For my newspaper NEA, I am going to produce the front cover of a local newspaper, called The Channel Print. This will be aimed at an audience 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.

In terms of layout and design, I am going to follow the style model of our CSP – the i. This has a main image that takes up half the page alongside two ‘plugs’ or ‘ears’, that give insight to what stories are inside the paper, underneath a strapline for my paper. I will also include a masthead, barcode and other details like time, date, and price.

Beneath the main image, I will have the body article. Unlike my style model, I will have about 150 – 200 words forming the main article, which will be continued within the paper, set out in columns with a large drop cap for the first letter of the first word. I will also have a contents bar at the footer.

I will also use the Jersey flag colour palette – white, red, and yellow.

I will design my key elements in Adobe Photoshop, write my body copy in Microsoft Word, and use InDesign to create other elements and put it all together to finish the product.