audience to be for any age who live internationally or locally.
The newspaper will be left wing and pro feminist. The main topic I will be focusing on is the roe vs wade in America. I will be doing research on this important topic and spread awareness of why making abortions illegal is dangerous to many women. The states that have already banned abortions: Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, south Dakota , Utah, Ohio, Wisconsin. I will be discussing about the history of what many women had to experience.
The theory I will be using is Laura Mulvey’s and Judith Butlers feminist critical thinking. Laura Mulvey talks about how Men like to objectify women by their looks or controlling them. This will hopefully target a audience who are feminists and are keen on talking or fighting for woman’s rights, as this was also a big issue in in the 70s, third wave feminism theory by Naomi wolf, she talks about the many protests women had to do to be heard to the male ruling patriarchy, whether it being about race, religion, class or abortions. Even till this day nothing has changed.
I intend on making a front page on in design using the The Guardian front page as inspiration. My newspaper will be called Jerseys international mail and my main topic will be Roe vs wade. The header will be bold and stating “Why is America slowly taking away women’s rights, instead of making guns illegal.” This will grab the attention of the interested readers. The sub heading states “Why do men have the rights to control women’s choices on their body? ?” “America is not just taking away legal abortions, America is taking away safe abortions ” and “Illegalising abortions violates the fundamental rights of women and girls ” These three statements will be in the masthead on the top as three bullet points like the guardians newspaper. I will include on the top left hand corner of a film review that will be featured on page 16 called “trapped under” with the film cover I have designed.
Here’s is the style model:
For the other half of brief 2 my campaign for the flyers, my topic will be spreading awareness on the joe vs wade issue and why illegalising abortions are outdated. These flyers will be aimed for students who go to secondary and college or even for pro-lifers which may help them understand why banning abortions can lead to massive troubles.
I will include 2 hashtags #mybodymychoice #letwomenbefree. It will state statistical facts that I have researched for.